Minister:

Emil Balavac (SDP) was born on February 16, 1989 in Mostar. He earned a degree in law at SUNY (USA) and the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is currently studying for a master's degree in international relations and European studies at the International Burch University Sarajevo. He studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade and the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb. He worked as a grant manager at the International Organization for Migration (IOM - UN Migration), adviser to the mayor of the Municipality of Jablanica, legal consultant at the Municipal Election Commission of Jablanica, and as a manager of a series of projects at the Youth Club Under the Same Sun, the Youth Council of the Municipality of Jablanica and the Youth Umbrella Organization of Serbia (KOMS). He worked as an educator/trainer, organizer, consultant and moderator of seminars for the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Institute for Youth Development KULT, RYCO (Regional Office for Youth Cooperation), the Youth Initiative for Human Rights Sarajevo, UNDP, and the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a member of the Commission for Coordination of Youth Issues in BiH at the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH. He is a member of the European Youth Coalition for Health and the Environment, the European Network of Peace Ambassadors, the European Coalition for Health and the Environment, the BiH Youth Network and the "Anna Lindh Foundation" in BiH.