The Office of the President of the Municipality worked on a project to collect data from our fellow citizens who served as presidents of the municipalities of Rožaje, Biševo and Ibarac (until the loss of the status of municipalities of Biševo and Ibarac), before and after World War II.
The Office of the President used data from the Municipal Archives (Secretariat for General Administration); data collected by Ibrahim Ganić, Zaim Azemović, Šaćir Fetahović and Nurković Husein, data collected by Osman Kurpejović and data submitted to us by citizens based on available evidence.
Acknowledging the fact that we did not have proper and complete records for this serious undertaking, after the publication of the data on our website and Facebook page, all citizens and persons who have more relevant data or information can submit them to the Office of the President of the Municipality for the purpose of supplementing or deleting them if they are inaccurate. .
The project ended with the creation of a portrait of the President of the Municipality who held that position after World War II and displayed it in the Municipality building.
The portraits were done by an academic painter, Mr. Aldemar Ibrahimović.
Presidents of the municipality of Rožaje until the end of World War II:
- Osman Effendi (poet, signed Davud Osman Ibni Daut Ganić) in 1877 - kajmakam Rožajka kaze
- Ali - aga Ganić , 1882 - the kajmakam of Rožajka kaze (both data are taken from the work of Dr. Rizaj Skender: "Administrative division of the Novi Pazar and Sjenica Sandžak 1877 - 1902". The author took the data from the Turkish salnam for the Kosovo vilayet for the years 1296 and 1300. year)
- Rashid Effendi – in 1891, cream cheese for Rožajka kaza (Source: Annuaire Oriental 1891)
- Ethem Fetahović, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1895 to 1908. years;
- Murat Ganic, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1908 to 1912;
- Mustafa Ganić, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1912 to 1913;
- Milić Milošević, president of the municipality of Rožaje in 1913-1914;
- Iljaz Catovic, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1914 to 1918;
- Todor Lekic, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1918 to 1919;
- Jašar Ganić, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1919 to 1926. years;
- Mustafa Fetahović, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1926 to 1930;
- Faik Zejnelagic, president of the municipality of Rožaje 1930 -1933. years;
- Boy Nokić, president of the municipality of Rožaje 1933 -1935. years;
- Ilija Zecevic, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1935 to 1941;
- A jacket Hadžialijagić, president of the municipality of Rožaje from 1941 to 1944;
- Dzemail Pozhari, president of the municipality of Rožaje in 1944;
- Isat Đečević, president of the municipality of Rožaje 1944-1945;
ZIKO KURTAGIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 1945 to 1946;
Ziko Kurtagić was born in Rožaje in 1902, to father Zulfikar and mother Šahza Bećiragić, he was married to Fatima, daughter of Mule Jakup Kardović, father of nine children.
He completed primary school (ibtadia) in Peć, as well as secondary school (ruzdija). After finishing high school, he worked as a clerk-administrator in the Municipality of what was then Rožaj.
After the end of the Second World War in 1945, he was appointed the first president of the People's Liberation Committee of the Municipality of Rožaje, and at the beginning of 1946, by order of the Minister of Administration of Montenegro, he moved to work in the County Committee in Berane, where he lived with his family until 1959. when he retired and when he returned to live in Rožaje. He was engaged in translation from the Old Turkish language, for which he was also an authorized court interpreter.
FEHMO ĆATOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 1947 to 1948;
HUSO HASOVIĆ
President of the Rožaje SO from 1948-1949;
He was born on May 11. In 1918, in Rožaje, where he also finished elementary school.
After completing his military service in 1937, he entered the officers' school in Belgrade, which he soon left due to family problems.
At the beginning of World War II, the German occupation forces captured him and deported him to Germany as a prisoner of war. At the end of 1943, he returned to Yugoslavia and soon joined the NOB. He was awarded the Order of Courage and the Order of Merit.
In 1947, he was elected president of the municipality of Rožaje, a position he held until 1949.
After holding the presidential office, he continued to live in the municipality of Pać, from where he moved after a decade to Istanbul, Turkey, where he lived until 2002.
