Vaso Radić

{{Short description|Politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Vaso Radić

|image = Vaso Radić.jpg

|office = 21st Mayor of Sarajevo

|term_start = 1963

|term_end = 1965

|predecessor = Lazo Materić

|successor = Salko Lagumdžija

|birth_name = Vasilije Radić

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Breza, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|18|1923|10|14|df=y}}

|death_place = Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

|restingplace = Bare Cemetery, Sarajevo

|party = SKJ

|alma_mater = University of Belgrade

|occupation = Politician, football administrator

|awards = 20px Partisan 1941 Commemorative Medal

}}

Vasilije "Vaso" Radić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Василије Радић}}; 14 October 1923 – 18 December 2011) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician and former Partisan who served as the 21st mayor of Sarajevo from 1963 to 1965 and Yugoslav general consul in West Germany from 1967 to 1969. After retiring he worked as an author and publicist.{{cite web|url=http://banjalukain.com/clanak/61695/sahranjen-vaso-radic-bivsi-gradonacelnik-sarajeva|title=Sahranjen Vaso Radić, bivši gradonačelnik Sarajeva|publisher=Banjalukain.com |date=2011-12-11 |access-date=2016-09-05}}

Radić was a holder of the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941 and was one of the founders of FK Sarajevo, being named president of the club assembly in 1957, holding on to that position until 1959.{{cite web|url=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/behmen-vaso-radic-je-dio-prkosne-historije-sarajeva/111221133|title=Behmen: Vaso Radić je dio prkosne historije Sarajeva|publisher=Klix.ba |date=2011-12-11 |access-date=2016-09-05}} He was Sarajevo's assembly president once again from 1972 until 1973. As an ethnic Serb living in Sarajevo for most of his life, Radić also lived through the Siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1996.

He died on 18 December 2011, aged 88.{{cite web|url=http://vijesti.ba/clanak/64444/preminuo-bivsi-gradonacelnik-sarajeva-vaso-radic|title=Preminuo bivši gradonačelnik Sarajeva Vaso Radić|publisher=Vijesti.ba |date=2011-12-11 |access-date=2016-09-05}} He had 5 siblings; Gojko, Manojlo, Kristina, Ljubica and Miroslav. Radić was buried on 21 December at the Bare Cemetery in Sarajevo.{{cite web|url=http://depo.ba/clanak/61695/sahranjen-vaso-radic-bivsi-gradonacelnik-sarajeva|title=In Memoriam: Sahranjen Vaso Radić, bivši gradonačelnik Sarajeva|publisher=Depo.ba |date=2011-12-11 |access-date=2016-09-05}}