The unveiling of a memorial plaque in memory of Šemsudin Ajanović, a University of Sarajevo employee and recipient of the “Zlatni ljiljan” and “Zlatna policijska značka” Awards will be held in the University of Sarajevo Rectorate (Obala Kulina bana 7/II), on Friday, 23 October 2020 at 11:00 in the presence of family members, comrades, and representatives of the University of Sarajevo

Šemsudin Ajanović (1960-1993) graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo, Department of National Defense and Social Self-Defense. He was nearing the end of his postgraduate studies in Zagreb, and at the same time was a third-year student at the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo. He also performed the duty of student Vice-Dean for Teaching, and was also an advisor to the University of Sarajevo Rector.

He volunteered for the Kakanj Territorial Defense as a member of the Patriotic League from Sarajevo, and fought bravely with the rank of captain in the ranks of the Kakanj 309th Mountain Brigade. He continued his war journey as chief of the “Lašva” Operational Group, and later as chief of the 329th Mountain Brigade. He died on 44 November 1993, on the Vozuća battlefield at Čauševac.

Šemsudin Ajanović posthumously received the highest war award “Zlatni ljiljan ", and promoted to the rank of colonel.