Stjepan Kljuić

Stjepan Kljuić
Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 20 December 1990 – 5 October 1996 Serving with Franjo Boras(1990–1993) Ivo Komšić(1993–1996)
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Krešimir Zubak
Additional positions 1stPresident of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina In office 1992–1997 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Bogić Bogićević President of the Croatian Democratic Union In office 7 September 1990 – 2 February 1992 Preceded by Davorin Perinović Succeeded by Milenko Brkić
Personal details
Born	(1939-12-19)19 December 1939 Sarajevo,Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Political party	Union of Social Democrats(2013–2014)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Union(2002–2013) Republican Party(1994–2002) Croatian Democratic Union(1990–1994)

Stjepan Kljuić(born 19 December 1939) is aBosnian Croatformer politician who served as theCroat member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinafrom 1990 to 1996, most of it during theBosnian War.He was the first president of theOlympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovinafrom 1992 to 1997.

Kljuić founded and served, from 1990 to 1992, as the first president of theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ BiH). He left the HDZ BiH in 1994, having been strongly opposed to the party's stance on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Career

Kljuić was theCroat member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand a founding member of theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ BiH) party in 1990. He served as the president of the HDZ BiH and protested that Croats should support the elected government ofAlija Izetbegović.

The centralHDZleadership inZagrebpressured the local leadership inHerzeg-Bosniato depose him of his leadership position.He was replaced with Milenko Brkić.

Upon founding theOlympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovinain 1992, Kljuić was elected its first president.He left the HDZ BiH in 1994, angered with the party turning on theirBosniakallies during theBosnian War,a decision which would escalate into aseparate warbetween them. Kljuić then founded his own party, theRepublican Party,a multi-ethnic, pro-Bosnian party.He stood as the party's candidate for the Croat member of thePresidencyin the2002 general election,but failed to be elected.

Later, Kljuić took part in theICTYproceedings.