Hakija Hadžić

Hakija Hadžić (1883–1953) was Herzegovinian Muslim politician who belonged to the group of Muslim politicians from Bosnia, who nationally felt Croats and approached the Ustasha movement. Hadžić belonged to a group of Muslim politicians who held pro-Croatian position in the interwar period.

Interwar period

Hadžić was a politician who had the strongest influence on Muslim population of Yugoslavia before the Second World War.^[1] Before 1938 elections Hadžić established new political party (Croatian Muslim Peasant Party) which had received very modest support at the elections.^[2]

Second World War

As personal friend of Ante Pavelić, he promoted Ustaša politics in regions of Herzegovina and Bosnia.^[3] Hadžić thanked Pavelić for the establishment of NDH, while Pavelić appointed Hadžić as his Commissioner for Bosnia.^[4][5] Hadžić was Muslim Ustaša with highest rank in Sarajevo.^[6] Alija Nametak described Hadžić as one of extreme Croats, to distinguish them from people for whom their Croatian ethnic identity was less emphatic.^[7]

Hadžić claimed that he challenged Mehmed Spaho to a duel, while both of them were in Vienna, but Spaho refused to appear.^[8] Hadžić denounced Džafer Kulenović too, although he also had a prominent position in the NDH.^[9]

References

1. Vasić, Milan (1995). Bosna i Hercegovina od srednjeg veka do novijeg vremena: međunarodni naučni skup 13-15. decembar 1994. Istorijski institut SANU. p. 119. Највише утицаја на муслиманско становништво измећу два рата имао је вођа ЈМО др Мехмед Спахо, а пред рат Хакија Хаџић и други.
2. Papić, Radovan (1985). Hercegovina u revoluciji: sjećanja, analize, dokumenti. NIŠRO "Oslobođenje". p. 72. Jos uoci iz- bora 1938. godine Hakija Hadzic je organizovao novu stranku...
3. Tomasevich, Jozo. War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945. Stanford University Press. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-8047-7924-1. ...strongly pro-Croatian during the entire interwar period, such as Hakija Hadzic and Alija Suljak, high school teachers, and Ademaga Mesic, a rich landowner. They were personal friends of Pavelic and vigorously promoted the Ustasha cause in Bosnia
4. Johnson, Wes (2007). Balkan inferno: betrayal, war and intervention, 1990-2005. Enigma Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-929631-63-6.
5. Dedijer, Vladimir; Miletić, Antun (1990). Genocid nad Muslimanima, 1941-1945. Svjetlost. p. 53. Vladimir Dedijer, Antun Miletić. Hakija Hadžić izrazio je Paveliću zahvalnost na uspostavljanju NDH, a Pavelić je tom prilikom imenovao Hadžića za svoga povjerenika, a Božidara Bralu za njegovog zamjenika »nad cjelokupnom historijskom...
6. Greble 2011, p. 77.
7. Greble 2011, p. 159.
8. Kamberović 2009, p. 13.
9. Redžić, Enver (2005). Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War. Psychology Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-7146-5625-0. Although both held prominent positions in the NDH, Hakija Hadzic and Dzafer Kulenovic had little tolerance for one another. Hadzic denounced Kulenovic for ...

Sources

• Greble, Emily (23 February 2011). Sarajevo 1941–1945: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Hitler's Europe. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-6121-9.
• Kamberović, Husnija (2009). Mehmed Spaho (1883-1939): Politička biografija (in Bosnian). Vijeće Kongresa bošnjačkih intelektualaca. ISBN 9789958471094.

Further reading

• Hakija Hadžić. Hrvatsko-muslimansko društvo Narodna uzdanica. 1995. ISBN 978-953-6494-00-2.