Member of the Presidency of RBiH 1993–1996

Personal detailsBorn(1949-01-01)1 January 1949
Stolac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR YugoslaviaDied29 January 2012(2012-01-29) (aged:63)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaNationalityBosnianPolitical partySocial Democratic Union (2006–2012)Other political
affiliationsSKJ (1967–1990)
Social Democratic Party (1992–2002)Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

Nijaz Duraković (1 January 1949 – 29 January 2012) was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician who served as the 9th and final president of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1989 to 1990. He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation.

Duraković served as the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina alongside Alija Izetbegović from 1993 to 1996, most of it during the Bosnian War. He was the founder and first president of the Social Democratic Party. He also served as member of the national House of Representatives from 2002 until 2006.

Born in January 1949, Duraković died in January 2012 at the age of 63.

Contents

• 1 Political career
• 2 Publications
• 3 Death
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Political career

Duraković was born in Stolac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia on 1 January 1949 to Hakija and Ćamila. He completed his primary and secondary education there, and then his BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in sociology at the University of Sarajevo. He served as the last president of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 29 June 1989 until December 1990, and as the first president of the Social Democratic Party from 27 December 1992 to 6 April 1997.

On 20 October 1993, Duraković became a member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War, serving alongside Alija Izetbegović until 5 October 1996. At the 2002 general election, he was elected to the national House of Representatives, serving as its member until 6 November 2006

Publications

Beyond politics, Duraković was widely recognized as one of the country's most prolific authors. His body of work includes 16 books and more than 200 scientific journals and articles which he wrote during his tenure as Senior Professor at the Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo. Duraković's most prominent book is The Curse of Muslims (Prokletstvo Muslimana).

Death

Duraković died on 29 January 2012 in Sarajevo following a heart attack, at the age of 63.

His death was met with statements of sympathy and tribute from many people and organizations. Bosnian Presidency chairman Željko Komšić released a statement upon Duraković's death, describing him as a "great man" and a "successful politician and fighter for Bosnia and Herzegovina." Federal prime minister Nermin Nikšić stated "There will be a gap behind Duraković that will be difficult to fill. Generations that follow his example can learn how to love Bosnia and Herzegovina."

See also

• Nijaz Duraković Park

References

External links

• Nijaz Duraković at imovinapoliticara.cin.ba

Prelude

• Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting
• Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement
• RAM Plan
• Serb Autonomous Regions
  • Bosanska Krajina
  • Herzegovina
  • North-East Bosnia
  • Romanija
• Establishment of Republika Srpska
• Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum
• Sarajevo wedding shooting
• Declaration of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Battle of Bosanski Brod
• Sijekovac killings
• Bijeljina m*acre
• 1992 anti-war protests in Sarajevo

1992

• Battle of Kupres
• Siege of Sarajevo
• Kazani pit killings
• Foča ethnic cleansing
• Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing
• Siege of Srebrenica
• Zvornik m*acre
• Doboj
• Snagovo m*acre
• Prijedor ethnic cleansing
• Sarajevo column incident
• Siege of Goražde
• Graz agreement
• Glogova m*acre
• Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing
• Tuzla column incident
• Zaklopača m*acre
• Siege of Doboj
• Bradina m*acre
• Bijeli Potok m*acre
• Pionirska Street fire
• Operation Jackal
• Višegrad m*acres
  • Bosanska Jagodina
  • Paklenik
  • Barimo
  • Sjeverin
• Čemerno m*acre
• Siege of Bihać
• Ahatovići m*acre
• Croat–Bosniak War
• Operation Vrbas '92
• Operation Corridor 92
• Bikavac fire
• :Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
• Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
• Korićani Cliffs m*acre
• Gornja Jošanica m*acre

1993

• Kravica attack
• Duša killings
• Skelani m*acre
• Štrpci
• Siege of Mostar
• Srebrenica shelling
• Ahmići m*acre
• Trusina killings
• Sovići and Doljani killings
• Zenica m*acre
• Vranica case
• Dobrinja mortar attack
• Battle of Žepče
• Operation Irma
• Operation Neretva '93
• Grabovica m*acre
• Mokronoge m*acre
• Stupni Do m*acre
• Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
• Operation Deny Flight
• Križančevo Selo killings

1994

• Operation Tvigi 94
• First Markale m*acre
• Banja Luka incident
• Washington Agreement
• :Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Operation Bøllebank
• Attack on Spin magazine journalists
• Operation Tiger
• Battle of Kupres
• Operation Amanda
• Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347
• Operation Spider
• Operation Winter '94

1995

• Operation Vlašić
• Operation Leap 1
• Battle of Orašje
• Operation Leap 2
• Split Agreement
• Operation Summer '95
• Pale air strikes
• Tuzla shelling
• Battle of Vrbanja Bridge
• Srebrenica m*acre
  • Kravica
• Battle of Vozuća
• Operation Miracle
• Operation Storm
• Second Markale m*acre
• NATO bombing campaign
• Operation Mistral 2
• Operation Sana
• Operation Una
• Operation Southern Move
• Exodus of Sarajevo Serbs
• Dayton Agreement
• :Bosnia and Herzegovina

Internment camps

• Silos
• Manjača
• Liplje
• Luka
• Vilina Vlas
• Omarska
• Keraterm
• Trnopolje
• Sušica
• Čelebići
• Musala
• Batković
• Dretelj
• Uzamnica
• Heliodrom
• Gabela
• Vojno

Aspects

• Ethnic cleansing and m*acres
  • Bosnian genocide
  • Bosnian genocide denial
• Internment camps
• Rape
• Peace plans
• NATO intervention
• Foreign support
• Foreign fighters

Timeline of the Bosnian War (Timeline of the Croat–Bosniak War)

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Consequences

• Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001)
• Ethnic cleansing
• Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
• Ten-Day War (1991)
• Bosnian War (1992–1995)
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–)
• Graz agreement (1992)
• Sanctions against Yugoslavia (1991-2001)
• Hyperinflation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1994)
• Dayton Agreement (1996)
• Joint Criminal Enterprise
• Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control (1996)
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1993–2017)
• Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević (2000)

Nationalism

• Greater Albania
• Greater Croatia
• United Macedonia
• Greater Serbia
• United Slovenia
• Anti-Serbian sentiment
• Islamophobia
• Albanian nationalism
• Bosniak nationalism
• Croatian nationalism
• Macedonian nationalism
• Montenegrin nationalism
• Serbian nationalism
• Serbian–Montenegrin unionism
• Slovenian nationalism
• Yugoslavism

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