EU Reporter SHARE: European Union High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt speaks during the handover ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic German politician Christian Schmidt (pictured) took up the post of Bosnia's international peace overseer on Monday (2 August) after a hostile reception by Bosnian Serb leaders who want the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to be scrapped, writes Daria Sito-sucic. Schmidt, a former government minister, replaced Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko after 12 years as the international High Representative in Bosnia, whose office oversees the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.Advertisement "It's an honour for me to take this responsibility and serve the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina," Schmidt said during the official takeover ceremony in the capital of Sarajevo.