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Alija Izetbegović

1925 - 2003

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Alija Izetbegović (Bosnian pronunciation: [ǎlija ǐzedbeɡoʋitɕ]; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He later served as the first chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alija Izetbegović has received more than 1,254,484 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Alija Izetbegović is the 605th most popular politician (down from 572nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 2nd 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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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alija Izetbegović ranks 605 out of 19,576. Before him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Alexander IV of Macedon, Jeroboam, Oleg of Novgorod, and Constantius Chlorus. After him are Tolui, Epaminondas, Geronimo, Hong Taiji, Sweyn Forkbeard, and Shinzō Abe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alija Izetbegović ranks 9. Before him are Pol Pot, Richard Burton, Yukio Mishima, Patrice Lumumba, Gilles Deleuze, and Paul Newman. After him are Giorgio Napolitano, Zygmunt Bauman, Mahathir Mohamad, Albert Bandura, Audie Murphy, and Mikis Theodorakis. Among people deceased in 2003, Alija Izetbegović ranks 8. Before him are Katharine Hepburn, Leni Riefenstahl, Charles Bronson, Heydar Aliyev, Idi Amin, and Robert K. Merton. After him are Gregory Peck, Johnny Cash, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, and Nina Simone.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović ranks 5 out of 375. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505). After him are Ante Pavelić (1889), Goran Bregović (1950), Emir Kusturica (1954), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), and Slobodan Praljak (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among politicians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović ranks 2. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505). After him are Ante Pavelić (1889), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), Boris Tadić (1958), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), and Milorad Dodik (1959).

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