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Rasim Ljajić
Расим Љајић
Ljajić in 2011
President of FK Partizan
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2024
Preceded byMilorad Vučelić
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
In office
27 July 2012 – 28 October 2020
Prime MinisterIvica Dačić
Aleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (Acting)
Ana Brnabić
Preceded byVerica Kalanović
Succeeded byBranko Ružić
Maja Gojković
Branislav Nedimović
Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications
In office
27 July 2012 – 28 October 2020
Prime MinisterIvica Dačić
Aleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (Acting)
Ana Brnabić
Preceded byDušan Petrović (Trade)
Milutin Mrkonjić (Telecommunications)
Succeeded byTatjana Matić
Minister of Labour and Social Policy
In office
15 May 2007 – 27 July 2012
Prime MinisterVojislav Koštunica
Mirko Cvetković
Preceded bySlobodan Lalović
Succeeded byJovan Krkobabić
Minister of Human and Minority Rights of Serbia and Montenegro
In office
17 March 2003 – 3 June 2006
PresidentSvetozar Marović
Minister of National and Ethnic Communities of FR Yugoslavia
In office
4 November 2000 – 7 March 2003
PresidentVojislav Koštunica
Prime MinisterZoran Žižić
Dragiša Pešić
Personal details
Born (1964-01-28) 28 January 1964 (age 62)
Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
PartySocial Democratic Party of Serbia
(2008–)
Other political
affiliations
Sandžak Democratic Party
(1993–)
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
(1990–1993)
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician

Rasim Ljajić[a] (born 28 January 1964) is a Serbian politician and sports administrator who currently serves as president of FK Partizan.

A prominent Bosniak politician from Novi Pazar and president of Social Democratic Party of Serbia, he served in multiple ministerial positions of the Government of Serbia from 2000 to 2020. Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, he first served as Minister of Human and Minority Rights of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro from 2000 to 2006. Ljajić was also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. From 2007 to 2012, he served as Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy.

From 2012 to 2020, he served as both the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.

As of October 2024 he has served as president of FK Partizan.

Education

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Ljajić was born in Novi Pazar to a Bosniak Muslim family. After finishing high school, he graduated from the University of Sarajevo School of Medicine.[1]

Political career

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In 1990, Ljajić was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak as one of its founders, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aimed at gathering Bosniaks in Serbia.[2] In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims.

One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia leaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government.[3]

Ljajić is the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal. In the 2003 parliamentary election he unsuccessfully led a "Together for Tolerance" coalition, along with Nenad Čanak of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians. The coalition received 4.2% of the vote and did not pass the 5% threshold.[4]

Sports administration

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In 2024, Ljajić was elected president of FK Partizan temporary governing body.[5]

Since his appoimtment he has repeatedly stated that his primary goal at the club is financial stabilization and reducing debt. By August 2026 club's debt was reduced by about 30% which was a major success compared to previous boards. Ljajić restuctured the way club functioned and made good transfer calls, making profit in both seasons in charge.[6] However, Partizan had little success on the pitch and major turmoil beggan to brew between Ljajić and sport director Predrag Mijatović. This led to a highly anticipated club assembly session on 1 June 2026.[7] Both Ljajić and Mijatović were reelected to their positions, but Mijatović decided to resign.

After another unsuccessful European campaign in 2026/27 season the entire board of FK Partizan decided to resign, along with head coach Saša Ilić. However, in their supposed last match at the club, a second leg of the play off for UEFA Conference League against Spanish side Getafe CF, the fans packed the stadium and showed support for both Ilić and Ljajić's board, blaming most of the problems on the actions of Ljaić's predecessors. After the match the board decided to stay until the next session of the club's assembly schedueled for late September.[8]

Personal life

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Ljajić is an ethnic Bosniak.[9] His relative and close friend Dževad Ljajić died in the military helicopter crash in Serbia on the night of 14 March 2015, which also claimed six other lives.[10]

On 10 April 2022, Ljajić was seriously injured in a car accident on the Belgrade-Niš Highway near Ražanj. His associate and former MP Branko Gogić was killed in the accident.[11]

He is a Muslim.

References

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  1. ↑ Serbian Cyrillic: Расим Љајић, pronounced [rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ]
  1. ↑ Morrison, Kenneth; Roberts, Elizabeth (2013-12-01), "Suljo and Rasim: The Personal and the Political", in Morrison, Kenneth; Roberts, Elizabeth (eds.), The Sandžak: A History, Oxford University Press, p. 0, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199330652.003.0016, ISBN 978-0-19-933065-2, retrieved 2025-06-10
  2. ↑ Bugajski, Janusz (2020). Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-communist Era: A Guide to Politics in the Post-communist Era. Routledge. p. 471. ISBN 978-1-00016-135-9.
  3. ↑ Rasim Ljajić at the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
  4. ↑ Muller, Tom (2012). Political Handbook of the World 2012. SAGE. p. 1258. ISBN 978-1-60871-995-2.
  5. ↑ "KRAJ! Rasim Ljajić vodi Partizan sa Mijatovićem i Lazovićem, Vazura i Vučelić su bivši". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  6. ↑ "U kakvom stanju Rasim Ljajić ostavlja Partizan, a kako ga je zatekao: Dug fudbalskog kluba smanjen za više od 30 odsto". Nova ekonomija (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Predsednik FK Partizan Rasim Ljajić sazvao sednicu Redovne skupštine za 1. jun". Tanjug (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Bez promena u Humskoj: Ostaju i trener i rukovodstvo". Sport Klub (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Muslim Academy "part of election campaign" - English - on B92.net".
  10. ↑ "MINISTAR LJAJIĆ: Poginuo mi je rođak, brinuću o njegovoj porodici dok sam živ!". www.telegraf.rs.
  11. ↑ "Rasim Ljajić doživeo tešku saobraćajnu nesreću, poginuo njegov saradnik". N1 (in Serbian). 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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