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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 1,153,253 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Alija Izetbegović is the 573rd most popular politician (up from 593rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 7th in 2019) 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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  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alija Izetbegović ranks 573 out of 15,577. Before him are Valerian, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Friedrich Ebert, Maximian, Yeongjo of Joseon, and Saparmurat Niyazov. After him are Constantius II, Margaret I of Denmark, Oscar I of Sweden, Ahab, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Umberto II of Italy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alija Izetbegović ranks 12. Before him are Mikis Theodorakis, Paul Newman, Albert Bandura, Gilles Deleuze, Patrice Lumumba, and Zygmunt Bauman. After him are Mahathir Mohamad, Robert F. Kennedy, Tony Curtis, Lee Van Cleef, B.B. King, and Jorge Rafael Videla. Among people deceased in 2003, Alija Izetbegović ranks 8. Before him are Katharine Hepburn, Idi Amin, Leni Riefenstahl, Johnny Cash, Gregory Peck, and Robert K. Merton. After him are Heydar Aliyev, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, Nina Simone, Edward Teller, and Ilya Prigogine.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović ranks 5 out of 320. Before him are Gavrilo Princip (1894), Ratko Mladić (1942), Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505), and Ivo Andrić (1892). After him are Ante Pavelić (1889), Emir Kusturica (1954), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Goran Bregović (1950), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), and Prince Marko (1335).

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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), Prince Marko (1335), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Fikret Abdić (1939), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), and Vukašin of Serbia (1320).

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