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Raif Dizdarević
11th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office
15 May 1988 – 15 May 1989
Prime MinisterBranko Mikulić
Ante Marković
Preceded byLazar Mojsov
Succeeded byJanez Drnovšek
President of the Assembly of SFR Yugoslavia
In office
1982–1984
Preceded byDraža Marković
Succeeded byDušan Alimpić
2nd President of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
April 1978 – April 1982
Prime MinisterMilanko Renovica
Preceded byRatomir Dugonjić
Succeeded byBranko Mikulić
Personal details
Born (1926-12-09) 9 December 1926 (age 98)
Fojnica, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) (1943–91)

Raif Dizdarević[pronunciation?] (born 9 December 1926)[1] is a Bosnian politician. Of Bosniak ancestry, Dizdarević was born in Fojnica. During World War II, he participated in the armed resistance in the Partisans.

Biography

Political career

After the war, as a member of the Communist Party and ally of Josip Broz Tito, he was elevated into high political functions. From 1945 he was a member of the Department of State Security.

  • Diplomat, serving on embassies in Bulgaria (1951–1954), the Soviet Union (1956–1959), and Czechoslovakia (1963–1967)
  • 1972: Assistant Federal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, with Milos Minic as Minister
  • 1978–82: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1982–83: Chairman of Federal Assembly
  • 1984–88: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia
  • 1988–89: Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia, following the resignation of Hamdija Pozderac . During his time as head of state, Yugoslavia had a foreign debt of over $21 billion USD and an annual inflation rate of 217 percent.[2] In March 1989 Dizdarević had to cancel a foreign trip to Brazil, Uruguay and Senegal amid unrest in the Albanian-majority province of Kosovo.[3]

Later life

Dizdarević, who tried to keep the Yugoslav federation together, lost his political influence with the start of the Yugoslav wars. Later he lived in Sarajevo and published his memoirs. His son Predrag lives in the United States, while his daughter Jasminka lives in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]

He published a memoir book Od smrti Tita do smrti Jugoslavije ("From the death of Tito to the death of Yugoslavia", ISBN 978-9958-10275-2 ) and a book of memories on events and personalities Vrijeme koje se pamti' ("Times to be remembered", ISBN 9958-703-81-5).

References

  1. ^ New Times. Newspaper "Trud,". 1984. ISSN 0206-1473. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia's President Says Crisis Harms the Country's Reputation". select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  3. ^ Yugoslav crisis hits president's foreign tour. The Glasgow Herald - 11 March 1989.
  4. ^ "Znameniti Fojničani: Raif Dizdarević". fojnica.ba. Retrieved 2015-01-07.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia
15 May 1988 – 15 May 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
April 1978 – April 1982 		Succeeded by
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