NUSO MUJEVIĆ
President of the Rožaje Community College from 1949 to 1950;
He was born in the village of Koljeno, Rožaje municipality, in 1926.
He is one of the youngest participants of NOB from the territory of the municipality of Rožaje. As a prominent activist of the newly formed government after World War II, he was appointed as the President of the Municipality.
He has been the manager of the Ivangrad Rožaje Employment Office for many years.
For his services during World War II, he was decorated several times and was elected on several occasions to prominent positions in the Union of Montenegrin Fighters.
He died in 2010.
ZEKA KURPEJOVIĆ
President of the Rožaje Community Association from 1950 to March 1951;
Born on March 18, 1922 in Rožaje. He finished elementary school in Rožaje, and secondary school in Novi Pazar.
He has been a member of NOR since 1944. From 1950 to 1951, he was the secretary of the Local Committee of the SKJ in Rožaje.
He was the president of the Municipality in the period 1951-1952.
RO "Gornji Ibar" - OOUR "Trgovina" spent almost his entire working life as the head of the purchasing department. After his retirement, he was elected secretary of OO SUBNOR - a Rožaje. He is the winner of the "30. September" in 1975. Based on the Decree of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the FNRJ, he was awarded the Labor Medal in 1948. Based on the Decree of the President of the SFRY, he was awarded the Order of Labor with a silver wreath in 1974.
He died in 2000.
ABDURAHMAN RAHMAN ADROVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 1951 to November 30, 1962. years;
Born on December 22, 1922 in Donja Vrbica.
Rahman is a NOR Participant. From 1941, immediately after the Second World War, he was active as an officer of the JNA, he was educated in Belgrade. He was demobilized from the JNA in 1950 as a 1st class captain, and was later promoted to the rank of major.
He was the President of the Municipality of Rožaje from 1951 to 1962, when he moved to a new position in Ulcinj.
During this period, he managed to create a modern city with a complete infrastructure, even for today's conditions, from a backward oriental village.
In addition to the urbanization of Rožaja, Rahman invested a lot in educating the population, building an environment with cultural content. This is how Rožaje got a modern city library, a cultural center with a cinema hall, and a children's playground. He made it possible for a significant number of young people, with municipal scholarships, to go to school throughout the then Federal Yugoslavia. Those personnel, after their education, were responsible for the development of the municipality of Rožaje.
He also built the road Rožaje-Kula-Peć, contributed to the creation of the "Upper Ibar" wood industry and the proper protection of the Rožaje forest, which ensured the progress of this region for a long time. He organized the first permanent health clinic with the necessary medical staff, ensured the functioning of the first pharmacy, and from the then president of Montenegro, Blaž Jovanović, the municipality received an ambulance as a gift.
He was a member of the Parliament of Montenegro for eighteen years, and during his working life he was engaged in the execution of significant state and social obligations from the republican to the federal level.
Rahman Adrović is the holder of several wartime and peacetime decorations: Order of Merit for the People, Order of Courage, Order of Military Merit, Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Republic II Order, Medals for Courage, Security Plaques of the SFRY, Patriotic War 1944 Decorations of the Republic of Bulgaria and more a number of others.
WHITE KUCH
President of the SO Rožaje from 1955 to 1958;
He was born in 1924, in the village of Besnik, Rožaje municipality.
He was a member of NOB, and upon his return to Biševo, he was remembered as an activist and was elected president of the cooperative in 1948. He was elected as the President of the Local Committee of the People's Youth and as the Secretary of the Local Committee of SKOJ.
He was elected president of the Biševo municipality from 1950 to 1955, when the Biševo municipality merged with the Rožaj municipality, which he headed from 1955 to 1958.
From 1966 to 1979, he served as the head of the Rožaj SUP.
For his work, he was awarded the Order of Military Merit with Golden Swords, the Order of Military Merit with a Silver Wreath, a Medal for Courage and 2 Medals of Merit for the People. He died in 1986.
OMER KURPEJOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 30.11.1962 to 3.6. in 1963;
Omer Kurpejović was born on September 15, 1929, in Sređani. He finished elementary school in Rožaje, and University of Administration in Zagreb. He is a lawyer by profession.
