Kemal Kozarić (born on October 13, 1956 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is the current governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH).[1]
He completed his elementary and high school education in Sarajevo, as well as graduating from the Faculty of Economics of University of Sarajevo in 1981, at the Marketing Department. He successfully defended his M.A. thesis "Perspectives of the Monetary Policy Model of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Path Towards the European Union" in September 2006. After that, in today’s Central Profit Banka D.D. Sarajevo, (previously Privredna Banka Sarajevo, i.e. Kreditna banka), he was Chief of Branch, Assistant of the General Director in the City Savings Bank, Executive Director for the Operations With Citizens, Executive Director for the General Affairs and Director of the Assets Investments Department.
From 1996 until beginning of 2000, he was the Minister of Finance in Sarajevo Canton Government and after that he was appointed Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On May 20, 2003, he has been appointed member of the Governing Board of the CBBH, while remaining vice governor.[2]
As of January 1, 2005, Kozarić became Governor of the CBBH replacing Peter Nicholl. Kozarić was elected Deputy Chairman of the Governors’ Club of Central Banks of Central Asia, Black Sea Region, and the Balkans’ Countries for the period 2007–2008.