Presidency Member of Bosnia and Herzegovina June 9, 2011 | Posted by Owner | Filed under Bosnia and Herzegovina, State Leaders Zeljko Komsic Date of Birth: 20 January 1964 Birth Place: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Political Party: Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Arrival in Power: 6 November 2006 Religion: Atheist formerly Roman Catholic Profession: Lawyer Biography Zeljko Komsic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1964. He is the Croatian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Komsic obtained a law degree from the University of Sarajevo, and he also studied at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During the Bosnian War he served as part of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a decorated war hero. Following the war he began his career in politics first by sitting on the city councils for Sarajevo and Novo Sarajevo. At this time he also joined the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. When his party came to power in 1998, he was named as the ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, now broken up into Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. He is less popular with nationalist Croats, as he does not play into their rhetoric and refuses to create divisions inside the fragile harmony in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Text format Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Kom%C5%A1i%C4%87 http://www.predsjednistvobih.ba/biogr/?cid=8148,1,1