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Alija Izetbegović
Acting
08 Aug 1925
† 19 Oct 2003
Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biography
Alija Izetbegović, the former president of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a Muslim thinker, was born in 1925 in the town of Bosanski Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spent his life in Sarajevo, where his family had migrated when he was a child. He studied agriculture and law, and worked as a lawyer. Having received his early Islamic upbringing from his family, Izetbegović joined the Young Muslims organization in his youth and remained active within the Islamic movement throughout his life. Because ...
Also Known As
Aliya İzzetbegoviç





