Božidar Matić

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.

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.

[2] Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) in 1992.

[4] The SDP BiH-led government facilitated the passage of the Election Law, which was not only an important step towards democracy, but also a prerequisite to Bosnia's accession to the Council of Europe.