Sulejman Tihić
Sulejman Tihić | |||||||||||||
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Tihić in 2009 | |||||||||||||
| 9th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||
| In office 28 February 2006 – 6 November 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ivo Miro Jović | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nebojša Radmanović | ||||||||||||
| In office 28 February 2004 – 28 October 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dragan Čović | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Borislav Paravac | ||||||||||||
| 4th Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Dragan Mikerević Adnan Terzić | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Beriz Belkić | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Haris Silajdžić | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 November 1951 Bosanski Šamac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
| Died | 25 September 2014 (aged 62) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Party of Democratic Action (1990–2014) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jasminka Tihić | ||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (LL.B.) | ||||||||||||
Sulejman Tihić (26 November 1951 – 25 September 2014) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He also served as the second president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) from 2001 until his death in 2014. From 2007 until his death, Tihić served as member of the national House of Peoples.
Born in Bosanski Šamac, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1975. Following his graduation, Tihić worked as a judge, prosecutor and a lawyer. During the Bosnian War of 1992–95, he was captured by Serb soldiers and was tortured in concentration camps in both Bosnia and Serbia. Following the war, Tihić entered into politics. Already being a founding member of the SDA, he was named its president in 2001. In the 2002 general election, Tihić was elected Bosniak member of the Bosnian Presidency, serving as its member until 2006. Following his time in the Presidency, Tihić was appointed as member of the national House of Peoples in 2007. As president of the SDA, he took part in many constitutional reform talks, most notably in those regarding the Prud Agreement between 2008 and 2009.
After years of health issues, including cancer, Tihić died on 25 September 2014 in Sarajevo, at the age of 62. He was buried in his hometown of Bosanski Šamac two days later.