94 Notable alumni of
University of Sarajevo
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The University of Sarajevo is 674th in the world, 242nd in Europe, and 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 94 notable alumni from the University of Sarajevo sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alija Izetbegović
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- politicianlawyerwriterphilosopherpolitical commissar
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Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He later served as the first chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Ivica Osim
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- association football managerassociation football playersports official
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Ivan Osim, best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional footballer and football manager. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time and as one of the most influential football managers in the former Yugoslavia.
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Zdravko Čolić
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- singer
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Zdravko Čolić is a Bosnian-Serbian pop singer and widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Favourably compared to Paul McCartney and Tom Jones by music critics and the general public, he has garnered fame in Southeastern Europe for his emotionally expressive tenor voice, fluent stage presence and numerous critically and commercially acclaimed albums and singles.
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Neda Ukraden
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- recording artistsinger
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Neda Ukraden is a Serbian singer. Her professional career stretches back to 1967 and has collectively released thirty studio albums. With collective sales of over five million records, Ukraden is recognised as one of the most successful artists from former Yugoslavia.
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Sanela Diana Jenkins
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- entrepreneurphilanthropist
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Sanela Diana Jenkins is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born and raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She currently resides in California. Jenkins fled her home country during the siege of Sarajevo and immigrated to London, where she studied at City University, London.
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Dritan Abazović
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- politician
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Dritan Abazović is a Montenegrin politician who served as Prime Minister of Montenegro and as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2023. An ethnic Albanian, he heads the United Reform Action party. He previously served as deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Zdravko Krivokapić from 2020 until 2022.
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Bakir Izetbegović
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- politician
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Bakir Izetbegović is a Bosnian politician who served as the 6th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2018. He is the current president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA).
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Željko Komšić
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
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Željko Komšić is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2018. Previously, he was a member of the national House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.
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Emir Spahić
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- association football player
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Emir Spahić is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
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Biljana Plavšić
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- university teacherpolitician
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Biljana Plavšić is a Bosnian Serb former politician, university professor and scientist who served as President of Republika Srpska and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for her role in the Bosnian War.
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Branko Đurić
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- musicianscreenwriterfilm directoractor
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Branko Đurić, also known by his nickname Đuro (Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Alexander Hemon
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- screenwriterwriternovelistjournalist
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Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels Nowhere Man (2002) and The Lazarus Project (2008), and his scriptwriting as a co-writer of The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
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Semir Osmanagić
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- entrepreneurnon-fiction writerarchaeologist
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Semir Osmanagić, also known as Sam Osmanagich, is a Bosnian businessman and author. He is best known for promoting his pseudo-archaeological project in central Bosnia (near the town of Visoko) related to the so-called "Bosnian pyramids". Osmanagić claims that a cluster of natural hills in central Bosnia and Herzegovina are the largest human-made ancient pyramids on Earth. He has conducted extensive marketing about the site and promoted tourism there.
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Šefik Džaferović
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- politician
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Šefik Džaferović is a Bosnian politician who served as the 7th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. He has been serving as member of the national House of Peoples since 2023. A high ranking member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), he was formerly its vice president and general secretary.
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Danis Tanović
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- directorpoliticianscreenwritercomposerfilm producer
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Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or.
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Nele Karajlić
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- composeractormusiciansingerrock musician
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Nenad Janković, known as Dr Nele Karajlić (Serbian Cyrillic: Др Неле Карајлић), is a Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb musician, composer, comedian, actor, writer and television director living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. One of the founders of the New Primitivism cultural movement in his hometown of Sarajevo, he was also the lead singer and co-author for one of former Yugoslavia's best known bands, Zabranjeno Pušenje (No Smoking).
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Jasmila Žbanić
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- film produceractorscreenwriterfilm directorvideo artist
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Jasmila Žbanić is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. Žbanić has also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and has been nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Denis Bećirović
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- politician
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Denis Bećirović is a Bosnian politician, professor and historian serving as the 8th and current Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2022. Previously, Bećirović was a member of the national House of Peoples from 2019 to 2022. He is also the current vice-president of the Social Democratic Party.
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Denis Zvizdić
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- university teacherpolitician
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Denis Zvizdić is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. He has been serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2019. He also served as Premier of Sarajevo Canton from 2003 to 2006.
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Jadranka Stojaković
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- singer-songwriter
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Jadranka Stojaković was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", and "Bistre vode Bosnom teku".
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Abdulah Sidran
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- writerpoetscreenwriter
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Abdulah Sidran, often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname Avdo, was a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is considered to be one of the most influential writers in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia.
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Rasim Ljajić
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- politicianjournalistphysician
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Rasim Ljajić is a Serbian politician and sports administrator who currently serves as president of FK Partizan.
