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Separatist Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Removed From Office by Bosnian Election Authorities
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, AUG 5 – Milorad Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from politics for six years after defying constitutional rulings, prompting Bosnia's election commission to revoke his mandate.
- Bosnia's electoral authorities stripped Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of his presidency after a court upheld a verdict sentencing him to a six-year ban from politics.
- Dodik, who holds the office of president of Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia's main administrative units, has rejected the verdict and announced he will open a separate case against the ruling.
- The EU has called on all parties to respect the court's verdict, while Dodik has received support from Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, and Russian officials.
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Dodik's Presidential Mandate Revoked Following Verdict
Central Election Commission revokes Milorad Dodik’s mandate as Republika Srpska entity president after confirmation of his prison sentence and ban on holding presidential office.Azem Kurtic, August 6, 2025Milorad Dodik entering the court in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: N1/F.Z.Bosnia’s top election regulator, the Central Election Commission, revoked Milorad Dodik’s presidential mandate on Wednesday following his one-year prison senten…
“Surrender is not an option,” Dodik wrote on X. The Bosnian electoral commission removed him from office after he was convicted.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has received a request from the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to replace his prison sentence with a fine. Dodik was sentenced to a final and binding sentence of no more than one year, but he has the right to redeem it.
Milorad Dodik, president of the Republika Srpska, is obstructing compliance with the peace treaty in Bosnia and is therefore banned from holding political office for six years. In response, the leader of the Serb part of Bosnia says he will call a referendum.
Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, has called for a referendum to decide whether he will continue in office after the decision of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIK) to remove his mandate. This decision was made after a one-year prison sentence and a six-year ban from holding public office, which became final on August 1, 2025. Dodik has reacted by describing the decision as a political act and has stat…
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the leader of Bosnian Serbs, Dodik, has been relieved of his post as President of the Serbian entity.
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