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Dragutin Kosovac (1924-2012) was a Bosnian politician, and later the director of Energoinvest. [1] He was awarded with a plaque by Serbian Civic Council, and he has several other awards and medals from anti-nazi organisations. [2]
Kosovac was born on 10 January 1924 in Sarajevo. In 1941 during World War II joined the Yugoslav Partisans. In 1965 he received his law degree from the University of Sarajevo. From 1963 to 1965 he was the trade minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served in the under the first presidency of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [3]
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a 20 kilometres long coast on the Adriatic Sea, with the town of Neum being its only access to the sea. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city.
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe.
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He later served as the first chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Beriz Belkić was a Bosnian politician who served as the 3rd Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He also served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 1998 to 2001.
The University of Sarajevo is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest and oldest university in the country, tracing its initial origins to 1537 as an Islamic madrasa.
Milorad Dodik is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022, having previously served from 2010 to 2018. He also served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.
The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly referred to as Socialist Bosnia or simply Bosnia, was one of the six constituent federal states forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was a predecessor of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, existing between 1945 and 1992, under a number of different formal names, including Democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943–1946) and People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946–1963).
Fikret Abdić, also known as Babo, is a Bosnian politician and businessman who first rose to prominence in the 1980s for his role in turning the Velika Kladuša-based agriculture company Agrokomerc into one of the biggest conglomerates in SFR Yugoslavia. He won the popular vote in the Bosnian presidential elections of 1990.
Branko Mikulić was a Yugoslav politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1986 to 1989. Mikulić was one of the leading politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the communist rule in the former Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1984 to 1986, and previously served as President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1982 to 1983.
Haris Silajdžić is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 to 1996.
Jovan Divjak was a Bosnian army general who served as the Deputy Commander of the Bosnian army's general staff until 1994, during the Bosnian War.
Željko Komšić is a Bosnian politician serving as the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2018. Previously, he was a member of the national House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.
Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who has served as Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the United States since June 2023. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations from 2019 to 2023. Alkalaj also served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 until 2012. He held the post of executive secretary of UNECE between 2012 and 2014 as well.
Bakir Izetbegović is a Bosnian politician who served as the 6th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2018. He is the current president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA).
The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the head of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nijaz Duraković was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician who served as the last president of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1989 to 1991. He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, also known as the Sarajevo Law School, is one of the leading schools of the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The school is located in Sarajevo's downtown district next to the Latin Bridge and not far from Baščaršija, the city's historical and cultural center.
Denis Bećirović is a Bosnian politician, professor and historian serving as the 8th and current Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2022. He has also been serving as its chairman since March 2024. Previously, Bećirović was a member of the national House of Peoples from 2019 to 2022. He is also the current vice-president of the Social Democratic Party.
Mile Akmadžić is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1993, during the Bosnian War.
Adamir Jerković is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian academic, a doctor of sociology and history, essayist, and publicist with an extensive experience in the field of journalism. He is the author of numerous political commentaries. He served as an advisor to the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović. He held important political, state and economic posts, including those of the Secretary of the Municipal Conference of the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Zenica, Advisor to the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Assistant to the General Director of BH Pošte, Director of the Archives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, President of the Administrative Board of the Poštanska /Post Bank, and performed many other duties. He is the Secretary General of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is the author of numerous books, essays, and articles.