Secretariat

Secretary of the Federal Government: Dr. Sci. Edita Kalajdžić

General Secretariat of the Government of the Federation of BiH

Hamdije Čemerlića 2, Sarajevo
Telephone +387 33 644-449; 206-487; 442-601
Fax: +387 33 667-269

Secretary of the Federal Government: Dr. Sci. Edita Kalajdžić

Biography

Born on October 1, 1974. in Visegrad.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo in 2003.

She passed the professional administrative exam in 2004.

She passed the bar exam in 2006.

She passed the bar exam in 2016. 

Passed the Bankruptcy Trustee exam in 2025. 

In 2015, she obtained her master's degree at the Civil Department of the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo on the topic "Management of companies with the participation of state capital in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina", thereby obtaining the title of Master of Legal Sciences.

She received her doctorate at the Civil Department of the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo in 2023 on the topic of "Legal and institutional prerequisites for the implementation of public-private partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina", thereby earning the title of Doctor of Legal Sciences.

She was employed as a civil servant in the Sarajevo District Secretariat for the Economy from 1993 to 1995, from 1995 to 1996 in the Cabinet of the Governor of Sarajevo Canton, and from 1997 to 2003 in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After completing her studies, in the period from 2003 to 2009, she worked as an expert associate for legal issues in the Prime Minister's Office, senior expert associate for legal issues, expert advisor for policy coordination, and then as head of the Department for Policy Coordination and Institutional Cooperation in the General Secretariat Government of FBiH.

From April 2009 to October 2011, she performed the duties of assistant secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at the same time performed the duties of acting director of the FBiH Prime Minister's Office.

In October 2011, she was appointed acting secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in January 2012, after the completion of the competition procedure, she was appointed secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Married, mother of one child.

Scope of Activity

The General Secretariat performs professional tasks for the needs of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the Government) and the working bodies of the Government, related to:

-                 the organization of sessions of the Government and its working bodies,

-                 cooperation with the Parliament and other legislative bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

-                 preparation of materials at the request of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the two Deputy Prime Ministers,

-                 provision of documentation materials and data relevant to the work of the Government, the Prime Minister, the two Deputy Prime Ministers, and the members of the Government,

-                 cooperation with legal and natural persons within the competence of the General Secretariat,

-                 management of the Information System of the General Secretariat,

-                 direct translation and ensuring translation of written texts to and from foreign languages for the needs of the General Secretariat, the Prime Minister, and the two Deputy Prime Ministers,

-                 professional tasks related to the publication of regulations and other acts in the "Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH,"

-                 proofreading of regulations and other acts for the needs of the General Secretariat, the Prime Minister, and the two Deputy Prime Ministers,

-                 tasks of coordinating corporate supervision, i.e., corporate governance of business entities with state capital participation of the Federation, as well as establishing centralized collection and processing of information about companies with state capital participation for the needs of the Government,

-                 administrative-technical and operational-technical tasks, if the performance of these tasks is not organized in another way, and

-                 other tasks determined by the Government, the Prime Minister, and the two Deputy Prime Ministers, except those tasks that are specifically assigned by law to another body.

The General Secretariat of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is headed by the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has several assistants for the basic organizational units:

·         Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Sector for the Preparation of Government Sessions and Working Bodies, Government Conclusions, and Institutional Cooperation

·         Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Sector for Policy Coordination:

Dijana Smailagić

Phone: 033/667-271

·         Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Sector for Legal and General Affairs:

Olja Lovrinović

Phone: 033/204-491

·         Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Sector for Material and Financial Affairs:

Alma Bunar

Phone: 033/204-006

·         Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Sector for Information Technology:

Mensura Hasifić Beglerović 

Phone: 033/212-875