He began his working life as a commercial worker in "Trošpedo". He worked as a market collector and tax enforcer in the NOO-e Rožaje.
From 1956 to 1957, he was entrusted with the duties of secretary of the Municipal Committee of SK Rožaje.
He was elected as the president of the municipality for one term.
In the period from 1963 to 1978, he was the general director of "Upper Ibar". While he was the general director of "Upper Ibar", he was a member of the Presidency of the SR of Montenegro from 1974 to 1978.
From this position, he was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, and then president of the RK SSRN of Montenegro. In 1983, he was elected president of the Parliament of Montenegro. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the Republic of Montenegro, since 1986 a delegate in the Federal Council of the Assembly of the SFRY. In 1987, he was elected President of the Federal Council of Yugoslavia, which, for a period, performed the function of the President of the State. He was a member of the local committee of SKOJ Rožaje, and a member of the local committee of SKJ Rožaje. He was elected as a representative of the Republican Council of the Parliament of Montenegro and a representative of the Economic Council of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia.
He retired as a delegate of the Federal Assembly in 1990.
AMIR REDŽOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from June 3, 1963 to June 1, 1967;
He was born in 1922, in Biševo, where he finished elementary school.
In Ivangrad, in 1949, he entered the Real Gymnasium, which he graduated in 1953.
After finishing high school, he enrolled and graduated from the Higher Political School in Cetinje, a school for cadres from the party and state apparatus. Enrolls in the Higher School of Administration in Sarajevo.
Redžović Amir was a participant in World War II as a fighter of the 4th battalion of the Koma detachment in the position of political commissar.
He was elected as a member of the Local Committee of SKOJ, and after the war he served as deputy commander of the militia at the People's Militia station in Vuča.
As a distinguished social and political worker, he was elected as a member of the Regional Committee of the KP of Montenegro for Beranski Region. He was also elected as a member of the municipal committee of SK Rožaje in 1963-1967. In 1963-1967, he was elected as a member of the Regional Board of SSRN Ivangrad, a member of the Executive Board of SSRN Rožaje and a member of the Council for Internal Affairs of NO Rožaje.
In 1946, he was awarded the Medal for Courage.
He was awarded the Order of Military Merit with Golden Swords by the Decree of the President of SFRY Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, for his merits in developing the concept of National Defense and for his successes in raising the military knowledge and combat readiness of our citizens.
He was awarded a commemorative plaque by the National Technical Association of the Association for Technical Education in Belgrade for the services gained during many years of work at the National Technical University in Belgrade.
By decree of the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito on November 20, 1958. In 2010, he was awarded the Order of Labor, 1st Class, with a silver wreath, for his special efforts and achievements in the construction of our country.
By decree of the President of the SFR Yugoslavia on November 25, 1966, he was awarded the Order of Brotherhood and Unity with a Silver Wreath for his merits in spreading the brotherhood and unity of our peoples.
By decree of the President of the SFR Yugoslavia, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the People with Silver Rays.
As a serious, professional, creative and responsible manager, he performs the duties of director in the company "Ciglana" in Ivangrad.
After successfully completing the work in his previous position, the competent state authorities appointed him as the director of the Transport Company in Ivangrad, and the following year he was appointed as the director of the "Poljopromet" company in Ivangrad.
At the request of the municipal authorities from Rožaje, he was appointed to the position of General Director of the Forest-Industrial Combine "Gornji Ibar" Rožaje and laid the foundations for the development of the final industrial production in wood processing with the construction of the Carpentry and Panel plant and the complete reconstruction of the sawmill with the boiler after the fire when the plant burned down foundation, when more than 400 workers were employed, creating the largest wood processing company in Montenegro. He is the winner of the gold plaque of RO "Gornji Ibar" Rožaje for the results achieved in the development of the company.
He was elected president of the municipality of Rožaje in the period from 1963 to 1967, and during that time he made the greatest contribution to the development of youth education in Rožaje, as he has the greatest merit for the opening of the advanced department of the high school Panto Mališić from Beran (In his book, Prof. Dr. Miomir Dašić he gave him the recognition that Amir Redžović is the most deserving for the opening of the Gymnasium).
