Alija Izetbegović

Bosnian politician, lawyer, philosopher and author (1925–2003)

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Lived 1925–2003, aged 78

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1925–2003
Aged 78

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Updated 2026-05-29

Led Bosnia through its brutal 1990s war as the country's first post-independence president, then cycled through various top roles until 2000. Islamic philosopher turned political operator who founded the Party of Democratic Action and became the face of Bosnian sovereignty.

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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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