Background
Duraković was born in Stolac on New Year"s Day 1949.
politician university professor
Duraković was born in Stolac on New Year"s Day 1949.
He completed his primary and secondary education there, and then his Bachelor, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in sociology at the University of Sarajevo.
He is widely considered to have been one of the most influential modern authors on sociopolitical issues in the region of his generation. He was the last leader of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from June 1989 to December 1990 and the first president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1997. He was the candidate in the Bosnia and Herzegovina first general election in 1990.
Beyond politics, he was widely recognized as one of the country"s most prolific authors.
Duraković"s body of work includes 16 books and more than 200 scientific journals and articles which he wrote during his tenure as Senior Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo. He died on 29 January 2012 in Sarajevo following a heart attack.
In 1992 he became a member of the War Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.