Fehim Čurčić
Fehim Effendi Čurčić (* 1866 in Sarajevo ; † 1916 in Grimmenstein , Lower Austria ) was the mayor of Sarajevo.
Čurčić, the offspring of an influential Muslim family from Kosovo , served from 1910 to 1915 as mayor of Sarajevo , then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia . Čurčić did his administrative work under the supervision of the country chief of Bosnia Oskar Potiorek and the Austrian finance minister Bilinski . As mayor, he had a virile vote in the state parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the constitution from 1910 to 1915 .
The outstanding event of Čurčić's tenure was the assassination attempt in Sarajevo on the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, which he witnessed when the Archduke was on a drive through the city center after a reception in Sarajevo's town hall by Čurčić and the city's dignitaries was shot.
Čurčić held the mayor's office until 1915 the municipal parliament was dissolved. He died the following year in a sanatorium in the Austrian spa town of Grimmenstein.
It is noteworthy that Čurčić was the last mayor of Sarajevo under Austro-Hungarian rule, while his father Ragib Čurčić was the last mayor under Turkish rule.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preminuo bivši g. načelnik Ćurčić . In: Sarajevski list . February 14, 1916, p. 3.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Čurčić, Fehim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Čurčić, Fehim Effendi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bosnian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarajevo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |
| Place of death | Grimmenstein |