Biography
Emil Balavac (SDP)

Minister of Trade, Tourism and Environmental Protection
He was born on 16 February 1989 in Mostar. He obtained a degree in Law at SUNY University (USA) and the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is currently enrolled in a Master’s programme in International Relations and European Studies at the International Burch University Sarajevo. He also studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb. He worked as a Grant Manager at the International Organization for Migration (IOM – UN Migration), as an adviser to the Mayor of the Municipality of Jablanica, as a legal adviser at the Municipal Election Commission of Jablanica, and as a project manager for a number of projects within the Youth Club Pod istim suncem, the Youth Council of the Municipality of Jablanica, and the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS). He has served as an educator/trainer, organizer, adviser, and moderator of seminars for the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Institute for Youth Development KULT, RYCO (Regional Youth Cooperation Office), 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 the Coordination of Youth Issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a member of the European Youth Alliance for Health and Environment, the European Network of Peace Ambassadors, the European Alliance for Health and Environment, the Youth Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Anna Lindh Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
