Vaso Radić

Vasilije "Vaso" Radić (14 October 1923 – 18 December 2011) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician and former Partisan who served as the 21st mayor of Sarajevo from 1963 to 1965 and Yugoslav general consul in West Germany from 1967 to 1969. After retiring he worked as an author and publicist.[1]

Vasilije "Vaso" Radić
8th and 15th President of the Assembly of FK Sarajevo
In office 1972–1973
Preceded by	Izet Buševac
Succeeded by	Mustafa Ajanović
In office 1957–1959
Preceded by	Slobodan Kezunović
Succeeded by	Šemso Kapetanović
21st Mayor of Sarajevo
In office 1963–1965
Preceded by	Lazo Materić
Succeeded by	Salko Lagumdžija
Personal details
Born	Vasilije Radić (1923-10-14)14 October 1923 Breza, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	18 December 2011(2011-12-18) (aged 88) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Resting place	Bare Cemetery, Sarajevo
Political party	SKJ
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Occupation	Politician, football administrator
Awards	Partisan 1941 Commemorative Medal

Radić was a holder of the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941[1] and was one of the founders of FK Sarajevo, being named president of the club assembly in 1957, holding on to that position until 1959.[2] He was Sarajevo's assembly president once again from 1972 until 1973. As an ethnic Serb living in Sarajevo for most of his life, Radić also lived through the Siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1996.

He died on 18 December 2011, aged 88.[3] He had 4 siblings; Gojko, Manojlo, Kristina, Ljubica and Miroslav. Radić was buried on 21 December at the Bare Cemetery in Sarajevo.[4]