Stjepan Kljuić (born 19 December 1939) is a

Bosnian Croat The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs of Bosnia and H ...

former politician who was the Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina before and during the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

. Kljuić was also the President of the Croatian Democratic Union. Upon founding it, from 1992 until 1997, Kljuić was the first President of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well.

Career

Kljuić was the

Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina This article lists the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the country's new Constitution from December 1995, adopted following the Dayton Agreement. The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of three members, ea ...

and a founding member of the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...

(HDZ BiH) party in 1990. He served as the president of the HDZ BiH and protested that Croats should support the elected government of

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. The central

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leadership in

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pressured local leadership in

Herzeg-Bosnia The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia ( hr, Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed on 18 November 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bo ...

to depose him of his leadership position. He was replaced with Milenko Brkić. Upon founding the

Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin: Olimpijski komitet Bosne i Hercegovine; Serbian Cyrillic: Олимпијски комитет Босне и Херцеговине) is the non-profit organiza ...

in 1992, Kljuić was elected its first president. In 1994, he founded his own party, the

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, a multi-ethnic, pro-Bosnia party. He stood as the party's candidate for the Croat member of the

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in the 2002 general election, but failed to be elected. Later, Kljuić took part in the

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proceedings.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kljuic, Stjepan 1939 births Living people Politicians from Sarajevo Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Politicians of the Bosnian War