Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, ?????????? ????? ? ???????????) is one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Republika Srpska).

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Political entities - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republika Srpska

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It is primarily inhabited by Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Bosnian Croats, which is why it is informally referred to as the Muslim-Croat Federation. However, by decision of the Constitutional court in 2001, the Serbs were declared the third constituent ethnic group of the Federation. The same happened to Bosniaks and Croats in the Republika Srpska.

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Bosniaks - Croats - 2001 - Serbs - Republika Srpska

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The Federation was created by the Washington accords signed on March 18, 1994, which established a Constituent assembly (Ustavotvorna skup?tina/Ustavotvorbeni Sabor). The Constituent assembly continued its work until October 1996.

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Washington - March 18 - 1994 - Constituent assembly - 1996

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The Federation now has its own capital, government, flag and coat of arms, president, parliament, customs and police departments, postal system (in fact, two of them), and airline (Air Bosna). It has its own army, the Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, though it is under the control of the state-level Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Defense, as is the Vojska Republike Srpske. Entity armies (including Vojska Republike Srpske) are to be united by the end of the 2005 and entity-level Ministry of Defence and their armies are to be abolished by January 1, 2006.

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Air Bosna - Vojska Republike Srpske

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