Predrag Puharić (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Пухарић; born 1977) is a Bosnian computer security expert and politician serving as the 40th mayor of Sarajevo since November 2024.
Puharić was born in 1977 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[1] He graduated from the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies.
[2] Puharić has worked for years in the IT sector, specialising in cybersecurity.
[3] In November 2024, the Social Democratic Party nominated him for the office of mayor of Sarajevo following his predecessor Benjamina Karić getting elected municipal mayor of Novo Sarajevo a month prior in the 2024 municipal elections.