Hamdija Pozderac
Overview
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
communist
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia , before 1952 the Communist Party of Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Jugoslavije/Савез комуниста Југославије, Slovene: Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na...
politician and the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
from 1971- 74. He was a vice president of the former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
in late 1980s, and was in line to become the president of Yugoslavia just before he was forced to resign from politics in 1987.
Pozderac was considered one of the most influential and powerful politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the communist era.
Quotations
They don't allow Bosnianhood but they offered Muslimhood. We shall accept their offer, although the name is wrong, but with it we'll start the process.
in discussion with Josip Broz Tito|Josip Broz Tito in 1971 about constitutional changes which recognized Muslims (later Bosniaks|Bosniaks) as an ethnic group within Bosnia and Herzegovina and who later became the most populous ethnic group in Bosnia