As part of the 23rd Meeting of Bosnian supplementary schools in Great Britain, the BiH community decided to surprise his Ambassador. Namely, that day was also Ambassador Filipović’s birthday. In the crowded hall and cheerful atmosphere of the Sidney Stringer Academy, those present wished the Ambassador a happy birthday and presented him with a birthday cake, accompanied by a song by Queen Elizabeth II’s envoy, Simon Topman MBE DL.
During his term as Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Kingdom, H.E. Vanja Filipović relatively quickly established close cooperation and communication with the Bosnian community on the Island.
If you ask him about the diaspora in Great Britain, he will always say that he is happy that the level of interest and connection between the diaspora and the homeland is at an exceptional level.
The Ambassador responds to the increasing activities of the BH UK Network and BiH associations in the UK. He has always strived to present our homeland in the best light through joint appearances.
H.E. Vanja Filipović was born in Sarajevo in 1976. He came to the United States with his mother and sister in September 1993. He attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1999, and then received his master’s degree in Security Policy Studies from George Washington University in Washington, DC in 2001. From 2000 to 2004, he worked for Northrop Grumman Corporation in Fairfax, Virginia, at Orao Base near Tuzla, and Camp Butmir near Sarajevo, providing support to the American contingent in the SFOR mission as a consultant. From 2004 to 2012, he worked for NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, and from 2013 to 2014 and during 2019, he worked in the office of the Croatian member of the Presidency as a foreign policy advisor.
During 2015, he was the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the period 2016-2017, he completed a second master’s degree in the field of “Violence, Conflict and Development” in London at the School of Oriental and African Studies – University of London. He has been serving as the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Kingdom since 1.9. 2019.
Ambassador, happy birthday!
How everything looked, you can watch the following video:
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