Ejup Ganić
Ejup Ganić | |
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Chancellor of Sarajevo School of Science and Technology | |
Assumed office 1 October 2004 | |
President of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 29 December 1997 – 1 January 2001 | |
Vice President | Vladimir Šoljić |
Preceded by | Vladimir Šoljić |
Other Member of Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 1990–1996 | |
Personal details | |
Born | SFR Yugoslavia | 3 March 1946
Political party | Party of Democratic Action (1990−2000) |
Ejup Ganić (born 3 March 1946) is a Bosnian engineer and politician who is the founder and chancellor of Sarajevo School of Science and Technology.
He served one term as President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 2001. He holds a
Early life
Ganić was born in Sebečevo village near
Political career
During the Bosnian War, he was part of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA; 1990−2000). During the war, the Bosnian government and SDA was divided into two groups, one that looked to the West, and the other, called the Sandžak faction, hardliners that wished to take on all.[2] Another division was between the secularists and conservatists.[2] Ganić was part of the Sandžak faction and conservatists.[2]
During early talks of the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he remarked that the Bosniaks "are Islamized Serbs", and should thus join the Serb side, at a time when the SDA shifted in favour of siding with the Serbs and continuing struggling against the Croats.[3]
He was President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 2001. He also served as the Vice-President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1994-1997.
Education and occupations
Dr. Ganić has a ScD. in
Dr. Ganić also worked as an assistant researcher at
Dr. Ganić published over one hundred publications, among them books such as Handbook of Heat Transfer Fundamentals, Experimental Heat Transfer and Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements. In 2002, he published a book called Engineering Companion, published by
Personal life
Ejup Ganić is married and has two children.[citation needed]
Citizenship
Ejup Ganić was a citizen of Serbia by birth. Ganić has been living in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1981, and as such is also a citizen of Bosnia since that time.
Arrest and release
On 1 March 2010 Ganić was arrested at
References
- ^ "Dobrodošli na SSST". Ssst.edu.ba. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-56324-308-0.
- ISBN 978-1-317-47101-1.
- ^ "McGraw-Hill's Engineering Companion by Ejup N. Ganić - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. 2002-09-23. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ Milmo, Cahal (20 March 2010). "Ejup Ganic: war criminal or just a political pawn?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Bosnian war leader arrested in UK". BBC News. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Does Serbia really want Ganic? | TransConflict | Transform, Transcend, Translate - TransConflict Serbia". TransConflict. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Ejup Ganić pušten da se brani sa slobode". Sarajevo-x.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ ""Srbija dostavila sudu novinske članke o 'Dobrovoljačkoj'"". Sarajevo-x.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Serbia pushes again for Ganic extradition". UPI.com. 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- EWMC) (27 July 2010)
- ^ Synovitz, Ron (28 July 2010). "Former Bosnian Leader Returns To Sarajevo After U.K. Rejects Serbian Extradition". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Hoare blog post, 4 March 2010: http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=2689