Previously, she held the position of advisor to the President of the Government of the Republic of Srpska for European integration and cooperation with international organizations. Then she served as the head of the Cabinet of the President of the Government of the Republic of Srpska. She managed the Unit for Cooperation and European Integration in the Government of Republic Srpska and was an expert member of the Committee for European Integration and Regional Cooperation of the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska.
She was elected to the position of Minister for Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation in the Government of Republic of Srpska in 2010. She served as President of the Government of Republic of Srpska in 2013, as the first woman to hold that position. She was re-elected to that position in 2014. In the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018, she was elected to the position of President of the Republic of Srpska.
Biography as published in the conference record. 158 words.