Milan Jelić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Milan Jelić

Bosnia and Herzegovian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1956

Place of Birth: Koprivna, Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date of Death: 30-Sep-2007

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Milan Jelic (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ?????; 26 March 1956 – 30 September 2007) was a Bosnian Serb politician.
From 9 November 2006 until his death from a heart attack, he was President of Republika Srpska.Born near Modrica, Jelic completed his secondary education in Doboj and has graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Economics at Subotica, Serbia.
He gained a doctorate from the University of Banja Luka.
He has two sons, Petar and Dimitrije. Jelic spent four years on the local council in Modrica, and at the beginning of 1987 he was appointed manager of OOUR in the town.
There he spent seven years, until he was appointed general manager of Modrica.
After the Dayton Agreement was signed he was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.
He also served as President of the Football Association of Republika Srpska, and President of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the afternoon of 30 September 2007, during his usual training session in Modrica, Jelic experienced heart failure, and died shortly afterwards, after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt in the Doboj hospital.