Ibrahim ef. Ustavdić (1878-1974), was a Bosnian educator, the first

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from Gračanica, school superintendent and principal of the first National elementary school in Gračanica. One of the most important personalities in

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of Gračanica.

Biography

Ibrahim Ustavdić was born in Gračanica in 1878. In hometown he graduated National elementary school in 1897. After that he graduated in School of education. He was appointed as a temporary teacher in Bosanska Otoka in 1902. From Bosanska Otoka he was moved to

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in 1903, and from there to

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in 1904. At the beginning of 1905 he was moved as a teacher to National elementary school in Gračanica, where he worked until 1935. From 1912 to 1935, he was the school principal of the National elementary school in Gračanica. In 1935 he was appointed school superintendent in Gračanica. He held that position until 1938, when he retired. He worked as a teacher in Gračanica for more than thirty years. Also, as a teacher and principal of the National elementary school, he participated in educational reform of the Gračanica's Osman-kapetan

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in 1930. In 1903 when was founded the local board of the

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in Gračanica, he was among its first leaders, as a second-rate member. He was one of the financial donors for the Sarajevo's monument dedicated to the

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n poet

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. Also, when the monument to king Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia was unveiled in Gračanica in October 1936, Ibrahim Ustavdić was among the polical officials. He laid two wreaths on behalf of the local schools. After retirement, he moved to

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, where he died in spring of 1974. According to his wishes, he was buried in Gračanica, at the Režići Cemetery. The

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of Ibrahim Ustavdić was attended by a large number of people in Gračanica, all students and teachers of the Elementary school "Hasan Kikić" in Gračanica, as well as delegations of students and teachers from other schools."Sto godina Narodne osnovne škole u Gračanici: Uz pregled razvoja osnovnog školstva na području opštine Gračanica". Gračanica, 1986. pp 35 His great-great-grandson

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is a prominent human rights activist.

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