Separatist Bosnian Serb chief Dodik faraway from workplace by Bosnian election authorities

Bosnia’s electoral authorities on Wednesday (August 5, 2025) stripped separatist Bosnian Serb chief Milorad Dodik from his place as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court docket verdict that sentences him to 1 yr in jail and 6 years ban on all political actions.

The Central Electoral Commission mentioned that Mr. Dodik has the proper to enchantment, with an early presidential election to be held 90 days after the choice. The final Bosnian Serb presidential vote was held in 2022.

Mr. Dodik’s mandate as Bosnian Serb president was revoked as a result of he was legally sentenced to 1 yr in jail and handed a six-year ban on political exercise.

An appeals court docket in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed Friday an earlier court docket ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb chief to 1 yr in jail and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions.

Mr. Dodik rejected the court docket ruling and added that he’ll proceed to behave because the Bosnian Serb President so long as he has the help of the Bosnian Serb parliament. He additionally acquired help from populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in addition to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.