Adil Zulfikarpašić

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Adil Zulfikarpašić
President Alija Izetbegović
Born December 23, 1921 (1921-12-23)
- Foča, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Political party Muslim Bosniak Organization (MBO)
Religion Muslim
Nickname(s) Adil-beg Zulfikarpašić
Aco Milic

Dr. Adil Zulfikarpasic or Adil-beg Zulfikarpašić is a prominent and respected intellectual from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the lead up to the Bosnian War as Bosnia and Herzegovina held an independence referendum for independence Zulfikarpasic stood side by side with future Bosnian president, Alija Izetbegovic. He was a member of Izetbegovic's Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije, SDA) party, but soon because of the different political views he formed another party, the Muslim Bosniak Organization (MBO) with Muhamed Filipovic[1].

[edit] Biography

Adil was born in December 23, 1921 in Foča in a town along the Drina River[2]. In 1938 he joined the Communist Party and became a Party organiser.

In 1942 he caught by the pro-Nazi Ustase forces in Sarajevo in 1942, tortured and sentenced to death. With the help of Party members he made a dramatic escape from his cell and by 1945 with victory over Nazis and the Communists in power was appointed deputy minister of trade[2]. He soon became disillusioned with the Tito government and fled to exile in Zurich, Switzerland[2].

He returned to Bosnia in 1990 and joined Izetbegovic's SDA party[3].

[edit] Books

  • Adil Zulfikarpašić (1998). The Bosniak. C.Hurst & Co. Ltd. ISBN 1850653399. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mr. Milosevic's examination-in-chief in relation to Bosnia (HTML). ICTY (Tuesday, 7 February 2006). Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c M A Sherif (2007). Review of The Bosniak (HTML). salaam. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  3. ^ Zoran Jelicic (December 12, 1994 Vreme News Digest Agency No 168). History's Witness: Adil Zulfikarpasic (HTML). Vreme. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.