Radovan karadzic i alija izetbegovic biography

  • A physician, author, and politician who was the leader (–96) of the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and president (–95) of the autonomous Republika.
  • Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in became the first president of the Presidency of the newly.
  • Bosnia's first president, a devout Muslim who fought for his country's survival in war and peace during the s.

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    Bosnia&#;s Forgotten Battlefield: Bihac

    Brendan O'Shea,

    Twenty years ago, the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ entered the common lexicon. The terrible events that took place in the UN ‘safe haven’ at Bihac in North-west Bosnia between and represent the Bosnian conflict in microcosm. Muslim fought all factions of Serb, Muslim fought Muslim, and the Croats interfered. As an EC Monitoring Mission Observer, author Brendan O’Shea was not only an eye witness to the horrific war crimes committed by all sides but also had access to both EU and UN official documents. As such he was perfectly placed to unravel the deceit, the politicking and the struggle for power that led to tragedy and suffering for hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children. The names Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic – both on trial at The Hague –Slobodan Milosevic, Alija Izetbegovic and Franjo Tudjman have become synonymous with the worst excesses perpetrated during the war in Bosnia. This book makes an im

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    Alija Izetbegović

    Bosnian politician, philosopher and author (–)

    Alija Izetbegović (Bosnian pronunciation:[ǎlijaǐzedbeɡoʋitɕ]; 8 August – 19 October ) was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 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. Izetbegović led the Bosniak forces initially alongside the Croat forces, until a separate war erupted between them. Relations between the two sides were resolved in the Washington Agreement, which he signed with Croatian president Franjo Tuđman.

    The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina continued, with widespread ethnic cleansing and other war cr

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    Alija Izetbegovic: Philosopher King

    The ancient Greek philosopher Plato dreamed of a utopic state ruled by philosophers. In his well-known book "The Republic," he uses the ship metaphor for the ruling of the state and writes, "Don't you think that the true captain will be called a real stargazer, a babbler, and a good-for-nothing bygd those who sail in ships governed in that way?" Therefore, the ideal ruler should be a philosopher.

    Whether or not Plato was right, the history of state ruling has not shown many examples of philosopher kings. The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is the most famous one of this type. Aurelius ruled Rome for 19 years while he was one the most prominent Stoic philosophers. King of Hungary and Croatia Matthius Corvinus, who lived in the 15th century, was another, yet less known example. Corvinus strongly endeavored to follow the model and ideas of the philosopher- king as described.

    Some readers might oppose that I used the word "king" for Alija Izetbegovic