Džemal Bijedić

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Džemal Bijedić
26th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
In office 30 July 1971 – 18 January 1977
President	Josip Broz Tito
Preceded by	Mitja Ribičič
Succeeded by	Veselin Đuranović
Personal details
Born	(1917-04-12)12 April 1917 Mostar, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	18 January 1977(1977-01-18) (aged 59) near Kreševo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslav^[1]
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Religion	None (Atheism)

Džemal Bijedić (12 April 1917 – 18 January 1977) was a Bosniak Communist politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the prime minister of Yugoslavia from 1971 until his death.

Early life

Džemal Bijedić was born in Mostar, Austria-Hungary (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Bosniak parents Adem and Zarifa from the famous merchant family Bijedić. He finished his elementary education as well as high school in Mostar, and graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, where he joined the communist party in 1939. After Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 6 April 1941 Bijedić joined the Yugoslav Partisans under the leadership of Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito. Bijedić remained in the partisans until the end of the People's Liberation War in 1945.

Politics

After the liberation, he performed many duties involving responsibility, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. From 1967, he was the president of the SR BIH Assembly ( which was by the constitutional regulations of the time the function of the president of the Republic). From July 1971 until his death in 1977, he was the Prime Minister of the SFRY government.

Bijedić played a vital role in affirming Muslims as a Yugoslav constitutive nation and according to academic Avdo Sućeska "more than any other single Communist leader of Muslim origin."^[2]

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) i.e. Prime Minister.

Death

On 18 January 1977, Džemal Bijedić, his wife Razija and six others were killed when their Learjet 25 crashed on the Inač mountain near Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The plane took off from Batajnica Air Base in Belgrade and was en route to Sarajevo when it crashed, ostensibly due to poor weather conditions. Conspiracy theorists have suggested that the crash was not an accident but rather the result of foul play at the hands of his Serbian rivals.^[3]

Legacy

A significant progress in the economy of the municipalities of Herzegovina was made under his leadership. He worked on strengthening of statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he was one of its most merited founders and builders. It is his credit that Mostar, the city he endlessly loved, got its University. The memory of Džemal Bijedić permanently remained in his native town of Mostar. As a sign of gratitude for all that he had done for Mostar, twenty seven years ago, the citizens of Mostar decided to name the University in Mostar, "The Džemal Bijedić" University in Mostar. Bijedić and his wife were survived by their two sons and one daughter.

References

Citations

↑ Isaković 1994, p. 288.
↑ Velikonja, Mitja (1992). Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Texas A&M University Press. p. 223. ISBN 1-58544-226-7.
↑ BBC (8 January 2007). "Famous Air Crash Victims - Part 4: Politicians".

Bibliography

Isaković, Alija (1994). Antologija zla (in Bosnian). Ljiljan.

External links

Toasts of the President Geral Ford and Prime Minister Dzemal Bijedic of Yugoslavia, 19 March 1975

Political offices
Preceded by Mitja Ribičič	Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 30 July 1971–18 January 1977	Succeeded by Veselin Đuranović

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

v t e Prime Ministers of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1943)	Nikola Pašić Stojan Protić Ljubomir Davidović Stojan Protić Milenko Vesnić Nikola Pašić Ljubomir Davidović Nikola Pašić Nikola Uzunović Velimir Vukićević Anton Korošec Petar Živković Vojislav Marinković Milan Srškić Nikola Uzunović Bogoljub Jevtić Milan Stojadinović Dragiša Cvetković Dušan Simović* Slobodan Jovanović* Miloš Trifunović* Božidar Purić* Ivan Šubašić* Drago Marušič*

Federal Yugoslavia (1943-1992)	Josip Broz Tito Petar Stambolić Mika Špiljak Mitja Ribičič Džemal Bijedić Veselin Đuranović Milka Planinc Branko Mikulić Ante Marković Aleksandar Mitrović (acting)

* in exile

Authority control	VIAF: 51532178

Persondata
Name	Bijedic, Dzemal
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 April 1917
Place of birth	Mostar, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Date of death	18 January 1977
Place of death	near Kresevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia

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