Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (1993–1995)Autonomna Pokrajina Zapadna Bosna Republic of Western Bosnia (1995) Republika Zapadna Bosna | |||||||||
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1993–1995 | |||||||||
Capital | Velika Kladuša[1] 45°11′N 15°48′E / 45.183°N 15.800°E | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Western Bosnian | ||||||||
Government | Autonomous provincial provisional government under a personalist dictatorship | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Fikret Abdić | ||||||||
Speaker of the Parliament | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Božidar Šicel | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1993–1995 | Zlatko Jušić | ||||||||
Legislature | Constituent Parliament of APZB[2][3] | ||||||||
Historical era | Bosnian War and Yugoslav Wars | ||||||||
• Autonomy declared | 27 September 1993 | ||||||||
18 March 1994 | |||||||||
• Independence declared | 26 July 1995 | ||||||||
7 August 1995 | |||||||||
14 December 1995 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1991 estimate | 52,908 | ||||||||
• Density | 300.61/km2 (778.6/sq mi) | ||||||||
Currency | German Mark, US Dollar, French Franc, Pound Sterling,[4] possibly Yugoslav Dinar as well. | ||||||||
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Today part of | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
The Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Autonomna Pokrajina Zapadna Bosna; APZB), was a small unrecognized proto-state that existed in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1993 and 1995. It consisted mainly of the town of Velika Kladuša, its capital, as well as a few nearby villages and fields. It was proclaimed as a result of secessionist politics by Fikret Abdić against the central government of Alija Izetbegović during the Bosnian War. For a short time in 1995, it was known as the Republic of Western Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Republika Zapadna Bosna).
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