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Bosniak meaning
A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro. | A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.
Example sentences (9)
Unlike Bosniak politicians in the Federation, Dodik has steadfastly refused to acknowledge Schmidt’s appointment to the OHR and has vowed to ignore the body’s decisions.
In May, the Srebrenica Memorial Centre in the Bosnian village of Potocari opened a new facility to store the remains of victims who are still unidentified, almost three decades after the massacre of 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys.
Fadil Novalic, prime minister of the autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation, has been released from custody after being arrested for taking bribes in relation to the procurement of defective ventilators.
The Central Election Committee answered bluntly to Pilav that he doesn’t qualify because he is a Bosniak.
This violence culminated in the massacre of as many as 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in the town of Srebrenica in July 1995.
A tripartite presidency was chosen and must have a Croat, a Serb, and a Bosniak.
Following a tense period of escalating tensions the opening shots in the incipient Bosnian conflict were fired when Serb paramilitary forces attacked Bosniak villages around Čapljina on 7 March 1992 and around Bosanski Brod and Goražde on 15 March.
It stated that ethnic composition is "Albanians 88%, Serbs 7%, other 5% (Bosniak, Gorani, Roma, Turk, Ashkali, Egyptian, Janjevci – Croats )".
The three members of the Presidency are elected directly by the people with Federation voters voting for the Bosniak and the Croat, and the Republika Srpska voters for the Serb.