Benjamina Karić
Benjamina Karić | |
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Karić in 2023 | |
| Municipal Mayor of Novo Sarajevo | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hasan Tanović |
| 39th Mayor of Sarajevo | |
| In office 8 April 2021 – 18 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulah Skaka |
| Succeeded by | Predrag Puharić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamina Londrc 8 April 1991 Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (2009–present) |
| Spouse | Alen Karić |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | |
Benjamina Karić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бењамина Карић; née Londrc; born 8 April 1991) is a Bosnian politician serving as the municipal mayor of Novo Sarajevo since November 2024. She previously served as the 39th mayor of Sarajevo from 2021 to 2024. She has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 2009.
Karić was born in Sarajevo in 1991. She graduated from the University of Sarajevo and earned her doctorate from the University of Zenica. Karić later worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Law at the University of Travnik and in Kiseljak. Following the 2020 municipal elections, she became mayor of Sarajevo in 2021 as a replacement for Bogić Bogićević, who decided to pull out of the candidacy for mayor shortly before.
Karić served as mayor until November 2024, having been elected municipal mayor of Novo Sarajevo a month prior in the 2024 municipal elections.