Fahrudin Radončić
| Fahrudin Radončić | |
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| Member of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Assumed office 15 January 2015 |
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| Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 22 November 2012 – 29 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
| Preceded by | Sadik Ahmetović |
| Succeeded by | Dragan Mektić |
| President of the Union for a Better Future | |
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Assumed office 30 October 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 May 1957 Berane, Yugoslavia (now Montenegro) |
| Political party | Union for a Better Future |
| Other political affiliations |
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Before 1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Azra Radončić (Divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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, which is currently the second strongest political party in the Federation 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.
He was professional journalist and editor from 1978. The period from 1983. to 1988. was marked by his professional engagement in 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.
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 and creating of a "Bosniak republic".
In 1995, through his publishing inc. company he launched the Dnevni avaz (Eng: Daily Voice). Its daily circulation is 50,000 and its website records in excess of over 600,000 hits on a daily basis. Today "Dnevni Avaz" is the best selled daily newspaper.
Radončić always strongly opposed hegemonist politics of Belgrade and Zagreb in both his publications and public appearances. He was always strongly committed to full BH sovereignty and equal rights of three nations and all other citizens of this country. Also, he is the creator of the biggest media system in B&H after the war.
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