Biljana Gutić-Bjelica

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

 Name: Biljana

Family name: Gutić – Bjelica

Date of Birth: April 2, 1972

Place of Birth: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marital Status: Married, mother of one child

Languages: Fluent in English and Basic Communication in French

Educational History

 2007 Certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice on the status of Permanent Court Interpreter for English language

1997 Graduated Philologist for English Language and English Literature, University of Niš, Republic of Serbia, Faculty of Philosophy, Department for English Language and Literature

1991 Grammar School

 Employment History

 November 2009 – Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Canada

 2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

         Sector for Multilateral Relations

         Department for NATO and PfP

         Position: Counsellor

 2008-2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

         Cabinet of the Deputy Minister

         Position: Counsellor

 2006-2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

         Sector for Multilateral Affairs

         Department for UN and International Organizations

         Position: First Secretary

 2003 – 2006 Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina

          Cabinet of the Minister

          Position: Head of the Cabinet

 1999 – 2003 Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina

         Cabinet of the Minister

          Position: Interpreter/Translater

Additional Working Experience:

 2010-2011 Member of the Executive Committee of the Ottawa Diplomatic Association

 2010-2011 Member of the Women Ambassadors of Ottawa

 2007 – 2009 Secretary General of the National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO

 2007 – 2009 Deputy Secretary of the Advisory Board for Combating HIV/AIDS in Bosnia and  Herzegovina

 2007 Member of the Organizing Committee for UNESCO Sub-regional Seminar on Education Reform and Education for All Goals (Sarajevo, December 2007)

1999 - 2001 Commission for Revision of the Status of Persons Naturalized between 1992 until the adoption of the BiH Constitution – Interpreter/Translator.

Interview for the Supreme Master television (featuring H.E. Biljana Gutic-Bjelica)