Hasan Muratović
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Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 30 January 1996 – 3 January 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Alija Izetbegović Momčilo Krajišnik Krešimir Zubak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Haris Silajdžić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Olovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | April 11, 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 November 2020 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Bosnian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Party of Democratic Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mulija Čabaravdić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence(s) | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hasan Muratović (11 April 1940 – 14 November 2020) 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.
Muratović was also known for his long-term professorship at the
Education
Muratović earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Ljubljana in 1964, the Master of Science degree in organization sciences at the University of Sarajevo in 1972 and the PhD at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade in 1981.
Academic career
Muratović began teaching as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the
He was an author of four and co-author of six books and over 120 papers in the field of strategy, restructuring, organization structures, change, crisis management and negotiations.
Business career
Parallel with his academic career, Muratović was also active in business companies transferring his knowledge from research and university to practical projects and management. After finishing his studies in mechanical engineering, he worked in Fabrika motora Sarajevo (largely known as FAMOS) from 1964 to 1973, first as a designer in R&D department and then as a manager of production planning and the manager of strategic planning, finances and information systems. He then joined the United Bus Company of Lusaka, Zambia during the period of 1973–1977 as a regional manager, where he established state passenger transportation. After that assignment, Muratović worked for ten years as a consultant in Institute for Economic and Organization Sarajevo from 1977 until 1987. During that ten-year period, he managed development and construction of large military industry complexes in Iraq.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Muratović managed the Institute for Research and Development of UPI, one of the ten biggest companies in the former Yugoslavia. In 1989, he established his own consulting company, BHM, which operated very successfully until the beginning of the war. Muratović was the chairman of the Bosnia version of Deloitte from 2004 to 2008, and then a consultant for Management consulting projects.
Political career
Muratović began his political career in the beginning of the
During his period as Prime Minister, Muratović created the first plan for post-war reconstruction, together with World Bank expert teams, completed negotiations with Paris and London Clubs and other international financial institutions. He also organised donor conferences held with the support of the High Representative of the UN and EU in which US5.1 billion was collected for the post-war recovery. Muratović was also governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the World Bank from 1996 to 1998. He acted as a leader of two election campaigns for the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in 1996 and in 2002. In both he obtained the best results.
After the first post-war elections, Muratović became the first Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations on 3 January 1997, but resigned two years later after getting appointed as Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador to Croatia on 4 February 1999.[citation needed] In 2002, he left the ambassador role and became the Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Muratović resigned from that position in 2004, taking the new position of rector at the University of Sarajevo.
Personal life
Muratović lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina up to his death, where he was married to Mulija Čabaravdić and had two sons: Amir, film director and architect and Faruk, management consultant.
Death
Muratović died on 14 November 2020, in
Awards and orders
Awards
Muratović received a number of awards and achievements for his work in academic, political and business fields. Among many others, he received the Golden Plaque of FAMOS in 1987, the
Orders
References
- ^ "Dr. Hasan Muratović" (PDF). efsa.unsa.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ D.Be. (14 November 2020). "Preminuo profesor Hasan Muratović, bivši premijer BiH, ministar i ambasador" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Doctor Hasan Muratovic dies of Coronavirus in Sarajevo". 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Šestoaprilska nagrada Grada Sarajeva za 1990. Godinu | Grad Sarajevo". Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
External links
- Media related to Hasan Muratović at Wikimedia Commons