Živko Radišić


Živko Radišić is a Bosnian Serb former politician who served as the 5th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Born in Prijedor in 1937, Radišić graduated in 1964 from the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Political Sciences. From 1977 to 1982, he served as the mayor of Banja Luka, Bosnia's second-largest city. From 1982 to 1985 he headed the defense ministry of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996, he became a founding member of the Socialist Party of Republika Srpska.
Radišić was elected Bosnian Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency in September 1998, defeating the incumbent Momčilo Krajišnik by 45,000 votes. Radišić chaired the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1998–1999 and from 2000–2001.