This was a fateful and historical significance in the development of the further education of the youth, which in the coming period will develop the educational, social and cultural revival of Rožaj.
He was awarded a plaque by the Assembly of Rožaje for special merits and achievements in work of importance for the development of the municipality of Rožaje. During his presidential term, he worked on the construction of the main street of the current dimensions.
With the opening of the gymnasium, the School of Students in the Economy was also opened.
In 1967, he was elected President of the Municipal Trade Union Council.
He was elected as a deputy in the Assembly of Montenegro from 1957 to 1961. The first term, from 1969 to 1974, he became a professional deputy and delegate with permanent work in the Assembly of Montenegro. He was re-elected as a deputy from 1974 to 1978 (third term).
From the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia, he received the Plaque of Civil Protection as a commander who achieved exceptional results in the development of civil protection in Rožaje.
He was elected as a member of the Council of the Republic in 1979, as a successful long-term social and political worker who distinguished himself with professional, creative and organizational skills in the improvement of Socialist self-governing relations and the construction of the country's socio-economic and political system.
He achieved exceptional results in improving good inter-republic relations with neighboring municipalities, and for that he was awarded the Golden Plaque of the city of Tutin.
He also held a number of other important positions in boards and commissions.
According to the results achieved in the field of building brotherhood and unity, the results achieved in building the country, the results achieved in raising the combat readiness of our citizens, the results achieved in the development and operation of enterprises in Ivangrad and Rožaje, the results achieved in socio-political work in the institutions of Beran, Rožaje and the Republic Amir Redžović of Montenegro ranks among the most important citizens of Rožaj in the 20th century.
HAMDIJA FETAHOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from June 2, 1967 to May 1, 1974;
He was born in Rožaje in 1929.
Before the war, he finished a four-grade elementary school in Rožaje.
In the war, he was given the rank of captain. He was a fighter in the Bihor Partisan Battalion of the Koma Detachment in the Posadna Company at the Rožaje Local Command.
From May 1945 to June 1950, he attended the Gymnasium in Berane, and in the 1950/51 school year year, Journalism and Diplomacy College in Belgrade. After its abolition in 1952, he transferred to the Faculty of Philosophy (group for French language and literature) and graduated in 1957. During his studies, he actively performed various social tasks in the Student Union of Belgrade University.
He participated in six voluntary youth actions, where he was a member of the staff or the commander of the work brigade, and four times he was a striker.
After graduating from college in 1957, he actively continued to engage in politics in Rožaje and in Montenegro.
He was a member of the Parliament of Montenegro in several convocations and the president of the Committee for the Education of Culture and Science of the Parliament of Montenegro, as a professional.
He was the president of the SO Rožaje for 7 years (1967-1974), and from 1974 until he went to work at the Federal Secretariat for Foreign Affairs in 1978, he was a member of the Secretariat and the Presidency of the Republican Conference of the Socialist Union of the Working People of Montenegro.
He was appointed ambassador of the SFRY in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea in 1979. In the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade (SSIP) he was a minister plenipotentiary, adviser to the federal secretary and at the same time to the head of the Internal Information Service.
He performed other numerous political duties, the most important of which are: Member of the District Committee of the National Youth of Beran Gymnasium; member of the Main Board of the People's Front of Montenegro; President of the Republic of Interest Community of Education and Training of Montenegro; member of the Federal Board of SRVSJ; President of the Publishing Council of the daily "Večernje Novosti" in Belgrade; He is actively engaged in journalistic and publicist work. He has several wartime and peacetime decorations, awards, plaques and recognitions. He is the winner of the "September 30" award.
NURO MUJEVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from May 2, 1974 to January 31, 1980;
He was born on February 1, 1929 in Koljen, Rožaje. He finished elementary school in Koljen and Rožaje. In 1963, he graduated from the Higher School of Administration in Zagreb. Graduated from the Faculty of Law in Pristina in 1971.
