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Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the 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.
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politics · Bosnian politician (1925–2003) · lawyer · philosopher · politician · writer · political commissar · also Alija Izetbegović, Izetbegović
Born 8 August 1925 · Died 19 October 2003 · Q183848
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2024· 1 entry
Anadolu Ajansi: Türkiye marks 21st death anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic
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2021· 1 entry
Tehran Times: ICRO, Alija Izetbegovic Foundation sign MOU
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2020· 1 entry
Anadolu Ajansi: Alija Izetbegovic' vision was a moral compass for life
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2003· 6 entries
SFGate: Alija Izetbegovic - former president of Bosnia
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The Washington Post: President Alija Izetbegovic Dies
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BBC Europe: Obituary: Alija Izetbegovic
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Died 2003-10-19.
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“Bosnia should be a secular state. A non-secular Bosnia would be terror.”
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“Sleep peacefully people, there will not be a war.”
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2000).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Order of State of Republic of Turkey (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996–1998).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Service to Islam (1993).
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Izetbegović agreed to a peace plan that would divide Bosnia along ethnic lines but continued to insist on a unitary Bosnia government from Sarajevo and on the allocation to the Bosniaks of a large percentage of Bosnia's
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1990· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–1996).
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Career landmark: Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–2000).
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1988· 1 entry
As communist rule faltered, he was pardoned and released after almost five years in prison
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1970· 1 entry
Izetbegović published a manifesto entitled the Islamic Declaration, expressing his views on relationships between Islam, state and society
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1956· 1 entry
And remained actively engaged in politics
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1946· 1 entry
Izetbegović was sentenced to jail in various cases in a total for 8 years for his political activities
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1941· 1 entry
Izetbegović helped to found a Bosnian Islamist organization named "Young Muslims" (Mladi Muslimani), which was modeled after the Muslim Brotherhood
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-08-08.
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