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Nijaz Duraković
Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
2002–2006
Member of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1998–2000
2nd Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
20 October 1993 – 5 October 1996Serving with Alija Izetbegović
Preceded byFikret Abdić
Succeeded byAlija Izetbegović (as sole Bosniak member)
1st President of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
27 December 1992 – 6 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZlatko Lagumdžija
5th President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
29 June 1989 – December 1990
Preceded byAbdulah Mutapčić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1949-01-01)1 January 1949
Stolac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Died29 January 2012(2012-01-29) (aged 63)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalityBosniak
Political partySocial Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006–2012)
Other political
affiliations		League of Communists of Yugoslavia (until 1990)
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–2002)
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo
OccupationAuthor, sociologist, political scientist, politician, professor

Nijaz Duraković (1 January 1949 – 29 January 2012) was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician. He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation.

Biography

Duraković was born in Stolac on New Year's Day 1949. He completed his primary and secondary education there, and then his BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in sociology at the University of Sarajevo. He was the last President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 29 June 1989 until December 1990 and the first president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1997. He was the candidate in the 1990 Bosnian general election. On 20 October 1993, he became a member of the War Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, staying on that position until 5 October 1996.

Beyond politics, he was widely recognized as one of the country's most prolific authors. Duraković's body of work includes 16 books and more than 200 scientific journals and articles which he wrote during his tenure as Senior Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo. His most prominent book is The Curse of Muslims (Prokletstvo Muslimana).

He died on 29 January 2012 in Sarajevo following a heart attack.

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Preceded byFikret Abdić
Serving with Alija Izetbegović 		Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serving with Alija Izetbegović 		Succeeded byAlija Izetbegović
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