Stjepan Kljuić is a Bosnian Croat politician

Politician

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 and academic who has been an active participant in Bosnian politics

Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 since Bosnian independence.

Career

Stjepan Kljuić was a member of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 and a founding member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party in 1990. He served as the president of the Bosnian branch of the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party ....

 and protested that Croats should support the elected government of Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegovic

Alija Izetbegović was a Bosniak activist, lawyer, author, philosopher and politician, who, in 1990, became the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served in this role until 1996, when he became a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving until 2000...

. The central HDZ leadership in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 pressured local leadership in Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia was an unrecognised entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina that existed between 1991 and 1994 during the Bosnian war. It was proclaimed on November 18, 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, and claimed to be a separate or distinct "political,...

 to depose him of his leadership position. He was replaced with Mate Boban

Mate Boban

Mate Boban was a Bosnian Croat politician and the only president of the short lived and self proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia that existed between 1991−1994 during the Bosnian war.-Pre-war life:...

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Later, Kljuić took part in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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 proceedings.

In 1994, he founded his own party, the Republican Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a multi-ethnic, pro-Bosnia party.

Upon founding of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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in 1992, Stjepan Kljuić was elected its first president.