Josip Brkić was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 2015. He was re-appointed for a second term in December 2019 and for a third term in January 2023. He is the Chairman of the B&H Commision for Cooperation with NATO since 2015. Until his appointment to the Council of Ministers he worked at the Herzegovina University in Mostar.

Mr. Brkić was the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Kingdom of Spain and Morocco from 2004 to 2008, and Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in UNWTO.

Previously, he held several senior positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2004. to 2008., Ministry of European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2000. – April 2003. and Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Western Herzegovina County in 2000. His professional involvement includes several years in the business sector, from 2009. to 2015. holding a management position. Since 2015. Mr. Brkić is the International Secretary of HDZ BiH – the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a member of the Main Board of HNS – Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.