Education
University of Belgrade.
historian politician university professor
University of Belgrade.
From 1990 to 1993 he served as the foreign minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and as the prime minister from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, he left the Party of Democratic Action because of personal reasons, and founded the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH). In 2007, the International Court of Justice in the Hague acquitted Serbia of the charges of complicity in genocide brought against the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" by the Bosnian government.
Silajdžić expressed disappointment at the court"s ruling, but welcomed the fact that the court "ruled that Serbia and Montenegro had violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by not preventing or punishing the perpetrators of the genocide.".
He continues stressing that the document was essential in ending the genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but now sees it as an obstacle in reunifying the country. Making strong steps and claims in 2006 and 2007 towards canceling certain parts of Dayton accords, he directly opposes the constitution of the country, thus being a very controversial political figure, famous on the Bosniak and infamous on the Serbian side.
His main directions are abolishing the existence of Republika Srpska, breaking certain relations with Serbia and reforming the country towards unity. He continues to be a key figure in Bosnian politics.
Originally, he was a member and vice-president of the Party of Democratic Action, but broke away from the party in 1997 by funding his own Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Silajdžić had a strong political comeback in the 2006 elections. He is backed by authorities and organizations throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina that voice dissatisfaction with the Dayton Accord provisions and oppose autonomy of the Republika Srpska entity within Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2005 he received a Doctor honoris causa by the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Commenting on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign against Bosnian Serb forces during an interview for the Death of Yugoslavia documentary, 1995.
- Addressing the Stockholm International forum on the Holocaust, 27 January 2000.
- Addressing the Stockholm International forum on the Holocaust, 27 January 2000. - Commenting on Karadzić"s United Nations/East.C./United States. invitation to New New York
- Commenting about the power relations between the Bosnian entities, the Bosnian parliament and central government during a lecture at the School of Law of University of California, Los Angeles, 17 February 2009.
Quotations:
Commenting on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign against Bosnian Serb forces during an interview for the Death of Yugoslavia documentary, 1995.
- Addressing the Stockholm International forum on the Holocaust, 27 January 2000.
- Addressing the Stockholm International forum on the Holocaust, 27 January 2000.
- Commenting on Karadzić"s United Nations/East.C./United States. invitation to New New York
- Commenting about the power relations between the Bosnian entities, the Bosnian parliament and central government during a lecture at the School of Law of University of California, Los Angeles, 17 February 2009.
In the 2006 elections, Silajdžić was elected as the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina for four years in the rotating presidency. Silajdžić has been a member of the Bosnian delegation which negotiated the United States-brokered Dayton Accords.