Fehim Škaljić

Fehim Škaljić
Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Personal details
Born Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality Bosniak
Political party SBB BIH
Religion Sunni Islam

Fehim Škaljić (born 9 September 1949) is a Bosnian politician. He is member of the House of Representatives in the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since December 2014.[1]

From 2012 until 2014, Škaljić was Chairman of the House of Representatives[2] of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the President of the Main Board[3] of the Bosnian political party, Party for a Better Future of BIH[4] (bos. Savez za Bolju Budućnost).

Škaljić is member of the Executive Board of the Bosniak Institute,[5] a philanthropic and research foundation established by the late Bosniak intellectual and politician Adil Zulfikarpasic.

Career

Škaljić studied mechanical engineering and political science at the University of Sarajevo. He has had a career in both business and politics.

From 2000-2004, he served as the Mayor of Stari Grad Sarajevo.[6] In this capacity, Škaljić lead a number of infrastructure and cultural projects that helped the city recover from the destruction caused by Bosnian war 1992-1995. Mr. Škaljić was part of a team that helped reconstruct the Gazi Husrev Bey Library,[7] originally built in 1537 and completely destroyed in the latest war. He is also credited with the reconstruction of the Austro-Hungarian Music Pavilion (bos. Muzicki paviljon u Sarajevu);[8] the first phases of the reconstruction of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the renovation and illumination of Sarajevo's religious and historic sites.[9]

Škaljić also initiated several de-mining project in Sarajevo[10] and helped re-establish links to the Bosnian Serb community in East Sarajevo. For his service to the community, Mr. Škaljić was recognized with several prizes and honors.[11]

From 2004-2011, Škaljić held senior executive positions in Avaz Press group.[12] During his term, Avaz established itself as Bosnia's largest printing and publishing house, with ownership of Dnevni avaz, Bosnia's main daily newspaper,[13] as well as Alfa TV station. The company also became involved in large scale building projects, most noticeably the Radon Plaza Hotel and the Avaz Twist Tower skyscraper.

Family

The Škaljić family emigrated to Sarajevo in 1672, during the Great Turkish War, from Škaljari,[14] their settlement in the Bay of Kotor. Once in Sarajevo, the family bought large portions of land "stretching from the outskirts of Sarajevo to Rogatica in Eastern Bosnia".[15] They excelled as merchants, trading primarily with the German speaking world. Other Škaljić's were political leaders, Islamic and legal scholars.[16] One of Sarajevo's streets still bears the family name—'Škaljića sokak'.[17] Fehim Škaljić's great-grandfather was Nezir Škaljić, a judge on Bosnia's Supreme Court and third Mayor of Sarajevo, 1899-1905.[18] Nezir Škaljić was one of the four founding fathers of the independent 'Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina' (bos. Rijaset Islamske Zajednice BIH).[19] Its creation enabled Bosniak religious and political emancipation from the Ottoman Empire. Nezir Škaljić is recipient of a first class 'Grand Cross' Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph.

Other Škaljić family members include Abulah ef. Škaljić, the Balkan linguist and author of the book Turcisms in Serbo-Croatian language (bos. Turcizmi u srpsko-hrvatskom jeziku), first published in 1966.[20] The book has since been published in ten editions, and is still considered "a unique and irreplaceable" source for the study of South Slavic language and culture.[21]

Fehim Škaljić is married and has three children. Daughter Nadja Škaljić is a lawyer (University of Sarajevo), with graduate degrees in international law from the University of Oxford[22] and international affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[23] Ms. Skaljic worked for the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia[24] in The Hague. She is currently working at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York. Son Seid Škaljić is an economist (University of Sarajevo). Mr. Skaljic is a business entrepreneur who serves as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly the Old Town Municipality in Sarajevo.[25] Their youngest son, Nezir Škaljić, is pursuing primary education.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ https://www.parlament.ba/sadrzaj/poslanici/p/default.aspx?id=264&langTag=en-US&pril=b
  2. ↑ "Rukovodstvo - Parlament Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine - Predstavnicki dom". Predstavnickidom-pfbih.gov.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  3. ↑ "PredsjedniĹĄtvo - Savez za bolju budućnost BiH". Sbbbh.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  4. ↑ "Home - Savez za bolju budućnost BiH". Sbbbh.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  5. ↑ Bosniak Institute
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110915003807/http://www.nato.int:80/sfor/indexinf/133/p14a/t02p14a.htm. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "The Ghazi Husrav Beg Library". Ghbibl.com.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  8. ↑ "Otvoren Muzički paviljon u sarajevskom parku At Mejdan". Klix.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  9. ↑ "IKA - Informativna katolička agencija". Ika.hr. 2004-04-22. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  10. ↑ "Vibilia poslovni portal - Tenderi, javne nabavke, poslovne vesti i izveštaji iz Srbije i Regiona". Vibilia.rs. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  11. ↑ "Greška 404 - Dani". Bhdani.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  12. ↑ "Najveća štamparija u BiH dobila vrijedan certifikat / Grafičko izdavačka kuća OKO". Gikoko.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  13. ↑ "DNEVNI AVAZ - Factsheet | Publicitas in India". Publicitas.com. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  14. ↑ Haris Tucakovic. "Most 127 (38) - casopis za obrazovanje, nauku i kulturu-Mostar-BiH-Nasuf Fazlagic". Most.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  15. ↑ "Husnija Kamberovic- Begovski Zemljisni Posjedi u BiH od 1878 do 1918" (PDF). Mediafire.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  16. ↑ "Naksibendijska tekija "MEJTAS"". Tekija-mejtas.orgfree.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  17. ↑ "Greška 404 - Dani". Bhdani.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  18. ↑ "Grad Sarajevo : Sarajevski gradonačelnici 1878.-2009". Sarajevo.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  19. ↑ "Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini". Rijaset.ba. 2006-12-26. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  20. ↑ "Abdulah Skaljic-Turcizmi u Srpsko-Hrvatskom Jeziku". Scribd.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  21. ↑ "Četrdeset pet godina jedne izuzetne knjige". Jergovic.com. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  22. ↑ "Weidenfeld Scholars : Institute for Strategic Dialogue". Strategicdialogue.org. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  23. ↑ Nadja Skaljic. "Bosnia 21 years later: Broken Promises in "The Land of Blood and Honey"". Fletcherforum.org. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  24. ↑ "Univerzitet u Sarajevu - News". Unsa.ba. 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  25. ↑ "Izabrani kandidati Općinskog vijeća Stari Grad za Gradsko vijeće - STARI GRAD". Starigrad.ba. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
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