Stjepan Kljuić

Stjepan Kljuić
Stjepan Kljuić
1st President of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 1992–1997
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Bogić Bogićević
Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 20 December 1990 – 5 October 1996 Serving with Franjo Boras (1990–1993) ; Ivo Komšić (1993–1996)
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Krešimir Zubak (as member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
President of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 7 September 1990 – 2 February 1992
Preceded by	Davorin Perinović
Succeeded by	Milenko Brkić
Personal details
Born	19 December 1939; Sarajevo, Yugoslavia; (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Nationality	Bosnian Croat
Political party	Union of Social Democrats (2013–present)
Other political; affiliations	Social Democratic Union (2002–2013) ; Republican Party (1994–2002) ; Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–1994)

Stjepan Kljuić (born 19 December 1939) is a Bosnian Croat former politician who was the Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina before and during the Bosnian War. Kljuić was also the President of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Upon founding it, from 1992 until 1997, Kljuić was the first President of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well.

Career

Kljuić was the Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a founding member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) party in 1990. He served as the president of the HDZ BiH and protested that Croats should support the elected government of Alija Izetbegović.[1]

The central HDZ leadership in Zagreb pressured local leadership in Herzeg-Bosnia to depose him of his leadership position.[2] He was replaced with Milenko Brkić.[1]

Upon founding the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, Kljuić was elected its first president.[3] In 1994, he founded his own party, the Republican Party,[4] a multi-ethnic, pro-Bosnia party. He stood as the party's candidate for the Croat member of the Presidency in the 2002 general election, but failed to be elected.

Later, Kljuić took part in the ICTY proceedings.[5]

References

Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 343. ISBN 0-271-01629-9.
"Division of Bosnia was Tudman's Only Option". Tjednik. 16 May 1997. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
"Historija". Olimpijski komitet Bosne i Hercegovine. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010.
"SDA se ne boji Lagumdžije i Silajdžića". Dani. 2 March 2001.
Nettelfield, Lara J. (2010). Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal's Impact in a Postwar State. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-521-76380-6.

Party political offices
Preceded by Davorin Perinović	President of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990–1992	Succeeded by Milenko Brkić

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[ramet-1] Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 343. ISBN 0-271-01629-9.

[2] "Division of Bosnia was Tudman's Only Option". Tjednik. 16 May 1997. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.

[3] "Historija". Olimpijski komitet Bosne i Hercegovine. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010.

[4] "SDA se ne boji Lagumdžije i Silajdžića". Dani. 2 March 2001.

[5] Nettelfield, Lara J. (2010). Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal's Impact in a Postwar State. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-521-76380-6.