Ana Trišić-Babić

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Born in Banja Luka Ana Trišić-Babić is a trained lawyer. Following her graduation from the Schiller International University, London, she briefly worked in an attorney’s office. She then briefly moved into journalism, where she worked for Radio Free Europe for a couple of years.

She made her first steps into the political sphere in 1996, when she joined the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as Head of Project for Media and NGO Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She then moved onto the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she worked as a Counsellor for International Relations. Ana Trišić-Babić stepped into the national political sphere in 1999 after working in the Office of the President of the Republic of the Srpska Government.

She was also involved in the Stabilization and Association Agreement, where she was a head of a working group. Between 2001 and 2007 Ana Trišić-Babić worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, rising to the position of Assistant Minister for Bilateral Relations.

In February 2007 she became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.