Newly elected Mayor of Zenica is Mr. Fuad Kasumovic who ran for the post as an independent candidate

Fuad Kasumović was born in 1958.

An economist by trade, at the outset of his career he worked as a managing director of the Gračanica Coal Mine.

Later on he held a number of major posts in the Cantonal, Federal and State Governments.

He was a deputy director of the Customs Directorate of the BiH Federation;

As an OHR expert he was working on establishment of the BiH Indirect Taxation Authority.

He was also a Deputy Minister of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In recent months he has been working as an advisor for international relations at the BiH Indirect Taxation Authority.

At the local elections held on October 2, 2016 he received support from 16.176 citizens or 34,67% of the vote.