The commemoration was attended by numerous colleagues of Mahmutćehajić, as well as current holders of executive and legislative functions in our country, and many other individuals from social and political life.
Among those present were the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nermin Nikšić; a member of the Collegium of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Zvizdić; the Chairman of the Collegium of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kemal Ademović; the Federal Minister of Displaced Persons and Refugees, Nerin Dizdar; General of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sefer Halilović; academician Ejup Ganić; and many others.
Mahmutćehajić passed away on April 5 in Sarajevo at the age of 78, and his funeral prayer was held on Wednesday in his hometown of Stolac.
In addition to being the Vice President of the first Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mahmutćehajić also served as the Minister of Energy, Mining, and Industry of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Regarding his biography, he was born on June 29, 1948, in Stolac, where he completed elementary school and high school. He graduated in 1973 from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sarajevo, and earned his master's degree in 1975 and his doctorate in 1980 from the University of Zagreb.
He completed a specialization in 1982 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, and postdoctoral studies in 1988 at the Catholic University of Leuven.
He worked as a researcher and director at the Institute for Occupational Safety at the University of Sarajevo and as the director of the Institute for Ergonomics at the same university; from 1985 to 1991, he worked as a professor and dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Osijek, Croatia.
From 1991 to 1992, he served as the Vice President of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from 1992 to 1994, as the Minister of Energy, Mining, and Industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when he resigned. He was also a member of the university councils in Sarajevo and Osijek and the President of the Commission for Social Activities of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Since 1992, he has been the president of the Bosnia and Herzegovina committee of CIGRE; since 1996, the president of the publishing council of the journal "Dijalog"; and the editor of the journals "Bosanskohercegovačka elektrotehnika" and "Blagaja." Then, in 1997, he was elected as the first president of the International Forum Bosnia, and he was also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
In his specific scientific field, he published over a hundred professional and scientific papers, including eight books. He also published seventeen books of original prose, political and philosophical essays, and translations into the Bosnian language.