Stjepan Kljuić

He left the HDZ BiH in 1994, having been strongly opposed to the party's stance on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Name — Stjepan Kljuić • Office — Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina • Term Start — 20 December 1990 • Term End — 5 October 1996 • Alongside — Franjo Boras (1990–1993) Ivo Komšić (1993–1996) • Predecessor — Office established • Successor — Krešimir Zubak Additional positions • Born — 19 December 1939 • Birthplace — Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Party — Union of Social Democrats (2013–2014) • Other Party — Social Democratic Union (2002–2013) Republican Party (1994–2002) Croatian Democratic Union (1990–1994)

Kljuić was the Croat member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a founding member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) party in 1990. He served as the president of the HDZ BiH and protested that Croats should support the elected government of Alija Izetbegović. The central HDZ leadership in Zagreb pressured the local leadership in Herzeg-Bosnia to depose him of his leadership position. He was replaced with Milenko Brkić. Upon founding the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, Kljuić was elected its first president. He left the HDZ BiH in 1994, angered with the party turning on their Bosniak allies during the Bosnian War, a decision which would escalate into a separate war between them. Kljuić then founded his own party, the Republican Party, a multi-ethnic, pro-Bosnian party. He stood as the party's candidate for the Croat member of the Presidency in the 2002 general election, but failed to be elected. Later, Kljuić took part in the ICTY proceedings.