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Munib Bisić
Munib Bisić (5 December 1957 – 30 March 2009) was a Bosnian Army officer who served as the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. Bisić was born in Breza, FPR Yugoslavia, where he was educated, later continuing his studies at the Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo. He worked as a teacher before the Yugoslav wars. From 2002 to 2004 he served as Deputy Chief Inspector in the Federal Ministry of Defence. He was prematurely retired in October 2004. Bisić was a reserve officer of the Territorial Defence, and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in April 1994. He was a member of the General Staff of the Patriotic League since its inception. Bisić died in 2009, aged 52, in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Bosnia And Herzegovina)
The Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is the governmental department in charge of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and protection of Bosnia and Herzegovina from invasion and threats. History Prior to the creation of the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1945 to 1992, the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia was responsible for the defence of the entire Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, while Bosnia and Herzegovina had its territorial defence. Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia in 1992, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed, with Munib Bisić being appointed minister, who had the newly formed Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina at his disposal. This ministry played a key role in defending Bosnia and Herzegovina from aggressors and paramilitary units inside and outside Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. In addition to the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incidents, the war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992 when the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was internationally recognized. It ended on 21 November 1995 when the Dayton accords, Dayton Accords were initialed. The main belligerents were the forces of the government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and those of the breakaway proto-states of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republika Srpska (1992–1995), Republika Srpska which were led and supplied by Croatia and Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia, respectively. The war was part of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniaks Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who share a common ancestry, culture, history and the Bosnian language. Traditionally and predominantly adhering to Sunni Islam, they constitute native communities in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and the Republic of Kosovo. Largely due to displacement stemming from the Bosnian War in the 1990s they also make up a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region, adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture, and the Bosnian language. Bosniaks have also frequently been denoted Bosnian Muslims in the Anglophone sphere mainly owing to this having been the primary verbiage used in the media coverage of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Breza, Bosnia And Herzegovina
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Deaths
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1957 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic League (Bosnia And Herzegovina)
The Patriotic League () was the first paramilitary unit of Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (TORBiH). History On 19 December 1990 Alija Izetbegović and the SDA party discussed forming an independent paramilitary separate from the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). In March 1991 Sefer Halilović formed the Patriotic League (Patriotska Liga - PL) as an independent Bosnian army, with the same territorial organization as Territorial Defense Forces (TO). Later on, the Patriotic League was connected to the TO. The Patriotic League, alongside the TORBiH, would later become the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Training The Patriotic League received training at Croatian Special Police centers and by March 1992 counted 98,000 troops – more than the shrinking TO – organized in 9 regions and 103 (out of 109) districts. Units * Crni Labudovi (The Black Swans) *Armija RBiH - Diverzantsko-Izviđačka Brigada *Zmaj od Bosne (Dragon of Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Defence Force Of The Republic Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina () were the first official armed forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of the Bosnian War. They were eventually transformed into the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. History Teritorijalna odbrana (TO) was the name of a local defence reserve force in the former Yugoslav People's Army. The TO were organized in their respective country with a separate command that of the JNA. The TO was a Civilian Home Guard, roughly like a paramilitary or a reserve military force. The regions of the TO were in charge of mobilization with the help of the local population. TORBiH in Bosnia The TO was the official army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the separate Bosnian military forces formed by Sefer Halilović the Patriotic League (PL). The TO, from 1991 to April 1992, absorbed all units of the PL and districts military formations into the TO, which was eventually transformed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia). The conflicts both led up to and resulted from the breakup of Yugoslavia, which began in mid-1991, into six independent countries matching the six Republics of Yugoslavia, entities known as republics that had previously constituted Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and North Macedonia, Macedonia (now Macedonia naming dispute, called North Macedonia). SFR Yugoslavia's constituent republics declared independence due to rising nationalism. Unresolved tensions between ethnic minorities in the new countries led to the wars. While most of the conflicts ended through peace accords that involved full international recognition of new states, they resulted in a massive number of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faculty Of Political Science In Sarajevo
The Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo () or FPN is one of the 24 Faculty (division), faculties of the University of Sarajevo. The faculty was formed in 1961 as the former "High School (i.e. Tertiary education, tertiary institution) of Political Sciences in Sarajevo" and is located in the urban area of Sarajevo (between Drvenija Bridge and Čobanija Bridge). The faculty actively participates in the Bologna Process in Bosnia and Herzegovina, publishes scholarly papers, reviews articles, researches notes and book reviews covering major areas of political sciences, sociology, security studies, social work, and media studies. The Sarajevo Social Science Review has been published by the faculty (formerly ''Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka'' - ''Annual Papers of The Faculty of Political Sciences''). There is also an FPN student newspaper called ''SPONA''. The Faculty of Political Sciences also participates in joint MA’s programs in political science in partnership with var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина, separator=" / ") was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct legal predecessor to the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina secession, seceded from the Breakup of Yugoslavia, disintegrating Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992. The Bosnian War broke out soon after its Declaration of Independence and lasted for 3 years. Leaders from two of the three main ethnicities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely the Bosnian Serbs, Serbs and the Bosnian Croats, Croats, separately established their separatist quasi-states of Republika Srpska (1992–95), Republika Srpska and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, respectively, which were unrecognized by the Bosnian state and international governments. With the majority of Bosnian Serbs and Croats opting for their respec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jure Pelivan
Jure Pelivan (; 1 December 1928 – 18 July 2014) was a Bosnian Croat politician and economist who served as the last Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1992, during the end of the Yugoslav era. He then served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from March to November 1992. Pelivan was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. Early life Jure Pelivan was born on 1 December 1928 in the village of Orguz, which is located near Livno. He was ethnically Croat. When he was still active in economics, he served as director of the branch in Livno and Deputy Governor for the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Political career He represented Mostar in the National Assembly in the 90s. From December 1990 to March 1992 he was President of the Executive Council. He announced his resignation in April 1992 from this position, with the government remaining in office until the next election, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
