Background
Branko Mikulić was born to a Herzegovinian Croat family in 1928 in the vicinity of Gornji Vakuf, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. His father was Jure Mikulić from Kočerin in Široki Brijeg.
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Branko Mikulić was born to a Herzegovinian Croat family in 1928 in the vicinity of Gornji Vakuf, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. His father was Jure Mikulić from Kočerin in Široki Brijeg.
Branko Mikulić finished gymnasium in Bugojno. After the war he attended University of Zagreb Faculty of Economy.
Mikulić was one of the leading communist politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the communist rule in the former Yugoslavia. He joined Yugoslav Partisans in 1943. He became a deputy for Bugojno, a deputy for the West Bosnian district, and in 1965 secretary of the Bosnian Communist party’s central committee - before being elected its president a year later.
Though Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered a political backwater of the Yugoslav federation for much of the 1950s and "60s, the 1970s saw the ascension of a strong Bosnian political élite.
Mikulić and his team proceeded to build a system of social and national equality on the ZAVNOBiH model, by way of full emancipation of the Bosniak nation and reintegration of the Bosnian Croats into the political system. Meanwhile, western Herzegovina enjoyed economic regeneration during the Mikulić"s rule
While working within the communist system, politicians that included Branko Mikulić but also Džemal Bijedić and Hamdija Pozderac reinforced and protected the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina and were considered as the backbone of the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina during much of the 1970s and "80s.
Their efforts proved key during the turbulent period following Tito"s death in 1980, and are today considered some of the early steps towards Bosnian independence. President of the Federal Executive Council
Branko Mikulić was nominated by the Yugoslav presidency as successor to Milka Planinc in January 1986.
In Ljubljana, Slovenian sociologist Tomaž Mastnak criticized Mikulić"s nomination over the radio.
The government subsequently laid charges against Mastnak. On 15 May 1986 Mikulić was appointed President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia. In March 1987, Mikulić was publicly rebuked for his economic policy by striking workers who refused to serve him while in Kranjska Gora for a ski-jump competition.
After the outbreak of 70 strikes nationally in a two-week period (with strikes being illegal in Yugoslavia), Mikulić threatened to mobilize the army to restore order in May 1987.
Mikulić"s government devalued the dinar by 25% on 17 November 1987. Mikulić reached a Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund in 1988.
Social Research Croatia and Social Research Slovenia attempted to launch a no-confidence motion against Mikulić in May 1988, but this proved unsuccessful. In June 1988, several thousand people protested in front of the Federal Assembly calling for Mikulić"s resignation.
After a no-confidence vote in the Federal Assembly, Mikulić resigned his post on 30 December 1988 and returned to Sarajevo.
With this, Mikulić"s government became the first and only to resign in the history of communist Yugoslavia. Mikulić left office with Yugoslavia in 21 billion United States dollar of debt to Western countries. He was replaced by Ante Marković on 16 March 1989.
He received the last rites shortly before his death.
Mikulić died quietly in April 1994 during the Siege of Sarajevo. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery Sv.
Josip in Sarajevo.
As a young and ambitious party leader, after studying in Zagreb he returned to his birthplace to become a full-time politician.
Elected secretary central committee League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1964, elected secretary of executive committee of central committee, president central committee, 1969—1978. Elected president executive council Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1967. Member Yugoslavian Presidency from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
President federal executive council, 1986—1988.