Bosnia's international administrator Valentin Inzko congratulated Bosnian-born Alma Zadic on her appointment to the office of the Minister of Justice in the Government of the Republic of Austria, expressing support to continued and intensified ties between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria when it comes to the judiciary.
“After Baroness Arminka Helic in the British House of Lords, and former Swedish Minister of Education Aida Hadzialic, this is yet another talented and successful young person coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina who has managed to achieve through hard work and enormous energy an impressive career abroad,” said Inzko, an Austrian diplomat who was appointed the High Representative in Bosnia and whose office oversees the civilian part of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended Bosnian 1992-95 war.
As a refugee, Alma Zadic completed her primary and secondary education, along with a master’s degree and PhD in law, in Vienna. During the course of her studies, she also attended the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Piacenza and the renowned Columbia University in New York. She worked in numerous international institutions, including the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia and as a lawyer at a renowned international law firm, Inzko recalled in his message.
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Since 2013, Zadic is a member of the Global Shapers Community, an international organisation of young people who are taking over the responsibility for the survival of our planet.
“On this occasion, I would like to extend my most sincere congratulations as well as my wishes for a successful mandate of Minister Zadic. At the same time, this is also a message to the political elites in Bosnia and Herzegovina to commit more resolutely to improving the situation in BiH so that young people no longer have to leave the country, but instead develop their potential and succeed at home, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the benefit of its citizens,” said the High Representative Inzko, adding it was a question whether Alma Zadic would have ever been appointed as Minister of Justice at the state, entity or cantonal level had she stayed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
