“we understand this as the beginning of a dialogue on the judiciary, where the shortcomings in the work of the judicial institutions at Bosnia-Hercegovina level will be reviewed”
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Milorad Dodik
Milorad Dodik is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 8th President of Republika Srpska from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025. Having previously held the office from 2010 to 2018, he also served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.
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politics · Bosnian Serb politician (born 1959) · politician · also Milorad Dodik, Dodik
Born 12 March 1959 · Q335688
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2026· 6 entries
“s judiciary would be reviewed. Mr Dodik accuses Bosnia”
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“events showed it was a good decision for Bosnia and Herzegovina to not enter NATO, and that the country would not support sanctions.”
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“Schmidt will have no legitimacy for Republika Srpska unless he gets confirmed by the United Nations Security Council”
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“greatest ethnic cleansing committed after World War II”
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vreme.com: Dodik's project: Will lithium be mined in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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2025· 5 entries
balkaninsight: Bosnian Court Commutes Milorad Dodik’s Jail Sentence to a Fine
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Yahoo: Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik
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The New York Times: Milorad Dodik
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Rferl.org: Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Once Again Moves Country Closer To The Brink
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Jurist: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik sentenced to prison for defying international official
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2024· 2 entries
UPI: U.S. blacklists sanctions evasion network tied to Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik
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UPI: U.S. sanctions Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik's family 'patronage network'
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2023· 1 entry
For allegedly undermining the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Peace Agreement
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2022· 4 entries
Claimed: ““[N]o criminal proceedings for corruption are being conducted against me in BiH or anywhere else in the world."” — rated False by VOA.
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“willing to participate in the work of the national institutions if a law, banning calling the country”
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Career landmark: President of Republika Srpska (2022–2025).
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Campaign: 2022 general election.
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2020–2021).
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2018· 4 entries
Election won: 2018 general election.
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Campaign: 2018 general election.
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018–2019).
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Career landmark: Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018–2022).
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2017· 1 entry
Dodik introduced legislation, effectively banning the teaching of the Srebrenica genocide and Sarajevo siege in Republika Srpska's schools, stating that it was "impossible to use here the textbooks
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Friendship presented by Dmitry Medvedev in Banja Luka (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Republika Srpska (2010–2018).
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The National Assembly of Republika Srpska dismissed the 2004 report and decided for a new commission to be assembled to revise the report surrounding events in Srebrenica and the area around the town in July 1995
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sava in Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (2009).
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Dodik stated that the Tuzla massacre was staged and questioned the Markale massacres in Sarajevo
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2006· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (2006–2010).
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“t rule out its right to an independence referendum. At the election, Dodik”
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (1998–2001).
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1997· 1 entry
After which Plavšić and her SNS closely cooperated with the smaller Serb socialist parties (Socialist Party and Dodik's SNSD)
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1996· 2 entries
After the peace was signed as a result of the Dayton Agreement
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And has held several political offices within Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1990· 1 entry
At the first multi-party elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was elected to the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a candidate of the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia and was a polit
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1983· 1 entry
Studied at Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade (1978–1983).
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1978· 1 entry
Graduated from an agricultural high school in Banja Luka, after which he entered the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, where he graduated in 1983
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-03-12.
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