Milan Jelić
Milan Jelić (born March 26, 1956 in Koprivna near Modriča , Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia , † September 30, 2007 in Doboj , Bosnia and Herzegovina ) was President of the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Life
After studying economics at the Universities of Novi Sad and Banja Luka , which he completed with a doctorate, Milan Jelić was manager of various companies in Modriča (most recently director of the oil refinery from November 1993).
As a member of the Srpska Demokratska Stranka he was elected to the Parliament of the Republika Srpska. In 1998 he left this party and became a member of the Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata .
From February 28, 2006 he was Minister of Economy of the Republika Srpska until he became President of the Republika Srpska on November 9, 2006. He was also a member of the presidium of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Football Association. He died of a heart attack at the age of 51. Until a successor was elected, the President of the Parliament of the Republika Srpska temporarily took over the office of Jelić.
Milan Jelić was the father of footballer Petar Jelić .
Web links
- Report on the death of Milan Jelić ( memento from October 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 30, 2007
Momčilo Krajišnik (acting) | Radovan Karadžić | Biljana Plavšić | Nikola Poplašen | Mirko Šarović | Dragan Čavić | Milan Jelić | Igor Radojičić (acting) | Rajko Kuzmanović | Milorad Dodik | Željka Cvijanović
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| SURNAME | Jelić, Milan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician, President of the Republika Srpska |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koprivna near Modriča |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2007 |
| Place of death | Doboj |