Mate Boban

Mate Boban
1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia
In office
18 November 1991  8 February 1994
Prime MinisterJadranko Prlić
Vice PresidentDario Kordić
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKrešimir Zubak
President of the Croatian Democratic Union
In office
14 November 1992  10 July 1994
Preceded byMilenko Brkić
Succeeded byDario Kordić
Personal details
Born(1940-02-12)12 February 1940
Sovići, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died7 July 1997(1997-07-07) (aged 57)
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Resting placeGorica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Political partySKJ (1958–1990)
Croatian Democratic Union (1990–1997)
Parents
  • Stjepan Boban (father)
  • Iva Boban (mother)
Profession
  • Politician
  • Economist
AwardsOrder of Nikola Šubić Zrinski
Order of Ante Starčević
Homeland's Gratitude Medal
Homeland War Memorial Medal

Mate Boban (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎːte bǒban]; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the first president of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1991 until 1994. From 1992 to 1994, Boban was the President of the Croatian Democratic Union. He died in 1997 due to a stroke.