Zoran Tegeltija

Zoran Tegeltija (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Тегелтија; born 29 September 1961) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITA) since June 2023.

He was first elected in 2000 in the town council of Mrkonjić Grad[1] as well as a member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska[2] and later served as chairman of the State Commission for the Bosnia and Herzegovina borders.

Tegeltija was appointed Minister of Finance of the Republika Srpska entity on 29 December 2010 in the government of Aleksandar Džombić,[6] and was later confirmed in the post in the first and second cabinet of Željka Cvijanović in 2013 and 2014.

The RS entity Supreme Court ruled in July 2019 that the Agency had illegally hid data on banking operation and that the bankruptcies could have been prevented.

[1] After a one-year governmental formation crisis following the 2018 general election, on 5 December 2019, the national House of Representatives confirmed the appointment of Tegeltija as the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[11] On 28 September 2021, Tegeltija's government unanimously adopted the decision on temporary financing, which ensures safe functioning of state institutions.

[12] In October 2021, the cabinet, at the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, drafted a decision on temporary suspension and reduction of customs rates on imports of new electric and hybrid cars until 31 December 2022.

[29] On 21 May 2020, the government headed by Tegeltija adopted a decision which allowed entry and stay of a foreigner who entered Bosnia and Herzegovina due to business obligations, provided that they have an invitational letter from a legal entity from Bosnia and Herzegovina that hired them in the country and a certificate of a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 virus from an authorized laboratory, not older than 48 hours from the time of entry.

[41] In April 2021, Tegeltija reacted to a supposed non-paper sent by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, regarding possible border changes in the Western Balkans, saying that he isn't "a man of inflammatory rhetoric" and that he "will not deal with fictional papers.

[43] On 18 June 2021, he met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at a Western Balkans summit in Vienna, where they discussed about cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria, security and migration.

[44] On 3 December 2021, Tegeltija met with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković at the Central European Initiative forum held in Budva, Montenegro.

[46] While attending the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on 5 February 2022, Tegeltija met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, with whom he discussed about political and economical topics.

[48] On 30 June, Tegeltija spoke in a telephone call with German chancellor Angela Merkel about the future of EU potential enlargement, ahead of the 2021 Berlin Process Summit.

[49] On 14 September 2021, Tegeltija met in person with Merkel at a Western Balkans meeting in Tirana, Albania, where they talked about the COVID-19 pandemic, Berlin Process, EU enlargement and the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[50] On 30 September, alongside Andrej Plenković and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Tegeltija opened the Svilaj border checkpoint and a bridge over the nearby Sava river, which bears the internationally important freeway Pan-European Corridor Vc.

[51] In November 2022, alongside other Western Balkans leaders and in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Tegeltija signed three agreements on mobility at the Berlin Process Summit, which enable travel with an ID card in the region, mutual recognition of university diplomas and professional qualifications.

Tegeltija giving a speech, September 2021
Tegeltija alongside EU official Olivér Várhelyi (left), Bosnian Foreign Minister Bisera Turković and Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (front), accepting a COVID-19 vaccine donation from the EU, 4 May 2021
Tegeltija with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias , 8 April 2022
Tegeltija greeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen , 28 October 2022
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