- Mustafa Mujaga Komadina
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Mujaga Komadina, (born in 1839 in Mostar - died on May 6, 1925 in Mostar) is one of the most distinguished Mostar mayors. He served as a mayor from 1909 until 1918. Under his supervision a great number of noted European-style buildings were constructed in Mostar and it began to look like a Central European city[1].
History
Mujaga Komadina was a successful businessman[2] and when the city of Mostar was unable to make investments (due to lack of money), Mujaga occasionally offered to finance projects with his private funds. Mustafa Mujaga Komadina was born in Mostar in 1839 at Hussein-hodza mahala in today's Carina neighborhood. He was educated in Maktab (Mejtef) and madrasas, and spoke fluent Turkish and German.
Mujaga loved to read and owned a lavish library which contained mostly the works in the Turkish language. He was among the founders of the Mostar's "Volunteer fire department" from 1885 where e ivested 50 florins. At the end of Ottoman rule in the city, Mostar had two public baths. However Mujaga was delighted with a bath he saw during a visit to Budapest and was determined to construct a Mostar Bathhouse - which he did accomplish.
In May 1911 Mujaga introduced the preparations for construction of a Mostar Bathhouse to a district authorities in Mostar. Draft drawing was made by a Mostar native, Miroslav Lose, the then manager of the municipal water supply. On the recommendation of Mujaga Komadina, the Council sent Lose abroad to study public bathhouses. Mostar Bathhouse was opened on June 3, 1914 and was accompanied with Mostar mayor's brief speech. This was possibly one of the shortest ceremonial speeches and it went as follows: "Folks, here's the bathhouse for those who have money, for those who don't, here's Neretva".
He visited Italy on April 7, 1925 - only 28 days prior to his death. He died on May 5, 1925 and was buried at the Lakišić mosque in Ricin.[3]
References
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