Božidar Matić

Božidar Matić
Božidar Matić
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 22 February 2001 – 18 July 2001
President	See list Halid Genjac ; Beriz Belkić ; Živko Radišić ; Ante Jelavić ; Jozo Križanović;
Preceded by	Martin Raguž
Succeeded by	Zlatko Lagumdžija
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Finance and Treasury
	In office; 22 February 2001 – 17 July 2001
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Spasoje Tuševljak
Succeeded by	Anto Domazet
Preceded by
Additional positions
Rector of the University of Sarajevo
	In office; 1981–1985
Preceded by	Arif Tanović
Succeeded by	Ljubomir Berberović
Personal details
Born	8 September 1937; Bogatić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	12 May 2016 (aged 78); Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1992–2016)
Other political; affiliations	SKJ (until 1990)
Spouse	Vesna Matić
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (BS); University of Belgrade (MS); University of Sarajevo (PhD);

Božidar Matić (pronounced [bǒʒidar mǎːtitɕ]; 8 September 1937 – 12 May 2016) was a Bosnian politician and academic who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from February to July 2001. Additionally, he was Minister of Finance and Treasury during that period as well.

While a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Matić was rector of the University of Sarajevo from 1981 to 1985, and was also the director of Energoinvest. He was later a member of the Social Democratic Party from 1992 until his death in 2016, and was also president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2014.