He began his rich work experience as a participant in NOR in 1944/45. In 1948, he participated in labor actions for the construction of the Nikšić-Titograd railway, as well as in 1952 for the construction of the Zenica Metal Plant. In addition, he worked in the agricultural cooperative Polica as well as in the Local People's Committee of Rožaje. In 1955, he became the commercial director of the trading company Bisernica Rožaje, and in 1956 he was appointed as the director of the same company until 1960, when he took the position of commercial director at Šumski gazdinstvo in Rožaje. From 1963 to 1974, he spent his working life at ŠIK G-Ibar Rožaje, where he held the position of secretary of the combine, later commercial director and finally deputy general director. From 1974 to 1980, he served as the President of the Rožaje Municipality Assembly. From 1980, he worked as a director in Basic Bank Rožaje, from where he retired in 1992. As a pensioner, he was hired to perform the duties of the director of the CKB branch in Rožaje.
He was a member of: SKJ, SSRN, SSJ, SUBNOR, SSOJ, OK SK, federal con. SSRNJ, OKSK secretariat, republic conference. SSRN, municipal conf. SK, president of the general Conf. SK. and a delegate of the congresses of SKCG and SKJ. Decorations: Order of Labor with a silver wreath; Order of Military Merit with Golden Wreath; Order of Fraternity and Unity with a silver wreath; Plaque for achieved results in the field of national defense; Recognition of the Association of Reserve Military Seniors; Charter of the Republican Conference of the Association of the Blind of Montenegro; Bronze plaque of the Union of Military Elders of Yugoslavia; Diploma on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of SKOJ of the Republic Conference of the Youth of Montenegro;
ŠAĆIR FETAHOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from February 1, 1980 to June 1, 1982.
Born on May 3, 1937. in Rozaje.
He finished elementary school in Rožaje. Gymnasium in Novi Pazar. Faculty of Civil Engineering, major in construction, in Belgrade in 1964.
05.12.1964. as a scholarship holder of the Municipality, he performs an internship in the Municipality. On April 1, 1965, he went to the reserve officers' school in Karlovac to serve his military service. On April 1, 1966, he was the head of the RJ construction company "Gornji Ibar", and on September 1, 1966, he was a professor of mathematics, advanced department of the high school "Panto Mališić". From October 1, 1969, he was assigned as the manager of the RJ construction company "Gornji Ibar", after which from April 1, 1975, "Upper Ibar" - development service, supervision of the performed survey. works; 01.05.1975. "Gornji Ibar" - Deputy General Director; 16.01.1978. "Gornji Ibar" - director of OOUR "Dekor" under construction; September 21, 1979. - supervisory authority for construction works at "Dekor" and "Autoservis"; 01.02.1980. – president of the Rožaje SO; June 1, 1982 - Investment bank Podgorica - member of the post board, department of investments; September 6, 1982 - municipality of Rožaje - manager of the grave yard program; June 1, 1983 - president of the executive board of the Rožaje Community College; 01.06.1984. "Gornji Ibar" - head of the development service; 02/06/1990 "Gornji Ibar" - Assistant Gen. director for development and organizational issues; 03/01/1991 "Gornji Ibar" relieved of duty at his own request; (management of "Gornji Ibar": Ramo Bralić-general director, Dragomir Magdelinić-deputy general director, Amir Nurković-assistant general director for finance and he, after unsuccessful protests by workers and disagreement with the government's decision to separate forestry from the composition of timber of industry resigns from those positions) April 1, 1991. Municipal social fund for construction. Land and roads - expert associate; April 15, 1993. Municipality of Rožaje, department for urban planning, construction and housing com. jobs - senior technical assistant; (At that time, this municipal fund was abolished and the jobs and workers of this fund were transferred to the departments for urban planning, construction and housing comm. jobs). 01.05.2002. retires
Socio-political functions:
President of the central working of the council "Gornji Ibar"; President of the SK "Gornji Ibar" conference; Delegate in the Federal Council of the Assembly of SFRY (1974-1978); Member of the SK municipal conference and member of the OK SK committee on three occasions; Member of the Statutory Commission of the Central Committee of Montenegro (82-86); Member of the Executive Board of SO Rožaje (86-90).
