Ljubo Kojo Explained

Ljubo Kojo
Office:19th Mayor of Sarajevo
Term Start:1955
Term End:1962
Predecessor:Dane Olbina
Successor:Lazo Materić
Birth Name:Ljubomir Kojo
Birth Date:3 August 1920
Birth Place:Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Alma Mater:University of Sarajevo
Party:Communist League of Yugoslavia

Ljubomir "Ljubo" Kojo (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Којо; 3 August 1920 – 19 April 1993) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician who served as the 19th mayor of Sarajevo from 1955 to 1962.[1]

Early life

He was born into a prominent Serb family on 3 August 1920 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was then a part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He received his high school education in the Sarayevan academy of commerce. With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and the formation of the NDH puppet state in 1941, he joined the Yugoslav Partisans. After being gravely wounded in battle, he was transferred to a military hospital in Bari, Italy where he recovered on the eve of the liberation of Sarajevo.[2]

Political career

After returning to the city he was named Administrator of the People's goods, an institution set-up after the war to ration food and basic utilities.[3] He further held the positions of alderman, Sarajevo city committee vice-chairman and the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1955 to 1962. Between 1962 and 1966 he was a minister in the government of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4] In 1969 he was named representative of the Bosnian Chamber of Commerce in Moscow, a position he held for two years.[5] He was one of the founders of prominent Yugoslav First League football club, FK Sarajevo and held the position of the club's 10th president of the assembly from 1962 to 1963. He spent his latter years as director of the Skenderija center.[6]

Death

Kojo died on 19 April 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarajevski gradonačelnici 1878.-2013. . Sarajevo.ba . 2016-09-05.
  2. Web site: Sarajevski gradonačelnici 1878.-2013. . Sarajevo.ba . 2016-09-05.
  3. Web site: Sarajevski gradonačelnici 1878.-2013. . Sarajevo.ba . 2016-09-05.
  4. Web site: Među osobama koje su u 135 godina vodile Sarajevo samo su četiri katolika bila na čelu grada. Vecernji.ba . 2016-09-05.
  5. Web site: Pogledajte kako su izgledale zabave Josipa Broza Tita . Radiokamaleon.ba . 2016-09-05.
  6. Web site: Džavid Husić i Ljubo Kojo: Skenderija je već počela da menja ritam života Sarajeva! (1970) . Yugopapir.com . 2016-09-05.