Fahrudin Radončić

Fahrudin Radončić
Member of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
15 January 2015
Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
22 November 2012 – 29 April 2014
Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda
Preceded by Sadik Ahmetović
Succeeded by Dragan Mektić
President of the Union for a Better Future
Assumed office
30 October 2009
Personal details
Born (1957-05-24) 24 May 1957
Berane, Yugoslavia
(now Montenegro)
Political party Union for a Better Future

Fahrudin Radončić (pronounced [rǎdoːnt͡ʃit͡ɕ]; born 24 May 1957 in Montenegro then Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian businessman and politician. He is the founder of the Dnevni Avaz newspaper and president of the Union for a Better Future of BiH. He also served as a minister of security of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2012 and 2014. Elected into the Bosniak Caucus of the House of Peoples of BiH in January 2015.

Career

He was professional journalist and editor from 1978. The period from 1983. to 1988. was marked by his professional engagement in journalistic and socio-political work. In 1990. Radončić started working as journalist and analyst – commentator in Weekly political Magazine “Danas”. That same year, his book “10.000 days of imprisonment” about violations of human rights was published.

Business

  • 2000 – Building where was located “Hypo bank” in Sarajevo, currently under the name “Addiko bank”
  • 2004 – he built Hotel “Radon Plaza”
  • 2008 – “Avaz Twist Tower” which is the highest building on Balkans
  • 2012 – Radončić finished large business centre in Tuzla
  • 2007 – Fahrudin Radončić won the largest Public acknowledgement for contribution to the construction of Canton Sarajevo.

Dnevni Avaz and other media ventures

From 1992 through 1993, while a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he felt the need for a printed journal in form of a cultural reaction and resistance to the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina. In October 1993, while stationed and living in besieged Sarajevo, he launched a weekly publication of a journal named Bošnjački avaz (English: Bosniak Voice). The first texts published in this magazine, dated 15 November 1993, he strongly opposed to the division of B&H".

In 1995, through his publishing company, he launched the Dnevni avaz (Eng: Daily Voice).

Politics

By entering the political stage, officially announced on September 24, 2009, Radončić announced the creation of his own political party, the Union for a Better Future of BiH.

Arrest

Radončić, Bakir Dautbašić, a government official and Bilsena Šahman were arrested on January 25 on charges for obstruction of justice. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina acquitted Fahrudin Radončić and three others on 16. May 2018., saying they are not guilty of obstructing justice and trading in influence in a first instance ruling.

Personal life

Radončić is a friend and business partner of narcoboss Naser Keljmendi.

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