Edhem Bičakčić

Edhem Bičakčić
12th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
1935 – c. March 1939
Preceded by Ibrahim Šarić
Succeeded by Muhamed Zlatar
9th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
October 1928 – 1929
Preceded by Ibrahim Hadžiomerović
Succeeded by Asim Mutevelić
Personal details
Born c. 1884
Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died 31 December 1941
Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Political party Yugoslav Muslim Organization
Spouse(s) Razija

Edhem Bičakčić (c. 1884 – 31 December 1941) was a Bosnian politician who became the only Mayor of Sarajevo to serve two nonconsecutive terms, first from 1928 to 1929, then again from 1935 to 1939. He was a close associate of Mehmed Spaho and a member of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. Bičakčić died suddenly of a heart attack, aged 57.

Early life and family

Bičakčić was born in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary, in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosniak merchant family. His paternal uncle Salih Bičakčić was an Ottoman statesman and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For his involvement in the resistance, Edhem's uncle was tried before the court-martial of General Josip Filipović, and eventually acquitted due to lack of evidence.[1] Following the acquittal, Salih returned to Sarajevo where he and his brother, Edhem's father, established several banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Young Edhem worked on the construction of a small hydropower plant in Hrid, near Sarajevo, on the banks of the Miljacka river.[2]

World War I

CBS News and the Associated Press reported in 2010 that a postcard sent by Bičakčić, dated 13 June 1915, was discovered by a retired jeweler who purchased it at an antique fair in Long Beach, California.[3][4] Bičakčić had sent a black-and-white photograph as a postcard to his wife Razija, parents and daughters Zekija and Čamka while serving in Hungary during World War I from the town Villány.[5][6][7] The Bosnian American jeweler who discovered the postcard after 95 years, was visiting his native Sarajevo in June 2010 when he coincidentally met Bičakčić's grandson while looking around a local antique shop in downtown Sarajevo.[8] Because the grandson had the same last surname as Edhem Bičakčić, the jeweler presented the postcard to the grandson, who immediately recognized his grandfather on the photograph.[9][10]

Politics

Bičakčić was elected as the 9th Mayor of Sarajevo in October 1928,[11][12] taking over for Ibrahim Hadžiomerović. His term lasted one year. He was re-elected as mayor in 1935 and stayed on post until 1939. Bičakčić was the only mayor of Sarajevo to serve two nonconsecutive terms.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KRIZA TRESE, A STIGAO I CIRKUS COLUMBIA". Kliker. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Intervju: Kriza trese, a stigao i cirkus Columbia". Oslobođenje. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Postcard Reaches Soldier's Family After 95 Years". CBS News. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Razglednica stigla u Sarajevo posle 95 godina". RTS. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Razglednica je do Sarajeva putovala dugih 95 godina". 24 sata. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "WWI Postcard Reaches Bosnia After Century of Traveling Around the Globe". Balkan Insight. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Razglednica stigla na odredište posle 95 godina". Blic. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "First World War Bosnian postcard finally reaches family". Telegraph. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Pismo bosanskog vojnika nakon 95 godina stiglo na adresu". Klix. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ratno pismo stiglo u Sarajevo posle 95 godina". Vesti. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sarajevo: A Biography; pages 150-151". Google Books. 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ovako je govorio Džafer -beg Kulenović "Gospodo ja sam Hrvat i Hrvatski nacionalist"". Kamenjar. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Sarajevski gradonačelnici: 1878-2012". Radio Sarajevo. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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