Krešimir Zubak
Krešimir Zubak | |||||||||||||||
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1stCroat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||
In office 5 October 1996 – 15 November 1998 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Stjepan Kljuić Ivo Komšić (as members of the Presidency of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina) | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ante Jelavić | ||||||||||||||
1stPresident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||
In office 31 May 1994 – 18 March 1997 | |||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Haris Silajdžić Izudin Kapetanović | ||||||||||||||
Vice President | Ejup Ganić | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Vladimir Šoljić | ||||||||||||||
2nd President ofHerzeg-Bosnia | |||||||||||||||
In office 4 April 1994 – 14 August 1996 | |||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Jadranko Prlić Pero Marković | ||||||||||||||
Vice President | Dario Kordić | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Mate Boban | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||||
Born | Doboj,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,SFR Yugoslavia | 25 January 1947||||||||||||||
Political party | New Croatian Initiative(1998−2007) | ||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Croatian Democratic Union(1992−1998) | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Sarajevo(LL.B.) | ||||||||||||||
Awards | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Krešimir Zubak(Croatian pronunciation:[krěʃimirzûbaːk];born 25 January 1947) is aBosnian Croatpolitician who served as the1stCroat member of thePresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovinafrom 1996 to 1998. At the beginning of theBosnian Warin 1992, he joined theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ BiH).
AfterMate Bobanleft the position of president of theCroatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia,Zubak succeeded him. Under Zubak, theCroatian Defence CouncilandArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinaestablished peaceful relations and theWashington agreementwas signed. He later served as the inauguralPresident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand was later elected to the Bosnian Presidency. He also served asMinister of Human Rights and Refugeesfrom 2001 to 2002.[1]
Zubak left the HDZ BiH in 1998 and founded theNew Croatian Initiative.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]Krešimir Zubak was born inDoboj.He graduated from theFaculty of LawinSarajevoin 1970. For the next few years, he worked as a lawyer in a construction company, after which he began a judicial career. Zubak started his judicial career as Deputy Public Prosecutor in Doboj, after which he became President of the District Court in Doboj. From 1980 to 1984, he was Deputy Minister of Justice in theSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.After that, Zubak was president of the High Court in Doboj until 1992.[3]
Bosnian War
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Before the start of theBosnian War,Zubak was re-employed at the Ministry of Justice, but returned home afterSerb forcesattacked the village ofUsora.He was severely wounded during an unsuccessful operation to liberate Doboj, that is, to occupy the strategically important Putnik Hill. The bullet went between his chest and armpits and erupted outside in the lower spine. Because of that wound, Zubak became 40% disabled, and underwent surgery at a local hospital inTešanj.His family was soon expelled from Doboj, and he went into exile inVodicenearŠibenik.Zubak soon went toHerzegovina,while the rest of his family, his wife and two sons, went toZagreb,where his sons finished law.[3]
After arriving to Herzegovina, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the Government ofHerzeg-Bosnia.He is a signatorie of theWashington Agreement,signed on 18 March 1994. After then president of Herzeg-Bosnia,Mate Boban,resigned as president inLivnoon 4 April 1994, Zubak was elected as his successor. The following month, on 31 May, he was elected the firstPresident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinaat the Constituent Assembly of thePresident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]
Zubak participated in the negotiations on the conclusion of theDayton Agreement.He finally signed the agreement on 14 December 1995.[4]
After the war
[edit]Zubak signed theSaint PetersburgAgreement withEjup Ganićin Saint Petersburg, which he considered a continuation of the previously signed Dayton Agreement. In it, Zubak and Ganić agreed on the gradual exclusion of the institutions of Herzeg-Bosnia and theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,which was supposed to guarantee the federal character of the Federation. The agreement was criticized byHaris Silajdžićand in the end, it failed.[5]
At thegeneral electionheld in September 1996, Zubak was theCroatian Democratic Union(HDZ BiH) candidate for theCroat seatin thePresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]He managed to win the election with 330,477 (88.7%) votes. His strongest opponent wasIvo Komšić,candidate of the Joint List.[nb 1][6]
Zubak left the HDZ BiH in 1998 and founded theNew Croatian Initiative(NHI).[3]He welcomedBarry's amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the Provisional Election Commission,[5]which allowed members of theFederal House of Peoples,regardless of their nationality, to be nominated and elected by all members of theCantonalAssemblies. This made it possible for Croat envoys to be elected by Bosniaks.[7]With his new party, Zubak joined the ruling civic-unitary coalition of theAlliance for Change,led by theSocial Democratic Party(SDP BiH), where he was appointedMinister of Human Rights and Refugeeson 22 February 2001.[3]The coalition was ousted from power after the2002 general election.Zubak's NHI did not achieve significant political success, and after a significant weakening, it merged with theCroatian Peasant Party(HSS BiH) to form theHSS-NHIin October 2007. Even the HSS-NHI, later renamed the Croatian National Alliance of Bosnia and Herzegovina, failed to make any significant political success.
After thegeneral electionheld in October 2010, Zubak supported the creation of the so-called platformGovernment of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinawithout the presence of Croat legitimate representatives. When theCroatian Democratic Union 1990(HDZ 1990) refused to join such a government, which included its coalition partner, theCroatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina(HSP BiH), Zubak claimed that HDZ 1990 "is commiting political suicide".[8]Later, his party, the Croatian National Alliance of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was merged in to HDZ 1990, and the party leadership was co-opted into the HDZ 1990 leadership, while Zubak himself withdrew from further political life.
He is married and has two sons, also lawyers.
Honours and decorations
[edit]International
[edit]Award or decoration | Country | Awarded by | Year | Place | |
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Grand Order of Queen Jelena | Croatia | Franjo Tuđman | 1995 | Zagreb |
Notes
[edit]- ^The Joint List was an alliance of theSocial Democratic Party,theUnion of Social Democrats,theCroatian Peasant Party,theMuslim Bosniak Organisationand theRepublican Party.
References
[edit]- ^"Sazivi Vijeća ministara"(in Bosnian). Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine.Retrieved12 November2016.
- ^Cuvalo, Ante (2010).The A to Z of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Rowman & Littlefield.p. 52.
- ^abcdef"Krešimir Zubak".Večernji list.Archived fromthe originalon 31 January 2015.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^Mišo Relota (27 January 2013)."Kolumna - Mišo Relota: Moon 'vedri i oblači' u BiH, ostali slušaju!"(in Croatian). HRsvijet.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^abNikola Zidrum (11 May 2010)."Tko je uopće Krešimir Zubak?"(in Croatian). Poskok.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^"Rezultati izbora u Bosni i Hercegovini"(PDF)(in Bosnian). Službene novine Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, br. 20/96. 20 October 1996.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^Neđo Đević (23 April 2011)."Ante Jelavić: Lagumdžija opet uzurpirao vlast u FBiH"(in Serbian). Nezavisne novine.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^"Krešimir Zubak o Platformi:" HDZ 1990 vrši političko samoubistvo ""(in Croatian). Index.hr. 24 December 2010.Retrieved18 January2015.[permanent dead link]
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