Edin Forto | |||||||||||||
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![]() Forto in 2023 | |||||||||||||
Minister of Communication and Traffic | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 25 January 2023 | |||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Borjana Krišto | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Vojin Mitrović | ||||||||||||
Premier of Sarajevo Canton | |||||||||||||
In office 5 January 2021 – 25 January 2023 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Mario Nenadić | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Darja Softić-Kadenić (acting) Nihad Uk | ||||||||||||
In office 26 December 2018 – 3 March 2020 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Adem Zolj | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Mario Nenadić | ||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 16 August 1972||||||||||||
Nationality | Bosnian | ||||||||||||
Political party | Our Party | ||||||||||||
Spouse |
Emina Šehagić (m. 2014) | ||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
Alma mater | |||||||||||||
Edin Forto (born 16 August 1972) is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Communication and Traffic since January 2023. He previously served twice as Premier of Sarajevo Canton, from 2018 to 2020 and from 2021 to 2023.
Following the 2014 general election, Forto became a member of the Federal House of Peoples. Since September 2021, he has been president of Our Party. Before becoming president, he was vice-president of Our Party.[1]
A journalist and politologist by profession, Forto graduated in international affairs from Columbia University in 2001. He also obtained his Bachelor of Arts from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before entering politics, he worked for Eurasia Group, as well as Nexe Group.
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