Živko Radišić
Politician, Person
1937 –
Who is Živko Radišić?
Živko Radišić is a Bosnian Serb politician and former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Born in Prijedor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1937, Radišić graduated in 1964 from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo. From 1977 to 1982, he served as the Mayor of Banja Luka, Bosnia's second-largest city. In 1982 to 1985 he headed Bosnia's communist defense ministry. In 1996, he became a founding member of the Socialist Party in Republika Srpska.
Radišić was elected as the Bosnian Serb member of the Presidency in September 1998, defeating the incumbent Momčilo Krajišnik by 45,000 votes. Radišić chaired the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1998–1999 and from 2000-2001.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1937
Prijedor - Also known as
- Zivko Radisic
- Profession
- Education
- University of Sarajevo
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on July 23, 2013
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