Ahmet Hadžipašić was the former Prime Minister

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 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 (from February 14, 2003, to May 2007). He was a member of the Bosniak

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 community and Party of Democratic Action

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. Hadžipašić got his PhD in 1990. Mr. Hadžipašić lived in Zenica

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, a city

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 well-known as a metallurgy

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 center of the former Yugoslavia

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. Hadžipašić had a great role in the privatisation of Željezara Zenica, one of the largest steel

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 factories in the region. One part of Zenica steel factory was bought by Arcelor Mittal. After privatisation, production restarted. Arcelor Mittal's investment has served as a catalyst for other foreign investment in the area.

Hadžipašić died from heart attack on July 23, 2008 in his home in Zenica

Zenica

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. A few weeks before his death, Hadžipašić was elected for vice-rector

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of Zenica University.