Milan Jelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јелић; 26 March 1956 – 30 September 2007) was a Bosnian Serb politician. From 9 November 2006 until his death from a heart attack on 30 September 2007, he was the 6th President of Republika Srpska.[1]

Milan Jelić
Милан Јелић
6th President of Republika Srpska
In office
9 November 2006 – 30 September 2007
Vice PresidentAdil Osmanović
Davor Čordaš
Preceded byDragan Čavić
Succeeded byRajko Kuzmanović
Member of the Presidency of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
May 2002 – 30 September 2007
Serving with Sulejman Čolaković (2002–2007)
Iljo Dominković (2002–2007)
Preceded byJusuf Pušina
Jerko Doko
Succeeded byBogdan Čeko
President of the Football Association of Republika Srpska
In office
1998 – 30 September 2007
Preceded byBranko Lazarević
Succeeded byMile Kovačević
Personal details
Born(1956-03-26)26 March 1956
Modriča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Died30 September 2007(2007-09-30) (aged 51)
Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalityBosnian Serb
Political partySNSD

Born 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. He has two sons, Petar and Dimitrije.

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 was Member of the Presidency of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On the afternoon of 30 September 2007, during his usual training session in Modriča,[2] Jelić experienced heart failure, and died shortly afterwards, after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt in a Doboj hospital.

Personal life

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Petar Jelić, a professional footballer, is his son.

References

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  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
National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
Preceded by
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Deputy for Modriča
1996–2006
Succeeded by
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Political offices
Preceded by President of Republika Srpska
2006–2007
Succeeded by