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Kornelije Kovač
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- composerrecord producermusiciansongwriterpianist
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Kornelije "Bata" Kovač was a Serbian composer.
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Miljenko Jergović
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- writerjournalistpoet
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Miljenko Jergović is a prominent Bosnian writer.
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Zoran Tegeltija
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- politician
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Zoran Tegeltija is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITA) since June 2023. He previously served as Minister of Finance and Treasury from January to June 2023. He also served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2023.
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Dunja Mijatović
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- human rights activist
- Biography
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Dunja Mijatović is a Bosnian human rights expert and activist.
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Benjamina Karić
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- politicianhistorianjurist
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Benjamina Karić is a Bosnian politician serving as the municipal mayor of Novo Sarajevo since November 2024. She previously served as the 39th mayor of Sarajevo from 2021 to 2024. She has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 2009.
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Muharem Bazdulj
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- translatorjournalistwriter
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Muharem Bazdulj is a Bosnian and Serbian writer and journalist. His work of historical fiction Byron and the Beauty has been translated into English by John K Cox.
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Predrag Matvejević
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- translatorscholar of French literaturewriteropinion journalistuniversity teacher
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Predrag Matvejević was a Bosnian and Croatian writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
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Dževad Karahasan
- Enrolled in the University of Sarajevo
- Studied theatre and literature
- Occupations
- playwrightuniversity teachertheatre criticwriteressayist
- Biography
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Dževad Karahasan was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.
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Husein Kavazović
- Occupations
- muftiʿālimimam
- Biography
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Husein ef. Kavazović is a Bosnian Islamic cleric serving as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since November 2012. He was previously the Mufti of Tuzla.
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Sulejman Tihić
- Enrolled in the University of Sarajevo
- Studied in 1970-1975
- Occupations
- politicianprosecutorlawyerjudge
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Sulejman Tihić was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He was a member and later president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA). From 2007 until his death in 2014, Tihić served as member of the national House of Peoples.
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Zlatko Lagumdžija
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistbusiness informatician
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Zlatko Lagumdžija is a Bosnian diplomat and politician serving as Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations since July 2023. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and from 2012 to 2015. Lagumdžija was also Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) from 1997 to 2014.
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Arminka Helic
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- politician
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Arminka Helic, Baroness Helic, is a British Conservative politician and life peer from Bosnia and Herzegovina who served as a special adviser to Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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Sulejman Ugljanin
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- politician
- Biography
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Sulejman Ugljanin is a Serbian politician. An ethnic Bosniak, he has led the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak since its establishment in 1990.
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Fadil Novalić
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- politician
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Fadil Novalić is a Bosnian politician who served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2023. He also served as member of the Federal House of Representatives from 2023 to 2024. He is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for corruption in Vojkovići prison.
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Radovan Višković
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Radovan Višković is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 12th and current Prime Minister of Republika Srpska since December 2018. He is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.
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Bisera Turković
- Enrolled in the University of Sarajevo
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Bisera Turković is a Bosnian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023. She was the first female foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Nikola Špirić
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- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
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Nikola Špirić is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2007 to 2012. He has been serving as member of the national House of Peoples since 2019.
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Nijaz Duraković
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterpolitical commissar
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Nijaz Duraković was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician who served as the last president of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1989 to 1991. He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation.
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Sven Alkalaj
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- engineerpoliticiandiplomat
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Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who has served as Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the United States since June 2023. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations from 2019 to 2023. Alkalaj also served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 until 2012. He held the post of executive secretary of UNECE between 2012 and 2014 as well.
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Ivo Komšić
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- university teacherpolitician
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Ivo Komšić is a Bosnian professor and politician who served as the 37th mayor of Sarajevo from 2013 to 2017. He was a key figure in the talks that led to the end of the Bosnian War with the Dayton Agreement, and the formation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Živko Radišić
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- politician
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Živko Radišić was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 2nd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2002.
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Mirko Šundov
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- military personnel
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Mirko Šundov is a Croatian General who served as a Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2016 until 2020.
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Rajko Petrov Nogo
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- politicianpoetliterary criticuniversity teacherchildren's writer
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Rajko Petrov Nogo was a Serbian poet, essayist and literary critic.
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Selmo Cikotić
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- politician
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Selmo Cikotić is a Bosnian politician who served as Minister of Security from 2020 to 2023. He was also the Minister of Defence from 2007 to 2012. He is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for corruption in Vojkovići prison.
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Nikola Bašić
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- 1946-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- architect
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Nikola Bašić is a Croatian architect internationally known for the conception of the Sea Organ in Zadar. He was born on the island of Murter and eventually attended the gymnasium in Zadar. In Sarajevo, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. Bašić followed up the Sea Organ with another work on the promenade, just metres away, called the Greeting to the Sun (Pozdrav Suncu). The circular work is powered by the sun and lights up with random patterns and colours. In 2010, Bašić created a memorial to firemen killed in 2007 fighting a wildfire. The work -- the Field of Crosses -- is a set of walls shaped like crosses on the island of Kornat.
