Irfan Ljubijankić

• Name — Irfan Ljubijankić • Office — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Term Start — 30 October 1993 • Term End — 28 May 1995 • Prime Minister — Haris Silajdžić • Predecessor — Haris Silajdžić • Successor — Muhamed Sacirbey • Born — 26 November 1952 • Birthplace — Bihać, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia • Died — 28 May 1995 • Place of death — Cetingrad, Croatia • Party — Party of Democratic Action (1990–1995) • Alma Mater — University of Belgrade University of Zagreb

Ljubijankić was born to a Bosniak family in Bihać, Yugoslavia, the town in which he lived for most of his life. He graduated from the University of Belgrade's School of Medicine and became a medical doctor specializing in ear, nose and throat treatments. In 1990, as Bosnia was preparing to secede from Yugoslavia, he was elected to the Bosnian parliament and became a leading member of the Bosniak-dominated Party of Democratic Action. He temporarily left politics in 1992 after the beginning of the Bosnian War, in order to serve as a medical doctor in Bihać. Ljubijankić remained an active medical doctor until October 1993 when he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. He traveled widely to help gain international support for the country. Shortly before his death, he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 50th anniversary celebration of the end of World War II in London on 1 May 1995.

Ljubijankić was killed on 28 May 1995 when his helicopter was shot down by a missile over Cetingrad, a Croatian town near the Bosnian border being held by Serb rebels at that time. He was flying from Bihać to Zagreb on government business. Six other people on the helicopter also died. Ljubijankić was married and had two children. After Ljubijankić's death, the singer Cat Stevens, one of Ljubijankić's friends, appeared at a 1997 benefit concert in Sarajevo and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankić, titled I Have No Cannons That Roar.