Božidar Matić
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Božidar Matić (pronounced [bǒʒidar mǎːtitɕ]; 8 September 1937 – 12 May 2016) was a Bosnian politician and academic who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from February to July 2001. Additionally, he was Minister of Finance and Treasury during that period as well.
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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||
In office 22 February 2001 – 18 July 2001 | |||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Martin Raguž | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Zlatko Lagumdžija | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1937-09-08)8 September 1937 Bogatić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
Died | 12 May 2016(2016-05-12) (aged 78) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1992–2016) | ||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | SKJ (until 1990) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Vesna Matić | ||||||||||||||
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While a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Matić was rector of the University of Sarajevo from 1981 to 1985, and was also the director of Energoinvest. He was later a member of the Social Democratic Party from 1992 until his death in 2016, and was also president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2014.