This information was shared by the Federal Minister for Displaced Persons and Refugees, Nerin Dizdar, who noted that Mahmutćehajić's relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina is best illustrated by the fact that he never allowed the name of his homeland to be written using abbreviations. "Because Bosnia and Herzegovina must be called by its full name, as the dearest thing we have, like a mother," said Dizdar. He added that Mahmutćehajić's relationship with Stolac was special, a love for his birthplace worthy of admiration and study. "Among other things, he was a man who organized and oversaw the reconstruction of all destroyed mosques in Stolac and a whole series of other Stolac waqf properties and national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although he was a person and intellectual of global stature, he always returned to his Stolac and was a key figure in restoring all significant aspects of the religious and cultural life of this town," said Dizdar. He remained with Stolac and its people throughout his life, dedicating hundreds of written pages, public events, and all his energy to his birthplace. In addition to serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of the first Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mahmutćehajić was also the Minister of Energy, Mining, and Industry of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mahmutćehajić 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, 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, Belgium. 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 Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from 1992 to 1994, he was the Minister of Energy, Mining, and Industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which he resigned. He was also a member of the university councils in Sarajevo and Osijek and served as 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, he has been the president of the publishing council of the journal "Dijalog," and the editor of the journals "Bosanskohercegovačka elektrotehnika" and "Blagaja." In 1997, he was elected as the first president of the International Forum Bosnia. Since 2023, he has been 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.