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Dragan Đokanović
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- artistic gymnastpolitician
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Dragan Đokanović is a Bosnian Serb politician, member, founder and president of the Democratic Party of Federalists, physician, sportsman and one of the most popular men in history of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the research of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Luka Bebić
- Occupations
- politician
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Luka Bebić is a former Croatian politician who served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 11 January 2008 to 22 December 2011. He is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence in 1991, being elected into office six consecutive times.
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Edvin Kanka Ćudić
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- political scientisthuman rights activistmartial artistjournalist
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Edvin Kanka Ćudić is a Bosnian human rights activist, martial artist and writer who is best known as the leader of the UDIK, a non-governmental organisation campaigning for human rights and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia. In 2023, he won the Kemal Kurspahić International Journalist Award for best published story in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian for his story "Grobnica nade" (The Grave of Hope).
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Hasan Muratović
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- entrepreneurpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Hasan Muratović was a Bosnian politician, entrepreneur and professor who served as the last Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1997. He also served as Minister without portfolio in all of the governments of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout the Bosnian War. Muratović was the first post-war Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, serving from 1997 to 1999. He was a member of the Party of Democratic Action.
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Edin Forto
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edin Forto is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Communication and Traffic since January 2023. He previously served twice as Premier of Sarajevo Canton, from 2018 to 2020 and from 2021 to 2023.
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Mićo Mićić
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mićo Mićić was a Bosnian Serb politician, mayor of Bijeljina for 16 years from 2004 until 2020 and a Republika Srpska entity minister.
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Ivan Štraus
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Ivan Štraus was a Bosnian architect.
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Alija Behmen
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Alija Behmen was a Bosnian politician who served as the 36th mayor of Sarajevo from 2009 to 2013. He also served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2003. Behmen was a member of the Social Democratic Party.
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Armin Muzaferija
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Armin Muzaferija is a Bosnian singer. His most popular songs are “Studen vodo”, "Vulkani", "Tvom Resulu" and "Džehva".
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Adnan Terzić
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Adnan Terzić is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007. He was a longtime member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it to join the Union for a Better Future.
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Ivo Miro Jović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivo Miro Jović is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as the 5th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2005 to 2006.
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Zdravko Grebo
- Occupations
- juristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Zdravko Grebo was a Bosnian jurist, author and law professor at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Law.
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Slavo Kukić
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianopinion journalistsociologist
- Biography
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Slavo Kukić was a Bosnian sociologist and academic who was a professor and PhD in Marxist sociology. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Jasmin Imamović
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianjurist
- Biography
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Jasmin Imamović is a Bosnian politician and writer serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2022. He previously served as the 31st mayor of Tuzla from 2001 to 2022.
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Radmila Hrustanović
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Radmila Hrustanović is a Serbian politician.
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Predrag Kojović
- Biography
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Predrag Kojović is a Bosnian politician serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2018.
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Dino Mustafić
- Occupations
- film directortheatrical director
- Biography
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Dino Mustafić is a Bosnian film and theater director and current managing director of the Sarajevo National Theatre.
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Ranko Bugarski
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherlinguist
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Ranko Bugarski was a Serbian linguist, academic and author.
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Enes Karić
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherIslamicist
- Biography
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Enes Karić is a Bosnian Islamic scholar and full professor of Quranic Studies at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Amir Zukić
- Occupations
- television journalist
- Biography
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Amir Zukić is a Bosnian television host and media manager. He is program and news director of N1 (TV channel) (CNN exclusive news channel affiliate for Adria region) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in Sarajevo. He anchors hard-talk show Pressing. He formerly hosted popular TV political shows Public Secret (BHT1) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty TV. He previously served as a news director of Public Broadcasting Service of BiH (BHT1), programme director of TVSA and editor-in-chief of Anadolu Agency (Balkans service).
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Predrag Finci
- Occupations
- writerphilosopher
- Biography
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Predrag Finci is a Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist.
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Milomir Kovac
- Occupations
- journalistveterinariannon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Milomir Kovac was a Serbian-German veterinary surgeon, equine specialist, columnist, and author of university textbooks.
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Semiha Borovac
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Semiha Borovac is a Bosnian lawyer and politician who served as the 35th mayor of Sarajevo from 2005 to 2009. She was Sarajevo's first female mayor.
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Dragan Kujović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dragan Kujović was a politician from the Republic of Montenegro and a member of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. He served as acting President of Montenegro from 19 to 22 May 2003.
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Sabina Ćudić
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sabina Ćudić is a Bosnian politician serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2022. She is a member of Our Party.
