Živko Radišić

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Živko Radišić Живко Радишић
2nd Serb member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency
In office October 13, 1998 – October 5, 2002
Preceded by	Momčilo Krajišnik
Succeeded by	Mirko Šarović
Personal details
Born	(1937-08-15) August 15, 1937 Prijedor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Political party	SPRS

Živko Radišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Радишић) (born August 15, 1937) is a Bosnian Serb politician and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Born in Prijedor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1937, Radišić graduated in 1964 from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo. From 1977 to 1982, he served as the Mayor of Banja Luka, Bosnia's second-largest city. In 1982 to 1985 he headed Bosnia's communist defense ministry. In 1996, he became a founding member of the Socialist Party in Republika Srpska.

Radišić was elected as the Bosnian Serb member of the Presidency in September 1998, defeating the incumbent Momčilo Krajišnik by 45,000 votes.^[1] Radišić chaired the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1998–1999 and from 2000-2001.

References

↑ "New Bosnian leader pledges to promote democracy". Associated Press. 1998-09-27. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

v t e Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presidents of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945–1974)	Vojislav Kecmanović Đuro Pucar Vlado Šegrt Đuro Pucar^* Ratomir Dugonjić Džemal Bijedić Hamdija Pozderac

Presidents of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1974–1992)	Ratomir Dugonjić Raif Dizdarević Branko Mikulić Milanko Renovica Munir Mesihović Mato Andrić Nikola Filipović Obrad Piljak

President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1996)	Alija Izetbegović

Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1996)	Alija Izetbegović Živko Radišić Ante Jelavić Alija Izetbegović Živko Radišić Jozo Križanović Beriz Belkić Mirko Šarović Dragan Čović Borislav Paravac Dragan Čović Sulejman Tihić Borislav Paravac Ivo Miro Jović Sulejman Tihić Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić Haris Silajdžić Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić Haris Silajdžić Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić Bakir Izetbegović Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić

Persondata
Name	Radisic, Zivko
Alternative names
Short description	Serb-Bosnian politician
Date of birth	August 15, 1937
Place of birth	Prijedor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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