Preceded by Lazo Materić Alma mater University of Belgrade Education University of Belgrade | Succeeded by Salko Lagumdžija Religion Atheist | |
Died 18 December 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Political party League of Communists of Yugoslavia | ||
Vaso Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије Радић; 1923 – 18 December 2011) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician who served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1963 to 1965 and Yugoslav General Consul in West Germany from 1967 to 1969. After retiring he worked as an author and publicist. He was a holder of the Commemorative Medal of the Yugoslav Partisans and was one of the founders of FK Sarajevo, being named chairman in 1957. As an ethnic Serb living in Sarajevo for most of his life, he also lived through the Siege of Sarajevo (1992–96), and died on 18 December 2011.
Vaso Radić was buried on 21 December at "Bare" cemetery in Sarajevo.
References
Vaso Radić Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA