Milan Jelić

Milan Jelić Милан Јелић
File:Milan jelic1 m.jpg
6th President of Republika Srpska
In office 9 November 2006 – 30 September 2007
Preceded by	Dragan Čavić
Succeeded by	Rajko Kuzmanović
Personal details
Born	March 26, 1956 Koprivna, Yugoslavia
Died	30 September 2007(2007-09-30) (aged 51) Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Serb
Political party	SNSD
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Dr. Milan Jelić (Cyrillic: Милан Јелић) (26 March 1956 – 30 September 2007) was a Serb politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 9 November 2006 until his death from a heart attack, he was President of Republika Srpska^[1].

Born in Koprivna village near Modriča, Jelić completed his secondary education in Doboj and has graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Economics at Subotica, Serbia. He gained a doctorate from the University of Banja Luka.

Jelić spent four years on the local council in Modriča, and at the beginning of 1987 he was appointed manager of OOUR in the town. There he spent seven years, until he was appointed general manager of Modriča. After the Dayton Agreement was signed he was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. He also served as President of the Football Association of Republika Srpska, and President of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On the afternoon of 30 September 2007, while watching a soccer game in Modriča^[2], Jelić experienced heart failure, and died shortly afterwards, after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt in the Doboj hospital.

References

1. ^ Bosnian Serb republic leader dies, retrieved from bbc.co.uk, September 30, 2007
2. ^ President of Bosnian Serb Republic dies, retrieved September 30, 2007

External links

• http://russiatoday.ru/news/news/14936

National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
Preceded by ?	Deputy for Modriča 1996 – 2006	Succeeded by ?
Political offices
Preceded by Dragan Čavić	President of Republika Srpska 2006 – 2007	Succeeded by Igor Radojičić (interim)

Persondata
Name	Jelic, Milan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	26 March 1956
Place of birth	Koprivna, Yugoslavia
Date of death	30 September 2007
Place of death	Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina