Mirko Šarović
Mirko Šarović | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Мирко Шаровић | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Šarović in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Beriz Belkić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dragan Čović | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Dragan Mikerević Adnan Terzić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Živko Radišić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Borislav Paravac | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th President of Republika Srpska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 January 2000 – 28 November 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Dragan Čavić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nikola Poplašen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dragan Čavić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 September 1956 Rogatica, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Serb Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Stojanka Šarović (died 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (LL.B.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mirko Šarović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2003. From 2000 to 2002, he also served as the 4th president of Republika Srpska and was Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations on two occasions as well.
Šarović graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1979. Following the Bosnian War in the 1990s, he was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. In 2000, he became president of Republika Srpska, serving until 2002.
At the 2002 general election, Šarović was elected as Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency, serving in office only until 2003, when he resigned amid allegations of his involvement in organising illegal military trading with Iraq. From 2012 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2019, he served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations.
In 2019, Šarović became the new president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS). At the 2022 general election, he once again ran for a seat in the Presidency as a Serb member, but was not elected. Following the election, Šarović resigned as president of the SDS.