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Martin Raguž

Martin Raguž
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Croat Delegate of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
29 February 2012
Preceded by Josip Merdžo
Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
3 September 2002 – 30 November 2010
Constituency 2nd electoral district
President of the Coordinating Council of the Croat Self-Government
In office
3 March 20001 – 6 October 2001
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Office abolished
2nd Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
18 October 2000 – 21 February 20001
Presidency Halid Genjac (Bosniak)
Ante Jelavić (Croat)
Živko Radišić (Serb)
Preceded by Spasoje Tuševljak
Succeeded by Božidar Matić
1st Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
6 June 2000 – 21 February 20001
Prime Minister Spasoje Tuševljak (2000)
Himself (2000–2001)
Deputy Fadil Haverić
Nikola Špirić
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Božidar Matić
Chief of Staff of the Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
5 October 1996 – 15 November 1998
Preceded by Office established
Minister without portfolio of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
15 December 1995 – 18 December 1996
Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić (until 1996)
Izudin Kapetanović (1996)
Deputy Minister for Refugees and Social Issues of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
31 May 1994 – 14 December 1995
Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić
Preceded by Office established
Chief of the Office for Exiles, Refugees and Displaced Persons of Herzeg-Bosnia
In office
1 December 1993 – 31 May 1994
Prime Minister Jadranko Prlić
Preceded by Darinko Tadić
Succeeded by Office abolished
Deputy Chief of the Office for Exiles, Refugees and Displaced Persons of Herzeg-Bosnia
In office
25 October 1993 – 1 December 1993
Prime Minister Jadranko Prlić
Minister of Labour and Social Politicy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
3 March 1992 – 25 October 1993
Prime Minister Jure Pelivan 1992–1993)
Mile Akmadžić (1993)
President of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990
In office
6 July 2013 – 15 December 2015
Preceded by Božo Ljubić
Succeeded by Ilija Cvitanović
Personal details
Born (1958-03-02) 2 March 1958 (age 59)
Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Citizenship Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Nationality Croat
Political party Croatian Democratic Union 1990
Other political
affiliations
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–2006)
League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia (1992–1993)
League of Communists of Yugoslavia 1981–1992)
Spouse(s) Marina Raguž
Children 5
Residence Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma mater University of Zagreb
Religion Catholicism

Martin Raguž (born 2 March 1958), is a Bosnian Croat politician. He was the Chairman of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2000 to 2001 and the president of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 party (HDZ 1990) from 2014 to 2015.

Raguž became politically active at the time of 1990 general election, the first an autonomous Bosnia and Herzegovina since the aftermath of World War I. He was one of the founders of the liberal-oriented BiH Union of Socialist Youth. He ran for Croatian member position of the Presidency of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a candidate SSO-H party. Of the seven Croatian candidates, Raguž finished last with a haul of 130,428 (6.13%) votes.

At the beginning of the Bosnian War in 1992, Raguž was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Policy for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, working in besieged Sarajevo. At the beginning of Croat–Bosniak War, he joined the HDZ BiH and accepted an invitation by the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to help mitigate the humanitarian crisis.

He worked as the deputy head of the Office for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Displaced Persons until 1993, when he was appointed head of that office replacing Darinka Tadić in this position. He remained in this position until 1994, when it became the Ministry for Refugees and Social Affairs, where he worked as deputy minister until the end of the war in 1995.

After the war, Raguž was appointed minister without portfolio, where he remained until 1996, and was in charge of coordinating activities for the implementation of Dayton Agreement. Between 1997 and 1998, he worked for the Croatian member of the Presidency, Krešimir Zubak. From 1999 till 2000, he served as the Minister for Human Rights and Refugees.

Following the general elections in October 2000. Raguž was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers on 18 October 2000. He served in this capacity until 22 August 2001, when he was replaced by Božidar Matić, a member of the Social Democratic Party. Raguž was then appointed Chairman of the Coordination Council.


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