Bogić Bogićević

Bogić Bogićević (Богић Богићевић) (born 15 May 1953) is a Bosnian politician. He was a politician of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a politician of the leftist political orientation, known for being the 6th Bosnian member of the Yugoslav Presidency from 1989 until its abolishment in 1992.

For the football coach and former player, see Bogić Bogićević (football manager).

Bogić Bogićević
5th Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
15 May 1989 – 27 April 1992
Preceded byRaif Dizdarević
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
2000–2002
Constituency3rd Electoral Unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Personal details
Born (1953-05-15) 15 May 1953
Ugljevik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ResidenceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bogićević was born into a Serb family in the Eastern Bosnian town of Ugljevik.

Engagements

Pre-war engagements

Bogićević was the first office-holder in Second Yugoslavia at the federal level to be democratically elected, as the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1991.

He is famous for having defied fellow Serb colleagues from Serbia on a vote in the presidency which would have imposed the martial law in Yugoslavia and allow the Yugoslav army to remove recently elected secessionist governments, particularly in Croatia and Slovenia, as well as in Macedonia and his native Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bogićević rejected the proposal, and thus by one vote, the Yugoslav collective presidency voted against enacting the martial law.[1]

Wartime engagements

The wartime period from 1992 to 1995, Bogićević spent in Sarajevo under the siege. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and vice president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Post-war engagements

Bogićević was the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and chairman of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Awards and medals
  • In 1999 he received a Plaque of Humanism, award given by the Permanent Committee of the International League of Humanists.
  • In 2002 the Croatian President Stjepan Mesić has awarded him the "Order of Prince Trpimir with necklace and Danica" for his significant contribution to the independence and integrity of the Republic of Croatia and the efforts to achieve a peaceful solution among Yugoslavian republics during the struggle for independence.
  • In 2004 he received Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia with the following explanation: "for his contribution for the benefit of Slovenia at the time of struggle for independence, the personal contribution to friendly cooperation between Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and the strengthening of economic relations".[2]
  • In 2006 International Centre for Peace Sarajevo awarded him with traditional award "Freedom".

Personal life

Today, Bogićević lives and works in Sarajevo.

References
  1. Interview with Bogićević Free Europe.org Archived 19 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine bosnian
  2. Up-rs.si - Seznam vseh odlikovancev od leta 1992 do decembra 2007 Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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