Martin Raguž
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| Croat Delegate of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Assumed office 29 February 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Josip Merdžo |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 3 September 2002 – 30 November 2010 |
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| Constituency | 2nd electoral district |
| President of the Coordinating Council of the Croat Self-Government | |
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In office 3 March 20001 – 6 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 2nd Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 18 October 2000 – 21 February 20001 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 6 June 2000 – 21 February 20001 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 5 October 1996 – 15 November 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Minister without portfolio of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 15 December 1995 – 18 December 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Haris Silajdžić (until 1996) Izudin Kapetanović (1996) |
| Deputy Minister for Refugees and Social Issues of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 31 May 1994 – 14 December 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Haris Silajdžić |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chief of the Office for Exiles, Refugees and Displaced Persons of Herzeg-Bosnia | |
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In office 1 December 1993 – 31 May 1994 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 25 October 1993 – 1 December 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Jadranko Prlić |
| Minister of Labour and Social Politicy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 3 March 1992 – 25 October 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Jure Pelivan 1992–1993) Mile Akmadžić (1993) |
| President of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 | |
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In office 6 July 2013 – 15 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Božo Ljubić |
| Succeeded by | Ilija Cvitanović |
| Personal details | |
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2 March 1958 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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