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Fikret Abdić

1939 - Today

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Fikret Abdić (born 29 September 1939), also known as Babo, is a Bosnian politician and businessman who first rose to prominence in the 1980s for his role in turning the Velika Kladuša-based agriculture company Agrokomerc into one of the biggest conglomerates in SFR Yugoslavia. He won the popular vote in the Bosnian presidential elections of 1990. In the early 1990s, during the Bosnian War, Abdić declared his opposition to the official Bosnian government, and established the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, a small and short-lived province in the northwestern corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of the town of Velika Kladuša and nearby villages. The mini-state existed between 1993 and 1995 and was allied with the Army of Republika Srpska. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fikret Abdić is the 5,158th most popular politician (down from 4,117th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 31st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Politician.

Fikret Abdić is most famous for being the founder of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was born in 1945 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fikret Abdić ranks 5,158 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Roxas, Kim Kyong-hui, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, and Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Bu Bing, Rafael Caldera, Emperor An of Han, Utu-hengal, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Gaius Scribonius Curio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Fikret Abdić ranks 81. Before him are Ricardo Bofill, Amancio Amaro, Bertrand Blier, Gangubai Kothewali, Kim Jae-ryong, and Richard Serra. After him are Dion DiMucci, Barry Seal, Étienne Mourrut, Scott Glenn, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, and Helmut Haller.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fikret Abdić ranks 37 out of 375. Before him are Lepa Brena (1960), Catherine of Bosnia (1425), Ljupko Petrović (1947), Bekim Fehmiu (1936), Ban Kulin (1163), and Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia (1292). After him are Bakir Izetbegović (1956), Jazzar Pasha (1722), Momčilo Krajišnik (1945), Husein Gradaščević (1802), Mate Boban (1940), and David Elazar (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fikret Abdić ranks 18. Before him are Ante Marković (1924), Haris Silajdžić (1945), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), Catherine of Bosnia (1425), Ban Kulin (1163), and Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia (1292). After him are Bakir Izetbegović (1956), Jazzar Pasha (1722), Momčilo Krajišnik (1945), Mate Boban (1940), Miroslav Filipović (1915), and Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404).

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