Mehmed Spaho
Mehmed Spaho | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Trade and Industry of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 26 March 1921 – 1 June 1921 | |
| Minister of Forestry and Mining of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 22 December 1918 – 23 February 1919 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1883 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Died | 29 June 1939 (aged 56) Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Citizenship | Yugoslavia |
| Spouse | Habiba |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Awards | Order of Franz Joseph (Knight Cross) |
Mehmed Spaho (Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмед Спахо; 13 March 1883 – 29 June 1939) was a Bosnian Muslim politician and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. Spaho was described as the "undisputed leader of the Bosniaks between the two world wars" by the newspaper Oslobođenje in 2013. He died under mysterious circumstances in a Belgrade hotel.