Hasan Muratović
Prime Minister of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 30 January 1996 – 3 January 1997
President	Alija Izetbegović Momčilo Krajišnik Krešimir Zubak
Preceded by	Haris Silajdžić
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Ministerial offices Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations In office 3 January 1997 – 4 February 1999 Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić Boro Bosić (as Co-Chairmen) Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Mirsad Kurtović Minister without portfolio In office June 1992 – 30 January 1996 Prime Minister Jure Pelivan Mile Akmadžić Haris Silajdžić Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Office abolished
Additional positions Rector of theUniversity of Sarajevo In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2006 Preceded by Boris Tihi Succeeded by Faruk Čaklovica Vice President of theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe In office 2002–2004 President Peter Schieder
Personal details
Born	(1940-04-11)April 11, 1940 Olovo,Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	14 November 2020(2020-11-14) (aged 80) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Bosnian
Political party	Party of Democratic Action
Spouse	Mulija Čabaravdić
Children	2
Residence(s)	Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana (BS) University of Sarajevo (MS) University of Belgrade (PhD)

Hasan Muratović (11 April 1940 – 14 November 2020) was a Bosnianpolitician,entrepreneur and professor who served as the lastPrime Minister of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1997. He also served asMinister without portfolio in all of the governments of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout theBosnian War. Muratović was the first post-warMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, serving from 1997 to 1999. He was a member of theParty of Democratic Action.

Muratović was also known for his long-term professorship at theFaculty of Economics and theFaculty of Electrical Engineering at theUniversity of Sarajevo. He was also rector of the University of Sarajevo from 2004 to 2006. He was a successful manager in many positions in business companies as well as a consultant in domestic and international consulting firms, includingDeloitte. Muratović served as an ambassador toCroatia from 1999 to 2002, as weel as being the Vice President of theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2002 to 2004. Up to his death, he wasprofessor emeritus of University of Sarajevo, part-time professor and consultant.^[1]

Muratović earned hisBachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at theUniversity of Ljubljana in 1964, theMaster of Science degree in organization sciences at theUniversity of Sarajevo in 1972 and thePhD at theFaculty of Organizational Sciences, Belgrade in 1981.

Muratović began teaching as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of theUniversity of Sarajevo in 1974. In 1982, he was promoted to lecturer atFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo and later professor in 1988 in Theory of Systems and Analyses of Information Systems where he lectured until he was elected rector. He was, at the same time, professor in Management and Organization at theEconomic Faculty Sarajevo where he founded the Department of M&O and was its manager (1989–2006). As rector of the University of Sarajevo, Muratović reformed the system of high education and introduced the Bologna Process of Higher Education.

He was an author of four and co-author of six books and over 120 papers in the field of strategy, restructuring, organization structures, change, crisis management and negotiations.

Parallel with his academic career, Muratović was also active in business companies transferring his knowledge from research and university to practical projects and management. After finishing his studies in mechanical engineering, he worked in Fabrika motora Sarajevo (largely known asFAMOS) from 1964 to 1973, first as a designer in R&D department and then as a manager of production planning and the manager of strategic planning, finances and information systems. He then joined the United Bus Company ofLusaka,Zambia during the period of 1973–1977 as a regional manager, where he established state passenger transportation. After that assignment, Muratović worked for ten years as a consultant in Institute for Economic and Organization Sarajevo from 1977 until 1987. During that ten-year period, he managed development and construction of large military industry complexes inIraq.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Muratović managed the Institute for Research and Development ofUPI, one of the ten biggest companies in theformer Yugoslavia. In 1989, he established his own consulting company,BHM, which operated very successfully until the beginning of the war. Muratović was the chairman of the Bosnia version ofDeloitte from 2004 to 2008, and then a consultant for Management consulting projects.

Muratović began his political career in the beginning of theBosnian War. In June 1992, he took position of minister in the first wartime government of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served in different ministerial positions in all six war governments, the longest period as aminister without portfolio and president of State Committee for Cooperation withUNPROFOR (United Nations Protection Force) and other international organizations. He was known as a very successful negotiator. Muratović negotiated also, through all of the war, with enemies (other two warring sides). In memoirist books written by representatives of international organizations, Muratović is described as a tough and rational negotiator. After theDayton Agreement had been signed, in which signatory ceremony he participated, he became the lastPrime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 30 January 1996, serving until 3 January 1997.

During his period as Prime Minister, Muratović created the first plan for post-war reconstruction, together withWorld Bank expert teams, completed negotiations withParis andLondon Clubs and other international financial institutions. He also organised donor conferences held with the support of theHigh Representative of theUN andEU in which US5.1 billion was collected for the post-war recovery. Muratović was also governor ofBosnia and Herzegovina for the World Bank from 1996 to 1998. He acted as a leader of two election campaigns for theParty of Democratic Action (SDA) in 1996 and in 2002. In both he obtained the best results.

After the first post-war elections, Muratović became the firstMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations on 3 January 1997, but resigned two years later after getting appointed as Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador toCroatia on 4 February 1999.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he left the ambassador role and became the Vice President of theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Muratović resigned from that position in 2004, taking the new position of rector at theUniversity of Sarajevo, serving until 2006.

Muratović lived inSarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina up to his death, where he was married to Mulija Čabaravdić and had two sons: Amir, film director and architect and Faruk, management consultant.

Muratović died on 14 November 2020, inSarajevo, as a result of complications caused byCOVID-19, amidits pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2][3]

Muratović received a number of awards and achievements for his work in academic, political and business fields. Among many others, he received the Golden Plaque of FAMOS in 1987, theSixth April Award of Sarajevo in 1990,^[4] the Silver Order from the Presidency of theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1998, the CroatianOrder of Duke Trpimir and two Plaques of theUniversity of Sarajevo in 1999 and in 2006.

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