Jozo Križanović

Jozo Križanović (28 July 1944 – 2 December 2009) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 3rd Croat member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 until 2002.

Jozo Križanović
4th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
14 June 2001 – 14 February 2002
Preceded byŽivko Radišić
Succeeded byBeriz Belkić
3rd Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
7 March 2001 – 5 October 2002
Preceded byAnte Jelavić
Succeeded byDragan Čović
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
28 October 2002 – 2 December 2009
Personal details
Born(1944-07-28)28 July 1944
Vitez, Independent State of Croatia
(modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died2 December 2009(2009-12-02) (aged 65)
Zagreb, Croatia
Political partySocial Democratic Party

He was later on a member of the House of Representatives. Križanović was a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Career

In March 2001, Križanović replaced Ante Jelavić as the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jelavić had been removed from office by the decision of Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Križanović served as Chairman of the Presidency from June 2001 until February 2002. His term ended with the Bosnian general election on 5 October 2002. Dragan Čović was elected to replace Križanović as the Croat member of the Presidency.[1]

Death

Križanović died from complications following surgery in Zagreb, Croatia on 2 December 2009.[2]

References
  1. Chronology of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Umro Jozo Križanović | Bosna i Hercegovina | bitno". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010. Bitno: Umro Jozo Križanović
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