| Sevlid Hurtić | |||||||||
| Office: | Minister of Human Rights and Refugees | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 25 January 2023 | ||||||||
| Primeminister: | Borjana Krišto | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Miloš Lučić | ||||||||
| Successor: | -->
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| Birth Date: | 2 January 1970 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Nationality: | Bosnian | ||||||||
| Children: | 5 | ||||||||
Sevlid Hurtić (born 2 January 1970) is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Human Rights and Refugees since January 2023. He previously served as member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. Hurtić is the founder and current president of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens.
Hurtić was born in Doboj on 2 January 1970, where he finished elementary and secondary education. He completed postgraduate studies in economics in 2015 and obtained a PhD in 2019.[1]
Hurtić served as Minister of Commerce and Tourism in the Government of Republika Srpska. Following the 2018 general election, he filed legal complaints due to receiving exactly zero votes in voting booths 1 and 2 of the 5th electoral district Doboj, despite party members and others having voted there.[2]
On 2 March 2022, Hurtić founded the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens, becoming their president.[3] In the 2022 general election, he was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.[4]
On 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new Council of Ministers presided over by Borjana Krišto, Hurtić was appointed as the new Minister of Human Rights and Refugees within Krišto's government.[5]
Hurtić is married and has five children.[6]