Raif Dizdarević
| Raif Dizdarević | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 15 May 1988 – 15 May 1989 |
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| Prime Minister |
Branko Mikulić Ante Marković |
| Preceded by | Lazar Mojsov |
| Succeeded by | Janez Drnovšek |
| President of the Assembly of SFR Yugoslavia | |
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In office 1982–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Draža Marković |
| Succeeded by | Dušan Alimpić |
| 2nd President of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office April 1978 – April 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Milanko Renovica |
| Preceded by | Ratomir Dugonjić |
| Succeeded by | Branko Mikulić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 December 1926 Fojnica, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) (1943–91) |
Raif Dizdarević (born 9 December 1926) is a Bosnian politician who served as Yugoslavia's first Bosniak president. Dizdarević participated in the armed resistance as a Yugoslav Partisan during World War II.
Dizdarević was born into a Bosnian Muslim family in 1926. His nephew was Srđan Dizdarević, who died in 2016.
After the war, as a member of the Communist Party and ally of Josip Broz Tito, he was elevated into high political functions. From 1945 he was a member of the Department of State Security.
Dizdarević, who tried to keep the Yugoslav federation together, lost his political influence with the start of the Yugoslav wars. Later he lived in Sarajevo and published his memoirs. His son Predrag lives in the United States, while his daughter Jasminka lives in Belgrade, Serbia. He published a memoir book Od smrti Tita do smrti Jugoslavije ("From the death of Tito to the death of Yugoslavia", ) and a book of memories on events and personalities Vrijeme koje se pamti' ("Times to be remembered", ).
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