Engagement in territorial defense:
Commander of the municipal company; Commander of the labor battalion "Gornji Ibar"; Commander of the Independent Battalion of the municipality of Rožaje; Commander of the Territorial Defense of the Municipality of Rožaje; He holds the rank of reserve major.
Acknowledgments:
Order of Military Merit with Silver Swords; Plaque 30 September 1944; Plaque of the Community of Municipalities; Praise for the outstanding results achieved in carrying out the set tasks in training, education, cooperation and strengthening the moral and political unity and combat readiness of the territorial defense units; Acknowledgment for the achieved cooperation and contribution to the strengthening of combat readiness and the moral and political state of units, headquarters and TO commands; RO "Gornji Ibar" plaque, which was awarded by the workers' council of RO "Gorni Ibar" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its existence for long-term successful cooperation and contribution to the development of RO "Gornji Ibar". (1987)
Dr. VEHBO HOT
President of the SO Rožaje from April 13, 1982 to 1984;
Born in 1949, in Bukovica near Rožaj.
He completed primary and secondary school in Rožaje, and obtained his Master's and Doctorate in Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Philosophy, Biology Group, in Skopje.
He was a member of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the SR of Montenegro, which he left on his own initiative), the president of the municipality and the president of the Rožaje Committee.
Published works in the field of biological sciences.
Since 1992, he lives in Sweden, where he works as a professor at the University.
NOVICA RATKOVIC
President of the Rožaje SO from April 13, 1984 to April 8, 1988;
He was born on January 17, 1933. year, in Bašča near Rožaj.
He completed primary school in Bašča and teacher training in Berane. He worked as a teacher in Biševo and Rožaje. He was elected as the principal of the elementary school "Mustafa Pećanin" in one term, and then elected as the president of the SSRN of the municipality of Rožaje, also in one term.
He was elected president of the Rožaje municipality in 1984.
He retires after his presidential term.
JUSUF FETAHOVIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from August 1988 to April 1989;
He was born on December 19, 1944. in Rožaje.
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Pristina in 1971. After graduating from the faculty as a successful student, Jusuf worked in RO "Bisernica" as the director of OOUR "Trgovina" in the period from 1971 to 1978.
In 1978, he was elected commercial director in "Gornji Ibro" and from 1980, he was elected general director in the same company and held this position until 1984.
From 1984 to 1986, he held the position of president of the Executive Board of the Municipality of Rožaje. In 1986, he was a member of the Executive Council of the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro and was in charge of the Budget until 1988. During that period he lived in Podgorica.
After returning to Rožaje in 1988, he served as the President of the Municipality.
He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management from 1989 to 1991. He was then appointed as a member of the Government and was in charge of telecommunications. At the same time, he held the position of director of PTT traffic of Montenegro, and was elected to the position of director in three mandates until 2001.
In September 2001, Jusuf went to Zagreb, where he opened the Diplomatic Mission of Montenegro and performed the duties of the head of the mission until 2005. He retired in 2005.
HILMO HADŽIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 04/04/1989 to 07/08/1989;
Hilmo Hadžić was born on May 30, 1949 in Rožaj, where he finished elementary school. He finished high school in Novi Pazar, and the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, group of mathematics, in Priština.
He began his working life as a mathematics teacher in 1972 at the Rožaj School Center "30. September". After several years of work in this institution, military service and a short period of work at the Gymnasium in Tutin, Hilmo returned to his hometown and from 1978 to 1991 was the director of the School Center. For the next five years, he worked as a teacher at the Gymnasium, and from 1996 until his death, he served as the director of this prestigious educational institution in Rožaje.
In addition to his work in education, Professor Hadžić was active in socio-political work. He was an alderman, president of the Municipality, republican representative. He is a participant in many gatherings, conferences and congresses. With his work and membership, he contributed to the quality work of the Educational Council of the Republic of Montenegro and the jury for awarding the Republic Award "Oktoih".
He also engaged in literary work. In 1999, he published his first work entitled "Sweet Childhood", and in 2002, the collection of short stories "Bilo jedno detinjstvo" was published. He wrote the novel "Jusuf and his brothers" in 2005. The book "Rožajski Karvan" remained in his manuscript, which was published posthumously in 2009.
