Famous Bosnian Leaders

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1 Gavrilo Princip

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Famous As: Assassinator of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Birthdate: July 25, 1894

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Obljaj

Died: April 28, 1918

Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb member of the Young Bosnia movement who wished to end the Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He thus assassinated Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, at age 19. This eventually contributed to the start of World War I.

2 Ratko Mladić

195

Famous As: General

Birthdate: March 12, 1943

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Božanovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina

3 Radovan Karadžić

195

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: June 19, 1945

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Petnjica, Montenegro

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4 Slobodan Praljak

184

Famous As: Director

Birthdate: January 2, 1945

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia

Died: November 29, 2017

5 Alija Izetbegovic

164

Famous As: Political Activist, First President of Bosnia & Herzegovina

Birthdate: August 8, 1925

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Died: October 19, 2003

Bosnian politician and founder of the Party of Democratic Action, Alija Izetbegovic had been the first president of the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. A qualified lawyer, he had also penned several books, such as Islam Between East and West. In 2006, his cemetery was bombed by unidentified miscreants.