Džemal Bijedić
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Džemal Bijedić (Џемал Биједић) (born April 22, 1917, Mostar – died January 18, 1977) was a Yugoslav Communist politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He died in a plane crash.
[edit] Career
- President of the People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1967–1971)
- President of the Federal Executive Council of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (1971–1977)
[edit] Legacy
Between 1977 and 1992, the University of Mostar was named after Bijedić. Since 1994 a separate "Džemal Bijedić" University operates in eastern part of Mostar.
| Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vojislav Kecmanović Đedo | Đuro Pucar Stari | Vlado Šegrt | Rato Dugonjić | Džemal Bijedić | Hamdija Pozderac | Raif Dizdarević | Branko Mikulić | Milanko Renovica | Munir Mesihović | Mato Andrić | Nikola Filipović | Obrad Piljak | Alija Izetbegović | Živko Radišić | Ante Jelavić | Jozo Križanović | Beriz Belkić | Mirko Šarović | Borislav Paravac | Dragan Čović | Sulejman Tihić | Ivo Miro Jović | Nebojša Radmanović | Željko Komšić | Haris Silajdžić | ||
