Mate Boban
| Mate Boban | |
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| 1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia | |
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In office 18 November 1991 – 8 February 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Jadranko Prlić |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Krešimir Zubak |
| 4th President of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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In office 14 November 1992 – 10 July 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Milenko Brkić |
| Succeeded by | Dario Kordić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 February 1940 Sovići, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 7 July 1997 (aged 57) Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Resting place | Gorica, Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Other political affiliations |
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1958-1990) |
| Profession | Politician Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Awards | Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski Order of Ante Starčević Homeland's Gratitude Medal Homeland War Memorial Medal |
Mate Boban (pronounced [mǎːte bǒban]; 12 February 1940 − 7 July 1997) was a Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Boban was the 1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1991 until 1994. From 1992 to 1994 he was the President of Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He died in 1997.
Mate Boban was born on 12 February 1940 in a large family in Sovići in the Municipality of Grude in Herzegovina, to Stjepan and Iva Boban. He finished elementary school in Sovići and later he attended seminary in Zadar. After second grade he moved to a high school in Široki Brijeg, and eventually graduated in Vinkovci. In 1958, Boban joined the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. He attended the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb where he became a master of science. After a shorter stay in Grude, he was employed in Imotski where he became the director of the "Napredak" trading company.
On charges of business fraud, Boban spent two and a half years in a remand prison in Split. He later called it a show trial and said that the reason for his imprisonment was Croatian nationalism. In late 1980s he was the head of the Tobacco Factory Zagreb branch in Herzegovina. In 1990 he joined the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) and was elected to the parliament in the 1990 election. In March 1991, Boban became the vice president of the HDZ BiH. As vice president, Boban said in April 1991 that HDZ BiH and the Croat people as a whole advocate the view that Bosnia and Herzegovina is sovereign and indivisible.
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