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Havana, Apr 23 (RHC) The president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanović, will arrive in Cuba on Monday, April 24, for an official visit to our country.

During her stay in Havana, Željka Cvijanović will hold talks with Cuban authorities and carry out other activities of interest.

Biography of Željka Cvijanović

She was born on March 4, 1967, in Teslić, where she attended elementary and high school.

She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Banja Luka.

She completed her specialization studies in the field of diplomatic and consular law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Banja Luka defending her final thesis on the topic "The international and legal position of the European Union".

Since February 2006, she held the position of Advisor to the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska for European integration and cooperation with international organizations, after which she was elected Head of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska.

She headed the Unit for European Coordination and Integration in the Republika Srpska Government and was an expert member of the Committee for European Integration and Regional Cooperation of the Republika Srpska National Assembly.

She was elected to the position of Minister for Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation in the Government of Republika Srpska in December 2010.

In March 2013, she was elected to the position of Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, as the first woman to hold that position.

In December 2014, she was re-elected to the position of Prime Minister of Republika Srpska.

In the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018, she was elected to the position of President of Republika Srpska (Source: Cubaminrex).