Semiha Borovac

Semiha Borovac (born 2 March 1955) is a Bosnian lawyer and politician who served as the 35th mayor of Sarajevo from 2005 to 2009. She was Sarajevo's first female mayor.

Borovac was also Minister of Human Rights and Refugees from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Party of Democratic Action.

Education
Borovac attended first the "Ahmet Fetahagić" elementary school and then the "Druga Gimnazija" secondary school in Sarajevo. She went on to university, graduating from the Sarajevo Law School in 1977 and qualifying as a judge in 2000. In 2001, she also qualified as a trainer with the Citizens' Association for Local Development Initiative.

Political career
Borovac served as the 35th mayor of Sarajevo from 16 April 2005 until 28 January 2009; she was the first female to serve as mayor.

Borovac became the new Minister of Human Rights and Refugees on 31 March 2015 in the government of Denis Zvizdić. Within her first year in office, Borovac met with refugee families across Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 26 January 2016, Borovac signed an agreement with mayors from cities throughout the country and ministers of both entities, promising to have 438 homes built for families displaced by the Bosnian War of the 1990s. Her term as Minister ended on 23 December 2019.

Personal life
Semiha is married to Miralem Borovac and together they have two daughters.