He is the recipient of several social awards. He died in Rožaje in 2007.
MAHMUT KALAČ
President of the Rožaje SO from July 8, 1989 to December 31, 1990;
Born on August 7, 1946, in the village of Kalače, municipality of Rožaje. He completed elementary school in Rožaje and five-year teacher training in Novi Pazar.
He graduated from psychology studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade.
During his studies, he was a member of the Plenum of the Belgrade University SKJ.
He was employed for the first time in RO "Gornji ibar" Rožaje in 1971, in the position of occupational psychologist. Immediately after his employment, he went to serve his military service at the School of Reserve Officers in Bileća, which he successfully completed. After completing his military service, he returned to RO "Gornji Ibar", where he performed the function of the Central Workers' Council of this organization and at the same time was the president of the SK Municipal Conference. He was a delegate in the Assembly of Montenegro in the period from 1974 to 1978, a delegate in the Council of Associated Labor.
Then, by the decision of the management of the municipality of Rožaje, he is directed to become the general director of the newly formed company RO "Naparedak". where he worked from 1974 to 1977.
From 1977 to 1983, he worked in internal affairs, first as the commander of the militia station, and then he performed the duties of the head of the Department for Internal Affairs in Rožaje, from where he was directed by the RSUP, where he performed the duties of Senior Inspector, Senior Inspector of the First Class and Advisor to the Secretary of the Republic for internal affairs of Montenegro.
By decision of the municipal political leadership, from 1983 he performed the duties of the head of the Municipal Authority for National Defense, where he worked until 1989.
From 07/08/1989. in 2010, he holds the position of president of the Rožaje Local Government Office, to which he was elected in the first direct presidential elections. That period was marked by changes in the borders between the municipalities of Rožaje and Berana, which is considered the decision that left the most serious adverse effects on the overall development of the municipality of Rožaje. From 01.07. In 1991, he performed the duties of director of the Ju Center for Social Work for the municipality of Rožaje, where he still works today.
SAFET CRNOVRŠANIN
President of the SO Rožaje from January 8, 1991 to January 10, 1993;
He was born in 1958, in Rožaje, where he completed primary and secondary school.
He graduated from the Faculty of Traffic at the University of Sarajevo.
After completing his studies, he was employed in the company "Gornji Ibar" as part of the company "Servistrans" as a transport manager. In that company, he was also a court expert in the field of traffic, and in the Auto Moto company from Rožaj, he was a lecturer and examiner.
After the separation of Servis trans from Gornji Ibar, he held the position of deputy director, and after that he was the executive director of AD "Servistrans".
Since 2005, he has been working in the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs as an inspector I for roads.
After the introduction of the multi-party system, he was the president of the founding assembly of the Party of Democratic Action. After the first multi-party elections, he was elected as the president of the Rožaje Municipal Council in front of the Democratic Action Party for two years, from 1991 to 1993.
RIFAT – RIFKO HADŽIALIJAGIĆ
President of the SO Rožaje from 12.1. 1997 to 30.9. in 1998;
Born on June 10, 1944. in Rožaje. elementary school "M. Pećanin" ended in Rožaje in 1959.
He finished secondary technical school in Podgorica in 1963.
He continued his education in Belgrade, where he graduated from the Faculty of Technology in 1967.
Immediately after finishing school, he began his working life at the "Amortizer Factory" in Pristina, and then, at the invitation of the then municipal leadership, he came to his native region, where he became the director of the "Dekor Papira" factory under construction. The "Dekor" factory began operating in 1981, at the head of which he continues to work.
In 1990, he became the president of the Municipal Committee of the Rožaj Communist League, and in 1991, the Communist League changed its name to the Democratic Party of Socialists, which he headed until 1998. In parallel with this function, he was appointed to the position of president of the SO Rožaje from 1996 to 1998. Since 1998, he has continued his working life in the Public Works Directorate of the Republic of Montenegro in Podgorica, in the position of deputy director, where he died suddenly and prematurely in 2003, when he could have contributed the most with his rich experience.
NUSRET KALAČ
President of the municipality of Rožaje 1993 – 1997; 1998 – 2002;
2002 – 2006; 2006 – 2011; 2011 – 2014.
