The Pozderac family was an influential

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family from

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. They have been called the "Bosniak

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Notable members

* Agha Murat Pozderac (1862–1930), was the last leader of

Cazin Cazin ( sr-cyrl, Цазин) is a city located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Bosanska Krajina region, near the border ...

during Ottoman rule. His wife's name was Meleća. Murat's parents were Alija Pozderac and Fatima (née Omanović). **

Nurija Pozderac Nurija Pozderac (15 January 1892 – 12 June 1943) was a Bosnian teacher, politician, member of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization, and local liberation leader during World War II, participating in the National Yugoslav Liberation Struggle. He ...

(1892–1943), son of Murat and a local political leader and liberation fighter, killed in the line of duty during World War II near Tjentište. ***

Hakija Pozderac Hakija Pozderac (6 March 1919 – 27 March 1994) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian Muslim communist politician and partisan. Biography Hakija Pozderac was the son of Devleta and Meho Pozderac. Upon his uncle's request ( Nurija Pozderac) he moved from ...

(1919–1994), son of Nurija Pozderac, Yugoslav politician. ***

Hamdija Pozderac Hamdija Pozderac (15 January 1924 – 7 April 1988) was a Yugoslav communist politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the 4th President of the People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from July 1971 to May 1974. ...

(1924–1988), nephew of Nurija Pozderac.

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politician and the president of

from 1971 to 1974. He was a vice president of the former

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in the late 1980s, and was in line to become the president of Yugoslavia just before he was forced to resign from politics in 1987. *

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(born 1975), Serbian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia from 2007 until 2012. Great-grandson of Nurija Pozderac. * Hamdija Lipovača (born 1976), Bosnian politician. Great-grandson of Nurija Pozderac.

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