Rusmir Mahmutćehajić
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Rusmir Mahmutćehajić | |
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| Born | 29 June 1948 Stolac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 5 April 2026 (aged 77) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo University of Zagreb |
| Known for | Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia, author |
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić (29 June 1948 – 5 April 2026) was a Bosnian author, intellectual and politician.[1]
Mahmutćehajić was born in Stolac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 June 1948.[1] He studied electrical engineering at the University of Sarajevo and graduated in 1973. He continued his studies at the University of Zagreb with a focus on the propagation of electromagnetic waves in multiconductor systems. In 1988, he was a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Leuven for a year and became internationally known as an expert in electrical engineering.[2]
From 1985 to 1991, he served as Professor and Dean of Electrical Engineering at the University of Osijek in Croatia.[2][3]
He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and Energy Minister from 1992 to 1994, during the Bosnian war.[4] He was a close associate of Alija Izetbegović.[5] He later parted with Izetbegović and the SDA over the Dayton Agreement.[6]
Mahmutćehajić served as a professor of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and Islamic theology at the University of Sarajevo since 1995.[7] He lived in Sarajevo, where he worked as the president of International Forum Bosnia.[1] He is the author of more than 20 works in Bosnian, several of which have been translated to English, French, Italian, and Turkish.[4]
Mahmutćehajić died in Sarajevo on 6 April 2026, at the age of 77.[8]