He was born on March 1, 1961. in the village of Kalače, municipality of Rožaje. He finished primary and secondary school in Rožaje. As a youth, he participated in all cultural and political events in the city.
He was elected as a member of the Republican Youth Conference of Montenegro for a period of 4 years as a student in 1980. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Podgorica in 1985, half a year ahead of his generation.
He is doing his internship at SOE "Gornji Ibar" as a clerk in the legal department. After completing an internship in the same company, he was assigned to the duties of the Secretary of the OOUR "Carpentry".
In 1989, he was appointed Assistant General Director for Self-Management, Legal and General Affairs at SOE "Gornji Ibar". In the same year, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of Montenegro. A visionary who was always ready to say what he thought, he resigned from that position in 1991 due to his disagreement with the change in the then new Forestry Act, which, as it turned out two decades later, destroyed wood processing in Rožaj.
He was first elected as the President of the Municipality in 1993. He bore the brunt of the turbulent times, caused by the war in the area and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. Under his leadership, Rožaje as a municipality passed the first test of humanity and humanity when receiving and providing assistance to refugees from Bosnia (in the period from 1992 to 1993, more than 15,000 displaced persons passed through Rožaje). The situation was identical in 1999, when more than 100,000 displaced persons from Kosovo lived in Rožaje for a shorter or longer period of time.
He is married and the father of four children.
EJUP NURKOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Rožaje 2014 – (term in progress)
He was born on January 20, 1957 in Seošnica, Rožaje municipality. After finishing high school, he entered the Faculty of Economics in Priština, where he graduated in 1984. In the same year, he established an employment relationship in AD "Gornji Ibar" as an intern for a period of 6 months.
After completing his internship, he was assigned as the head of accounting in AD "Gornji Ibar" OOUR "Hospitality and Tourism", where he worked for 8 years. By decision of the Assembly of the Municipality of Rožaje, after the expiration of the previous contract, AD "Famod" was assigned to the forced administration for a period of two years.
Later, he held the position of Head of Accounting for the Budget and Finances of the Local Government Body for the Municipality of Rožaje, after which he was promoted to Head of Finance, when he also passed the Professional Exam for work in state bodies, and then was assigned to the position of Secretary of the Secretariat of the Local Government Body of the Municipality of Rožaje.
With the new organization of the local administration, he was assigned as the Head of Economy and Finance. With the establishment of a new service for the determination, control and collection of local revenues, he was appointed head of the said service. He is a member of several humanitarian and non-governmental organizations, was an active sports worker, founder of sports clubs in our Municipality, member of the presidency of FC "Ibar", vice-president of FC "Ibar", as well as president of FC "Županica".
He has highly developed communication and organizational skills.
He is married and the father of three children.
Political engagement
He has been a member of the Bosniak Party since its foundation. At the municipal level, he served as an alderman in the Municipal Assembly for several terms. He was the president of the Municipal Board, as well as a member of the Executive Board.
At the republican level, he was a member of the Main Board, a member of the presidency of the Bosniak Party. He held the position of vice-president of the Bosniak Party for one term.
In July 2014, he was elected President of the Municipality of Rožaje.
- MAKSIM JOKSIMOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1918 to 1920 - JONUZ HOT
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1920 to 1923 - MAKSUT FERIZOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1923 to 1924 - META MURIC
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1924 to 1935 - MUJKO MUKOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1935 to 1945 - HASAN KUCH
President of the municipality of Biševo in 1946 - MILORAD BULATOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Biševo in 1946 - HUSEIN GRLIC
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1947 to 1950 - WHITE KUCH
President of the municipality of Biševo from 1950 to 1955
In 1955, the municipality of Biševo merged with that of Rožaj.
PRESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF IBARAC
- NIKOLA DREKALOVIĆ
President of the municipality of Ibarac from 1919 to 1920 - I'm talking to NOKIC
President of the municipality of Ibarac from 1920 to 1925 - SULJO DACIC
President of the municipality of Ibarac from 1925 to 1932;
In 1932, the municipality of Ibarca merged with that of Rožaj.
