Alija Behmen

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Alija Behmen
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Behmen in 2009
36th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
28 January 2009 – 27 March 2013
Preceded bySemiha Borovac
Succeeded byIvo Komšić
4th Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
12 March 2001 – 14 February 2003
Preceded byEdhem Bičakčić
Dragan Čović (acting)
Succeeded byAhmet Hadžipašić
Personal details
Born(1940-12-25)25 December 1940
Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died1 August 2018(2018-08-01) (aged 77)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

Alija Behmen (25 December 1940 – 1 August 2018) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 36th mayor of Sarajevo from 2009 until 2013, and was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH).[1] Behmen previously served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2003.[1]

He graduated in 1969 from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Sarajevo, where he later presented a doctoral dissertation in the field of modeling transport costs and their impact on the reproduction and development of the economy. In 1974, Behmen defended his master's degree in marketing. From 1970 he worked at the Institute of Economics in Sarajevo and at the Sarajevo State Technical University as responsible for technological and economic functions. He was also Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of the ŽTO Sarajevo.[2][1]

From 1978 to 1980, Behmen chaired the PO Interšped Workers' Organization. He was then appointed Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Communications.[3]

In the 1998 general elections, as a candidate of SDP BiH, he was elected member of the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly and deputy chairman of the Federal House of Peoples.

From March 2001 to the end of 2003, Behmen was appointed as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity.

In the 2006 general election, Behmen was elected member of the Federal House of Representatives. He left the post in January 2009, after being appointed mayor of the City of Sarajevo.[4] He worked as mayor until 2013.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mayor of Sarajevo". City of Sarajevo. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Preminuo Alija Behmen, nekadašnji gradonačelnik Sarajeva". sarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Preminuo bivši gradonačelnik Sarajeva Alija Behmen". radiosarajevo.ba. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ ""Splićo" Alija Behmen postao gradonačelnik Sarajeva". Index. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001–2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Sarajevo
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
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