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Heather McRobie
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- university teacherwriternovelistjournalist
- Biography
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Heather Katharine McRobie, also known professionally as Heather Allansdottir, is a British-Australian writer, academic, founder of the space consultancy Astrodottir and 2024 Fellowship Candidate at Newspeak House.
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Taras Kermauner
- Occupations
- translatorphilosopherwriterlinguistessayist
- Biography
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Taras Kermauner was a Slovenian literary historian, critic, philosopher, essayist, playwright and translator.
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Mile Akmadžić
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mile Akmadžić is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1993, during the Bosnian War.
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Milan Radulović
- Occupations
- literary historianpoliticianlecturerwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Milan Radulović was a Serbian politician, Professor and literary critic. He served as the Minister of Religion from 2004 to 2007. He died in Belgrade on 29 October 2017.
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Endi E. Poskovic
- Occupations
- artistprintmakeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Endi Poskovic is an American visual artist, printmaker and educator.
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Sredoje Nović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sredoje Nović is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as member of the national House of Peoples since 2015. He previously served as Minister of Civil Affairs from 2007 to 2015.
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Sasha Skenderija
- Occupations
- poetlibrarian
- Biography
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Sasha Skenderija is a Bosnian-American poet currently residing in Prague.
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Muhamed Kreševljaković
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Muhamed Kreševljaković was a Bosnian politician who served as the 31st mayor of Sarajevo from 1990 to 1994. He was mayor when the Bosnian War broke out in 1992 and for the first two years of the Siege of Sarajevo.
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Željko Majić
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Željko Majić is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian prelate of the Catholic Church who is currently the bishop of Banja Luka since March 2024. Before his appointment, Majić served as a vicar general of the dioceses of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan from 2012 to 2021.
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Vitomir Lukić
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Vitomir Lukić, was a Yugoslav prose writer and pedagogue, considered to be one of the greatest writers to emerge from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 20th century.
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Aida Čorbadžić
- Occupations
- opera singeractor
- Biography
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Aida Čorbadžić is a Bosnian opera singer. She was born in Zavidovići and lives in Sarajevo. She primarily sings soprano. She received a special award at the secondary competition of music schools in Bugojno.
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Lulzim Tafa
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Lulzim Tafa is a poet and academic. Tafa served as the Rector of AAB University, the largest non-public university in the Western Balkan region, from 2012 to 2020.
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Sanjin Halimović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sanjin Halimović is a Bosnian politician. He served as the mayor of his hometown Sanski Most for seven years beginning in 2004. Halimović is the former Vice President of the Party of Democratic Action and was the Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2011 until 2015.
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Nevenka Petrić
- Enrolled in the University of Sarajevo
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- pedagoguepoliticianwriterpoet
- Biography
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Nevenka Petrić was a Serbian writer, poet, educationalist, and expert in the fields of family planning and gender relations. She joined the Partisans at the age of 14. She became a youth leader and then a head of Health and Social Policy in Yugoslavian local government. She was a member of the Yugoslav women's assembly, secretary of the Conference for Social Activity of Yugoslav Women (1961–69), and president of the Family Planning Council of Yugoslavia (1968–76). She represented Europe on the Central Council of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and was president of that body's European committee for education. She assisted the United Nations Population Fund's research projects and also directed a UN course on gender relations and parenthood for students from developing countries.
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Branko Tošović
- Occupations
- slavistlinguistphilologist
- Biography
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Branko Tošović is an Austrian and Serbian philologist, linguist and literary scholar.
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Ljubo Kojo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ljubomir "Ljubo" Kojo was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician who served as the 19th mayor of Sarajevo from 1955 to 1962.
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Milorad Pejić
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Milorad Pejić is a Bosnian poet who resides in Sweden.
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Tanja Softić
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Tanja Softić is a Bosnian-American visual artist and art educator who works in media of drawing, printmaking, painting and photography. She is Professor of Art Practice in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond.
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Olja Luetić
- Occupations
- fashion designer
- Biography
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Olja Luetić, is a Croatian product designer and fashion designer.
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Muzafer Mujić
- Years
- 1931-.. (age 94)
- Occupations
- physiologist
- Biography
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Muzafer Mujić is a Bosnian physiologist known for his contributions to classification of sympathomimetic drugs and comparative pharmacodynamics of imidazolines. He is professor emeritus at the University of Sarajevo and Editor-in-chief of Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences.
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Ernad Deni Čomaga
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Ernad Deni Čomaga is a youth activist, lawyer and social entrepreneur in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the acting president and founder of the Democratic Youth Movement, former president of the Law student Association of the University in Sarajevo and president of the law consulting office "Paragaf"
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Anđelko Habazin
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- philosopher
- Biography
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Anđelko Habazin was a Croatian philosopher.
