Raif Dizdarević
Raif Dizdarević (born 1926) was a Yugoslav politician.
Dizdarević was born in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During WWII he participated in the armed resistance, the Partisans.
After the war, as a member of the Communist Party and collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, he was elevated into high political functions:
- diplomat, serving on embassies in Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and Bulgaria
- 1978 - 1982: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1982 - 1983: Chairman of Federal Assembly
- 1984 - 1988: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia,
- 1988 - 1989: Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia
Dizdarević, who tried to keep Yugoslav federation together, lost his political influence with the start of the Yugoslav wars. Later he lived in Sarajevo and published a book of memoirs.