Emerik Blum
Emerik Blum | |
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| 26th Mayor of Sarajevo | |
| In office 1981–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Anto Sučić |
| Succeeded by | Uglješa Uzelac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1911 SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Spouse | Matusija Blum (until 1984, his death) |
| Alma mater | Czech Technical University in Prague |
Emerik Blum (7 August 1911 – 24 June 1984) was a
He also served as the 26th mayor of Sarajevo from 1981 until 1983.
Biography
He was born to immigrant
After graduating from college, he returned to Sarajevo with his wife Matusija. He was arrested on 23 June 1941 and sent to
In 1951 he founded and was the first director of Energoinvest, the largest company in ex-Yugoslavia, which continues working and is headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was Mayor in Ministry of Industry and Mining of BiH, director of "Elektrobih" and "Elektrocentar", general engineer of General direction of Union electric power industry, general director of Directorate for electric power industry of SFRJ (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Government, assistant Minister of electric power industry of SFRJ (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), president of Committee for electric power industry, and the mayor of Sarajevo for two years beginning in 1981.
He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, which were held in Sarajevo.[3]
There is a student association in the Czech Republic and a street in Sarajevo (former Beogradska) named after him.
Blum entered a hospital in Fojnica in May 1984, and died there on 24 June 1984, aged 72.
References
- ^ "SJEĆANJE: EMERIK BLUM". Sarajevo. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "THE DIRECTOR OF SARAJEVO "ENERGOINVEST" WITNESS OF SLANA". Jadovno. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "EMERIK BLUM: Financial Times ga je opisao kao "oličenje socijalističke poslovnosti"". Slobodna-Bosna. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Emerik Blum at Wikimedia Commons
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