Uglješa Uzelac (1938 – 6 September 1997) was a Bosnian politician and

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who served as the 27th mayor of Sarajevo from 1983 to 1985. He was also Bosnia and Herzegovina's ambassador to

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from 1992 until his death in 1997. Uzelac was the president of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1991 as well. He was most notably mayor during the

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Biography

Uzelac was born in 1938 in the village of Ivanjska,

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near

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. He was educated in

, where he graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business. He worked at the UPI Bank of Sarajevo, and was also director of it. Uzelac was the president of the Assembly of

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, President of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia and a member of the Organizing Committee of the

in Sarajevo. He served as the 27th Mayor of Sarajevo from 1983 until 1985 and was mayor during the Winter Olympics. Uzelac died on 6 September 1997, while serving as Bosnia and Herzegovina's ambassador to

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