Nijaz Duraković

Nijaz Duraković (1 January 1949 – 29 January 2012) was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician who served as the final President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation.

Nijaz Duraković
2nd Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
20 October 1993 – 5 October 1996
Serving with Alija Izetbegović
Preceded byFikret Abdić
Succeeded byAlija Izetbegović (as sole Bosniak member)
9th President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
29 June 1989 – December 1990
Preceded byAbdulah Mutapčić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Additional positions
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006
Member of the Federal House of Representatives
In office
15 November 1998 – 14 October 2000
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office
27 December 1992 – 6 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZlatko Lagumdžija
Personal details
Born(1949-01-01)1 January 1949
Stolac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died29 January 2012(2012-01-29) (aged 63)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalityBosniak
Political partySocial Democratic Union (2006–2012)
Other political
affiliations		SKJ (until 1990)
Social Democratic Party (1992–2002)
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo
OccupationAuthor, sociologist, political scientist, politician, professor

Biography

Duraković was born in Stolac on New Year's Day 1949 to Hakija and Ćamila. He completed his primary and secondary education there, and then his BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in sociology at the University of Sarajevo. He was the last President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 29 June 1989 until December 1990 and the first President of the Social Democratic Party from 1992 to 1997. He was the candidate in the 1990 Bosnian general election. On 20 October 1993, Duraković became a member of the War Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, staying on that position until 5 October 1996.

Beyond politics, he was widely recognized as one of the country's most prolific authors. Duraković's body of work includes 16 books and more than 200 scientific journals and articles which he wrote during his tenure as Senior Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo. His most prominent book is The Curse of Muslims (Prokletstvo Muslimana).

He died on 29 January 2012 in Sarajevo following a heart attack.

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