Milan Jelić
{{Short description|Bosnian Serb politician (1956–2007)}}
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{{Infobox President
| name = Milan Jelić
| native_name = {{Nobold|Милан Јелић}}
| image = Milan Jelić.png
| caption = Jelić in 2007
| order = 6th
| office = President of Republika Srpska
| term_start = 9 November 2006
| term_end = 30 September 2007
| vicepresident = Adil Osmanović
Davor Čordaš
| predecessor = Dragan Čavić
| successor = Rajko Kuzmanović
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| office1 = Member of the Presidency of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| term_start1 = May 2002
| term_end1 = 30 September 2007
| predecessor1 = Jusuf Pušina
Jerko Doko
| successor1 = Bogdan Čeko
| office2 = President of the Football Association of Republika Srpska
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 30 September 2007
| predecessor2 = Branko Lazarević
| successor2 = Mile Kovačević
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}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|03|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Modriča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|09|30|1956|03|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| party = Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
| spouse =
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Milan Jelić ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Милан Јелић}}; 26 March 1956 – 30 September 2007) was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th president of Republika Srpska from 2006 until his death in 2007.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7021232.stm Bosnian Serb republic leader dies], retrieved from bbc.co.uk, September 30, 2007
Biography
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,[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_re_eu/obit_jelic President of Bosnian Serb Republic dies], retrieved September 30, 2007 Jelić experienced heart failure, and died shortly afterwards, after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt in a Doboj hospital.
Personal life
Petar Jelić, a professional footballer, is his son.
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Category:Serb politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:University of Novi Sad alumni
Category:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats politicians
Category:University of Banja Luka alumni
Category:Presidents of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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