Alma Zadić


Alma Zadić is an Austrian lawyer and politician. As a member of Austria′s Green party she has been the Minister of Justice in the Second Kurz government since 7 January 2020.

Early life, education, and early career

In 1994, Zadić fled to Austria with her parents during the Bosnian War and the family settled in Vienna. She has been described as a Muslim, but she herself denies any religious affiliation.
She studied in the U.S., Italy, and the Netherlands. While a student, she worked as a junior legal researcher at the International Organization for Migration in Vienna and as an intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
Before entering politics, Zadić worked as a senior associate at the London-headquartered multinational law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Political career and controversies

Zadić ran for the Austrian Green Party in the 2019 Austrian legislative election and was elected to the National Council.
In November 2019, Alma Zadić was found guilty of defamation and fined 700 euros by a criminal court in Vienna.
On 7 January 2020, Zadić, along with three other Greens, was sworn in by Austria′s president Alexander Van der Bellen to serve in the Sebastian Kurz coalition government as Minister of Justice pursuant to the coalition agreement of Kurz's ÖVP with the Greens, led by Werner Kogler, who serves as Vice Chancellor.