| birth_place = [[Zenica]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|20142017|04|30|1963|07|14|df=y}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place = Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| resting_place = City cemetery "Prašnice" Zenica
| nationality = Bosnian
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'''Esad Hećimović''' (14 July 1963 – 30 April 2017) was a Bosnian investigative journalist and political analyst. At the time of his death, he was working as the Editor-in-chief at [[Televizija OBN|OBN TV]] Station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and he was also one of the Founders and [[Board members|Board Members]] at the [[European Centre for Press and Media Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ecpmf.eu/ecpmf/people-and-partners/board-members/esad-heimovi|title=Esad Hećimović|work=European Centre for Press and Media Freedom|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> Hećimović has worked with a number of Western journalists and media outlets, including some [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners on crossborder investigations through the past 20 years. He was awarded for his contribution to investigative journalism by [[South East Europe Media Organisation|SEEMO]] and [[Central European Initiative]] in 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cei.int/content/winners-cei-seemo-award-outstanding-merits-investigative-journalism|title=Winners of the CEI SEEMO Award For Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism|publisher=CEI|language=en|access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref> and was also awarded as The Journalist of the Year<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/intervju/Esad-Hecimovic-novinar-godine-u-izboru-Nezavisnih-Iza-medijskog-rata-se-skriva-politicki-sukob/118729|title=Esad Hećimović, novinar godine u izboru Nezavisnih: Iza medijskog rata se skriva politički sukob|last=Rener-Smajović|first=Maja|work=Nezavisne novine|access-date=2017-05-05|language=sr-Latn}}</ref> in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the year 2011. His book, [https://books.google.ba/books?id=27JPAQAAIAAJ&q=Garibi+-+Mujahideens+in+Bosnia+1992-1999&dq=Garibi+-+Mujahideens+in+Bosnia+1992-1999&hl=hr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3_f-F7u3UAhUjYZoKHSl7ABgQ6AEIHzAA "Garibi - Mujahideens in Bosnia 1992-1999"],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQ8QAQAAIAAJ|title=Garibi: mudžahedini u BiH 1992-1999|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Fondacija Sina|language=sr}}</ref> was a bestseller.