Preceded by Lazar Mojsov Name Raif Dizdarevic Preceded by Draza Markovic Role Politician | Prime Minister Milanko Renovica Succeeded by Janez Drnovsek Preceded by Ratomir Dugonjic | |
Prime Minister Branko Mikulic
Ante Markovic Born 9 December 1926 (age 97)
Fojnica, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( 1926-12-09 ) Political party League of Communists of Yugoslavia Children Predrag Dizdarevic, Jasminka Dizdarevic Books From the Death of Tito to the Death of Yugoslavia |
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Raif Dizdarević (born 9 December 1926) is a Bosnian politician who served as Yugoslavia's first Bosniak president. Dizdarević participated in the armed resistance as a Yugoslav Partisan during World War II.
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Early life
Dizdarević was born into a Bosnian Muslim family in 1926. His nephew was Srđan Dizdarević, who died in 2016.
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.
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. 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).