Herzegovina of the communist era. He was the follower of the conviction that political, legal, philosophical, religious, literary, artistic and other progress is based on the economic progress. Pozderac is credited for implementing processes that led the economic revitalization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which contributed to strengthening the cultural independence and identity Bosnia within Yugoslavia. Pozderac cannot be viewed as a movement leader but as a patient and principled politician who saw the opportunity for change by working within the system. His legacy certainly can be credited with contributions to the constitutional recognition of Muslims (historically revived as Bosniaks in 1993) as a constituent people within Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the already recognised Croats and Serbs, and his persistent position in protecting those rights. He has also continually worked on protection of the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Yugoslavia and while he did begin some processes for which he would be criticized, many consider that without his involvement in the Yugoslav politics at the time, Bosnia may have not had the political nor other potency to pursue to independence in the 1990s. References External links Bosnia in 1980s "A Man who Divided the People of Krajina - The Beginning of Fikret Abdic's Trial in Karlovac" 1987 Time magazine article about the Agrokomerc scandal 1924 births 1988 deaths Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Yugoslav politicians People from Cazin Pozderac family University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Bosnia and Herzegovina people of World War II Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia members Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia members Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour