ZLATKO LAGUMDZIJA
President, Social Democratic Party
former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 26, 1955, Bosnian
Education:
High School graduate in Detroit Michigan USA 1973; B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.
in computer Science and Electrical Engineering at University of Sarajevo
1997, 1981 and 1988 respectively.
Research interests:
Group Decision Support Systems; Management Information Systems (MIS);
Reengineering with IT; Managing Transition and Leading Change.
Position:
Professor of MIS (Management Information System) at School of Economics
and at Computer Science and Electrical Engineering School, University
of Sarajevo since 1989
Current professional activities:
Director of Management and Information Technology Centre, Sarajevo, since
1995; Head of the Department of Business Informatics at School of Economic
University of Sarajevo, since 1994.
Current political activities:
President of the Social Democratic Party of B&H (SDP) since 1997.
Member of Parliament of B&H, House of Representatives since 1996.
Other and previous professional and political activities:
Chairman of Council of Ministers of B&H (Prime Minister) 2001 - 2002.
Minister of Foreign Affairs B&H 2001 - 2003. Acting Prime Minister
1993. Deputy Prime Minister 1992 - 1993.
Member of "Global Leaders for Tomorrow" of the World Economic Forum, since 1998. Participant and speaker in numerous international conferences and missions as expert and political personality. Awarded with numerous international and national awards for his professional and expert results.
Postdoctoral research at MIS Department and CCIT at University of Arizona, Tucson 1988/89. Consultant to various business and governmental organizations. Author over hundred research and expert papers and four books in MIS area. Author of numerous articles on Bosnian political and economic issues and series of independent TV forums on Bosnian future.
Family status:
Wife Amina, daughter Dina and son Zlatko-Salko.