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Osman Karabegović

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Osman Karabegović
1stPresident of the Economic Chamberof theFederal Assembly of Yugoslavia
Preceded byNone(office established)
Succeeded byPetar Zecević
3rdPresident of the Executive Councilof thePeople's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
1956–1963
Preceded byAvdo Humo
Succeeded byHasan Brkić
Personal details
Born(1911-09-07)7 September 1911
Banja Luka,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Austria-Hungary
Died24 June 1996(1996-06-24)(aged 84)
Belgrade,Serbia,FR Yugoslavia
CitizenshipYugoslav
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia(1932–1974)
SpouseLjubica Karabegović
ProfessionPolitician, soldier
AwardsOrder of the People's Hero
Order of the People's Liberation
Order of the Yugoslav Flag
Order of the Partisan Star
Order of Bravery
Partisan Memorial
Military service
AllegianceYugoslavia
Branch/serviceYugoslav Partisans
Years of service1941–1945
RankMajor General

Osman Karabegović(Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic:Осман Карабеговић;7 September 1911 – 24 June 1996) was aYugoslavandBosniancommunist politician and a recipient of theOrder of the People's Hero.He joined theCommunist Party of Yugoslaviain 1932.

DuringWorld War II,he was one of the leaders of theYugoslav Partisansin Bosnia-Herzegovina. After the war, he held various posts in theSocialist Yugoslavia.[citation needed]

In 1972, after he criticized the Yugoslav model ofworkers' self-managementand the lack of democracy in theSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,he was expelled from theLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia.[citation needed]

He was a strong supporter ofSlobodan Miloševićin 1980s and 1990s, and opposedAlija IzetbegovićinBosnia and Herzegovina.He died inBelgradein 1996.

Early life[edit]

Karabegović was born on 7 September 1911 inBanja Luka.He attended high school there and was an active member of the "Mlada Jugoslavija" association (English:Young Yugoslavia).

He joined theCommunist Party of Yugoslaviain 1932[1]and in the same year was expelled from school because he participated in a students' strike. He finished the last of his classes of gymnasium inSarajevo.

Because of his activity in the Communist Party andSKOJhe was arrested. He was released from prison under the pressure of public. In 1933, Karabegović entered the Veterinary Faculty inZagreb.

Again, he actively participated in the work of SKOJ and the Communist Party. He was arrested for the same reasons a few times by police in Zagreb. In 1935 he was ordered to return in Banja Luka.

During 1936–37 he studied medicine at theUniversity of Zagreband became a member of the Students' Committee ofSKOJand a member of the Action Committee inBelgrade.

He participated in various demonstrations against the regime ofAlexander I of Yugoslaviafor which he was again arrested a few times.

World War II[edit]

AfterWorld War II started in Yugoslavia,Karabegović returned to Banja Luka and became a member of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia forBosanska Krajina.

He participated in organizing a rebellion against theAxis forceson 4 July 1941 inŠehitlucinear Banja Luka. This was the final agreement by the Communists to begin a rebellion in Bosanska Krajina.

In the second half of June 1941 Karabegović visitedPrijedor,Bosanski Novi,KrupaandBihaćwhere he held a few meetings with Partisan military officers and the Party's committees and transferred decisions made by the Communist Party about plans of a rebellion.[2]

In the beginning of July 1941, Karabegović, along with Josip Mažar Šoša, visitedBosanski PetrovacandDvorand formed committees in preparation for the rebellion.

On the day when the rebellion started, 25 July 1941, Karabegović participated in consultations atOrlovcinearPrijedorwhere the Communist Party made a schedule for the rebellion. Karabegović was sent along with DrMladen Stojanovićand Josip Mažar Šoša toKozarafor organizing the rebellion.[3]

In August 1941, when the Second Detachment of Bosanska Krajina was formed, Karabegović became its political commissar. In the beginning of November 1941, Karabegović participated in military consultations held in the Partisan Supreme Command for Bosnia and Herzegovina ofRomanija.He was one of the organizers of the regional party's consultations in Bosanska Krajina which was held on 22 February 1942 inKneževo.

In those consultations, Karabegović became a political commissar of the Operational Headquarters for Bosanska Krajina, and when the First Bosnian Corps was formed at the end of 1942, he continued the same duties there.

Throughout the war, Karabegović held various posts, he was the Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia for Bosanska Krajina, a member of the Regional Committee for Communist Party of Yugoslavia and a member of the Supreme Command of theYugoslav Partisansfor Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was also an alderman in the First and Second Session of theAVNOJand in all of the sessions ofZAVNOBiH.

Communist Yugoslavia[edit]

Osman Karabegović's grave in Belgrade

After the war he held various posts. From 1946 to 1974 he was the envoy of the Assembly of theFederal People's Republic of Yugoslaviaand from 1947 to 1956 he was a member of the Federal Government. Karabegović was also the President of the Executive Council of thePeople's Republic of Yugoslavia(de factoPrime Minister) from 1956 to 1963. Karabegović was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and from 1948 he was a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. On 23 July 1952 he became a recipient of thePeople's Hero of Yugoslavia.

In September 1972 Karabegović criticised the communist leadership in theSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand the Yugoslav model ofworkers' self-managementas staging while the highest ranking individuals controlled public life completely. He also criticised the lack of democracy, saying that none of the members of theExecutive Councilof the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina would be elected if there was a democratic system.[1]Older members of the communist leadership were critical of transformation towards close-society, while the younger members saw it as the only way to transform Bosnia and Herzegovina. All critics, including Karabegović, were expelled from the League of Communists.[4]

Osman Karabegović was a strong supporter of policies ofSlobodan Miloševićin 1980s and 1990s.[5]He opposedAlija Izetbegovićclaiming that there was more "order and lawfulness" in the times of theOttoman Empire,Austria-Hungaryand theKingdom of Yugoslaviathan during the "dictatorship of the enraged Izetbegović's fundamentalist bandits".[6]

On 24 June 1996, Karabegović died inBelgradeand was buried in the Alley of the People's Heroes inNovo groblje.

Private life[edit]

Karabegovic was married to his wife Ljubica until his death in 1996. Their son Enes Karabegović was Ambassador of Yugoslavia to Iraq. According to a popular theory, he shared a mutual dislike withAvdo Humo.

Works[edit]

  • Karabegović, Osman (1978).Krajina na putevima revolucije(in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Glas.
  • Karabegović, Osman (1988).Bosanska krajina: nepresušni izvor revolucionarnih snaga(in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^abAndjelic 2004,p. 45.
  2. ^(in Serbo-Croatian)Mihić, Ljubo. Kozara: priroda, čovjek, istorija. Dnevnik, 1987, p. 487
  3. ^(in Serbo-Croatian)Maglajić, Himka. Kazivanja o Kasimu Hadžiću, pg. 62. Glas, 1982.
  4. ^Andjelic 2004,p. 46.
  5. ^Toal & Dahlman 2011,p. 355.
  6. ^e-novine & 25 June 2010.

Books[edit]

  • Andjelic, Neven (2 August 2004).Bosnia-Herzegovina: The End of a Legacy.London: Routledge.ISBN9781135757137.
  • Toal, Gerard;Dahlman, Carl T. (2011).Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal.Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN9780199742417.

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