Bogić Bogićević

Bogić Bogićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Богић Богићевић; born 15 May 1953) is a Bosnian politician who served as the 5th 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
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
29 December 2000 – 3 December 2002
Additional positions
2nd President of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1997–2001
Preceded byStjepan Kljuić
Succeeded byZdravko Rađenović
Personal details
Born (1953-05-15) 15 May 1953
Ugljevik, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1992–present)
Other political
affiliations		SKJ (until 1992)
Children2
Residence(s)Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

Bogićević later served as member of the national House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002. He was also the president of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 2001.

Early and personal life

Bogićević was born into an ethnic Serb family in the Eastern Bosnian town of Ugljevik. He is married and is a father of two children.

Presidency of Yugoslavia (1989–1992)

Bogićević was elected member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia by a referendum of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 June 1989, among five candidates, thus becoming the first democratically elected member of the collective Yugoslav Presidency. In addition, he served as President of Yugoslavia's Federal Council for the Protection of the Constitutional Order.[1]

On 12 March 1991, Bogićević famously defied fellow Presidency members from Serbia on a vote which would have imposed martial law in Yugoslavia. Formally, the military leadership proposed raising combat readiness, but the real goal was to introduce military rule in Slovenia and Croatia and to overthrow the new political leaderships of Kiro Gligorov in Macedonia and of Alija Izetbegović in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][3] The pro-Milošević faction, which already controlled the Presidency votes from Serbia (with Vojvodina and Kosovo as separate seats in the Presidency), and Montenegro, counted on his vote as a fellow Serb. Bogićević rejected the proposal, and thus by one vote, the Yugoslav Presidency rejected the imposition of martial law.[4] He reportedly commented on his vote, which historians deemed "fateful": "I am a Serb, but not by profession".[5] His decision was decried by the Serb Democratic Party, who claimed that Bogićević did not represent the Serbs,[6] and he was deprived of his presidential salary as a punishment. He later started working for the Social Democratic Party.[2]

Together with Macedonian Presidency member Vasil Tupurkovski, in July 1991, Bogićević mediated negotiations between the Slovenian government and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Supreme Command on the release of recruits and the unblocking of barracks during the Ten-Day War between the Slovenian Territorial Defence and the JNA.[3]

Bogićević spent the wartime period between 1992 and 1995 in Sarajevo under siege.

Post-war career

In post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bogićević was a member of the national House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and vice president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH).[5] Bogićević was also president of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] A poll conducted by the Dani newspaper in 1998 to survey the population of Sarajevo, Banja Luka and West Mostar found that Bogićević was among the most popular politicians in West Mostar and Sarajevo.[7] In 2003, he founded the consulting company Fides, dealing with market research.[8]

On 20 November 2020, Bogićević announced he would accept the appointment as mayor of Sarajevo by the four-party liberal coalition which was set to govern the City Council after the 2020 Bosnian municipal elections, which also included the SDP BiH.[9] However, on 24 March 2021, he decided to pull out of the candidacy because of conflicts in the coalition.[10][11] Ultimately, with Bogićević pulling out, the SDP BiH nominated Benjamina Karić for the post on 5 April 2021, getting unanimously elected by members of the City Council three days later on 8 April.[12]

Honours

Awards
  • In 1999, Bogićević received the Plaque of Humanism, an award given by the Permanent Committee of the International League of Humanists.
  • In 2006, the International Centre for Peace Sarajevo awarded him with the traditional award "Freedom".

Orders
Award or decorationCountryAwarded byYearPlace
Order of Duke Trpimir CroatiaStjepan Mesić2002Zagreb
[13]Silver Order of Freedom SloveniaJanez Drnovšek2004Ljubljana

Honorary citizenship
CountryCityDate
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHonorary citizen of Bihać[14]26 February 2018
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHonorary citizen of Tuzla[15]2 October 2019
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHonorary citizen of Bosanska Krupa[16]18 September 2020
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaHonorary citizen of Zenica[17]20 March 2021

References
  1. Spasojević, Svetozar (19 June 1992). "SVEDOČENjE GENERAL-MAJORA ALEKSANDRA VASILjEVIĆA (2)" (in Serbian). NIN. p. 55. Spasojević: Još u vreme vladavine Staneta Dolanca Jugoslovenskim obaveštajnim službama, mislim na vojne i civilne, Savezni savet za zaštitu ustavnog poretka privlačio je posebnu pažnju građana. Njegovo ime izgovarali smo šapatom. To je mesto gde se stiču najpoverljivije informacije u zemlji. Vi ste, po funkciji, bili član tog famoznog saveta? Vasiljević: Da, bio sam član Saveta u vreme kada je predsednik bio Bogić Bogićević. Sada je to Jugoslav Kostić.
  2. Nenad Pejić ČOVJEK KOJI JE REKAO NE - Intervju iz radio Archived 19 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Slobodna Evropa, 7 April 2014
  3. Vlastimir Mijović Hrvatsko-srpske političke nagodbe i danas prijete BiH - intervju s Bogićem Bogićevićem iz avaza učitano 7 April 2014
  4. Interview with Bogićević Free Europe.org Archived 19 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine bosnian
  5. Al Jazeera Balkans, November 2020
  6. Mahić, Derviš (2003). Kojim putem ide Bosna (PDF). Oslo: Univerzitet Oslo. p. 19.
  7. "KO SU NAJ(NE)PRIHVATLJIVIJI BOSANSKI POLITICARI IZ DRUGIH NARODA?". Arhiva Dani broj 73. 13 April 1998. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  8. Vildana Selimbegović, Intervju Dana: "Bogić Bogićević Da se nisam povukao, i mene bi otjerali" Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine orbus.be, objavljeno 14 February 2007, prsitupljeno 12 December 2014 (in Bosnian)
  9. "Bogić Bogićević prihvatio kandidaturu za gradonačelnika Sarajeva". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. R.D. (24 March 2021). "Bogić Bogićević odustao od kandidature za gradonačelnika Sarajeva!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. Kovacevic, Danijel (25 March 2021). "Bosnian Political Legend Withdraws From Sarajevo Mayoral Race". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  12. R.D. (8 April 2021). "Benjamina Karić je zvanično nova gradonačelnica Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  13. Up-rs.si - Seznam vseh odlikovancev od leta 1992 do decembra 2007 Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  14. M.Ć. (26 February 2018). "Svečana sjednica povodom 758. rođendana grada: Bogić Bogićević počasni građanin Bihaća" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  15. E. Sk. (2 October 2019). "Bogićević: Uzmimo odgovornost za razvoj BiH na sebe, a ne očekujmo poklone međunarodne zajednice" (in Bosnian). avaz.ba. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  16. "Počasni građanin općine Bosanska Krupa Bogić Bogičević". krupljani.ba (in Bosnian). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  17. E.M. (20 March 2021). "Počasni građanin Zenice Bogić Bogićević: Ovdje ako imate stav, često možete ostati bez glave" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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