VSTV to Elect New Chief Prosecutor of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office Tomorrow

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (VSTV) will tomorrow elect a new chief prosecutor of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office after the position became vacant with the appointment of Dalida Burzić as a judge of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

The VSTV concluded the election procedure within the competition process on May 10 with interviews with candidates. The remaining candidates with the highest scores are Sabina Sarajlija, Sead Kreštalica, and Sanin Bogunić. They will present their programs to the VSTV tomorrow. Appointments of chief cantonal prosecutors in the Tuzla, Posavina, and Una-Sana cantons are also planned.

Biographies of candidates for chief prosecutor of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office

Sabina Sarajlija

She was born on November 21, 1978, in Brčko. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 2002 and passed the bar exam in 2004. She earned her master's degree in 2009 at the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo, Department of Criminal Law.

She worked as an intern at the Prosecutor's Office of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina and at a law firm. As a legal associate at the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she worked on war crimes cases.

By decision of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she was appointed as a prosecutor at the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton in 2008. Initially, she worked on general crime cases, and from 2009 on economic crime and corruption cases. She participated in working groups and projects aimed at improving the judiciary.

She has been engaged in training on the confiscation of proceeds of crime. She participated in professional development programs in the country and abroad. She is the author of several professional and scientific articles and an educator at the Center for Education of Judges and Prosecutors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has been a member of the Association of Prosecutors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Association of Prosecutors of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2009.

Sanin Bogunić

He was born on February 2, 1977, in Goražde, where he completed general high school. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 2002 and passed the bar exam in 2004.

After completing his studies, he spent his entire career in the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina, working as a court intern, legal associate, and legal advisor in court. By decision of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in March 2008, he was appointed as a prosecutor at the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton. He served as head of the Department for Economic Crime and Corruption for four years.

Sead Kreštalica

He was born on November 8, 1961, in Han Pijesak. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1986 and passed the bar exam in 1993.

From 1995 to 2003, he was deputy municipal prosecutor at the Municipal Prosecutor's Office II Sarajevo. He was appointed as a prosecutor at the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton in December 2003. He worked in the General Crime Department, the War Crimes Department, and later served as head of the Economic Crime Department. From 2008 to 2015, he was a member of the Management Board of the Association of Prosecutors of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a member of the list of experts for determining questions and answers in the criminal law field for prosecutors.

He is a member of the Working Group for drafting guidelines for the conduct of cantonal prosecutor's offices in the procedure for confiscation of proceeds of crime. He participated in the program of the International Police Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).