Živko Radišić

Bosnian Serb politician (1937–2021)

Живко Радишић

2nd Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn office
14 October 2000 – 14 June 2001Preceded byAlija IzetbegovićSucceeded byJozo KrižanovićIn office
13 October 1998 – 15 June 1999Preceded byAlija IzetbegovićSucceeded byAnte Jelavić2nd Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn office
13 October 1998 – 28 October 2002Prime Minister

See list

Spasoje Tuševljak
Martin Raguž
Božidar Matić
Zlatko Lagumdžija
Dragan Mikerević

Preceded byMomčilo KrajišnikSucceeded byMirko ŠarovićMayor of Banja LukaIn office
1977–1982Preceded bySeid MaglajlijaSucceeded byMarinko Banušić Personal detailsBorn(1937-08-15)15 August 1937
Prijedor, Kingdom of YugoslaviaDied5 September 2021(2021-09-05) (aged 84)
Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaNationalityBosnian SerbPolitical partySocialist PartySpouseDraginja RadišićAlma materUniversity of Sarajevo (BA)

Živko Radišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Радишић, pronounced [ʒîːʋko rǎdiʃit͡ɕ]; 15 August 1937 – 5 September 2021) was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 2nd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2002.

Radišić previously served as mayor of Banja Luka from 1977 to 1982. He was a founding member and president of the Socialist Party.

Career

Born in Prijedor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 15 August 1937, Radišić graduated in 1964 from the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Political Science. During the 1969 Banja Luka earthquake, he was a high ranking Banja Luka city government official, and thus, was directly in charge of repairing the consequences from the earthquake.

Later on, from 1977 until 1982, Radišić served as mayor of Banja Luka. From 1982 to 1985, he headed the defence ministry of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1993, Radišić became a founding member of the Socialist Party. In 1996, alongside Milorad Dodik, he formed the People's Alliance for Free Peace for the 1996 general election.

Radišić was elected Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency in the 1998 general election, defeating the incumbent Momčilo Krajišnik by 45,000 votes.^[1] He chaired the Presidency from 1998 until 1999 and again from 2000 until 2001. Radišić decided not to run for a second term in the Presidency in the 2002 general election. His term ended on 28 October 2002, and was succeeded as the Serb member by Mirko Šarović.

Personal life

Živko was married to Draginja Radišić and spent most of their life living in Banja Luka.

He died on 5 September 2021, aged 84, in a Banja Luka hospital.^[2]

References

^ "New Bosnian leader pledges to promote democracy". Associated Press. 27 September 1998. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ R.D. (5 September 2021). "Preminuo Živko Radišić, bivši član Predsjedništva BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 September 2021.