Irfan Ljubijankić

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Irfan Ljubijankić (born November 26, 1952 in Bihać ; † May 28, 1995 in Cetingrad , Croatia ) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician and diplomat as well as a facial surgeon and composer.

biography

Ljubijankić, who after studying medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Belgrade worked as an maxillofacial surgeon, began his political career when he was elected Member of Parliament on November 18, 1990 in the first democratic elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and later became one of the leaders of the Democratic Action Party (Stranka demokratske akcije) by Alija Izetbegović .

In 1991 he was appointed President of the Bihać District (Okrug) and held this office until October 1993. When the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina began in the spring of 1992, Bihać was besieged by Serbian troops from the occupied territories in Croatia and within Bosnia. Cut off from the world, the place therefore had to endure great suffering. Instead of continuing to work exclusively as a politician, he voluntarily decided to continue his work in the city's hospital on the side. His experience in facial surgery was particularly valuable at this time, as it enabled many injuries caused by shrapnel to be treated properly.

On October 29, 1993, Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić appointed him Foreign Minister to the government. In this function he immediately began his efforts to find a diplomatic peace solution for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In one of his last official business he was a representative on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on May 8, 1995 in London .

On May 28, 1995 Ljubijankič fell as a passenger of a helicopter Mi-17 over Cetingrad the shooting by a 2K12 - air missile victim. He left behind his wife and two children. Successor as Foreign Minister was Muhamed Sacirbey .

In honor of Ljubijankić, the singer Yusuf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens , gave a benefit concert in Sarajevo in 1997 and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankić, I Have No Cannons That Roar .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nevada Kahteran: Homage to Irfan Ljubijankić (26 November 1952 to 28 May 1995). (No longer available online.) TurkeyAgenda, April 30, 2015, archived from the original on May 11, 2015 ; accessed on August 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turkeyagenda.com
  2. ^ Roger Cohen: Serbs Kill a Bosnian Leader and Take More Hostages; Copter Downed - 33 Britons Are Seized . In: The New York Times . New York May 29, 1995 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Kako per ubijen Irfan Ljubijankić. Slobodan Bosna, May 28, 2013, accessed August 29, 2015 .
  4. ^ Yusuf Islam at House of Commons album launch. PR Newswire, accessed August 29, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Ljubijankić, Irfan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bihać
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1995
Place of death Cetingrad , Croatia