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Alija Izetbegović

1925 - 2003

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Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician and political theorist who served as the first president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996. He later served as the first chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1998, and then briefly in 2000. He was also the founder and first president of the Party of Democratic Action. Shortly after his term began, the country's Serb community revolted and created the Republika Srpska, attempting to prevent the secession of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia, which would lead to the outbreak of the Bosnian War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alija Izetbegović is the 797th most popular politician (down from 605th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Politician.

Alija Izetbegović is most famous for being the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alija Izetbegović ranks 797 out of 19,576. Before him are Abd al-Rahman III, Louis Bonaparte, Sweyn Forkbeard, Haakon IV of Norway, Aldo Moro, and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Dmitry Medvedev, Islam Karimov, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Pedro I of Brazil, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Ptolemy IX Lathyros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alija Izetbegović ranks 13. Before him are Paul Newman, Yukio Mishima, Mahathir Mohamad, Patrice Lumumba, Robert Edwards, and Gilles Deleuze. After him are Zygmunt Bauman, Albert Bandura, Jorge Rafael Videla, Tony Curtis, Giorgio Napolitano, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Among people deceased in 2003, Alija Izetbegović ranks 9. Before him are Katharine Hepburn, Idi Amin, Heydar Aliyev, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash, and Gregory Peck. After him are Barry White, Robert K. Merton, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, and Nǃxau ǂToma.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović ranks 6 out of 375. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), Valerius Severus (300), and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505). After him are Ante Pavelić (1889), Emir Kusturica (1954), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), and Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović ranks 3. Before him are Valerius Severus (300), and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505). After him are Ante Pavelić (1889), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Milorad Dodik (1959), Boris Tadić (1958), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), and Ante Marković (1924).

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