Reuf Bajrović


Reuf Bajrović is a Bosnian-American activist, politician and policy analyst who presently Co-Chairs the US-Europe Alliance in Washington, DC. He was the first Bosnian-American who served as high-ranking official in the Bosnian Government when he was appointed as Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first cabinet of Fadil Novalić in 2015. His tenure as the Minister was shaped by his decision to send Financial Police to all state owned enterprises, especially those in the highly corrupt energy sector. Bajrović resigned his position after the Federation BiH Government blocked his attempts to disrupt the patronage system and appoint independent experts to key management positions in state owned companies.
In April 2016, Bajrović created a new civically-oriented party called Civic Alliance. At October 2016 local elections, Civic Alliance won the mayorship in Bihać and council seats in other parts of the country.
Bajrović resigned as the party president and supported the appointment of new leadership at the party congress in September 2017, citing the need for new faces in the country's political life.
Previously, Bajrović led the Emerging Democracies Institute, a think tank in Washington, DC. Also, Bajrovic was one of the architects of SDP BiH's election victory in 2010 as close advisor of Zlatko Lagumdzija.
Bajrovic supports the Democratic Party and publicly campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Biography

Bajrovic came to the United States as a refugee from Turkey. He attended Seneca High School and the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed an MA in European Integration at the University of Bologna in 2002.
He has made numerous media and public appearances. He has participated in several briefings at the United States Congress related to the Western Balkans and testified before the Joint Committee on European Affairs of the Oireachtas, Ireland's National Parliament.