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Bosnian Serb republic leader dies | Bosnian Serb republic leader dies |
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The President of the Bosnian Serb republic (Republika Srpska), Milan Jelic, has died of a heart attack, doctors and politicians say. | The President of the Bosnian Serb republic (Republika Srpska), Milan Jelic, has died of a heart attack, doctors and politicians say. |
"This is a sad day for Republika Srpska," the entity's prime minister, Milorad Dodik, told local TV. | "This is a sad day for Republika Srpska," the entity's prime minister, Milorad Dodik, told local TV. |
Mr Jelic, 51, died after admission to hospital in Doboj on Sunday evening. He was president since October 2006 and headed Bosnia's football association. | |
The Republic Srpska shares Bosnia with the Muslim-Croat Federation. | |
The entities were set up under the Dayton accords which ended the 1992-95 war. | |
The country remains under international administration. | The country remains under international administration. |
Mr Jelic, a businessman and economist, was a member of Mr Dodik's Social Democratic Party - the successor to the Communist Party. | |
While his post is mainly ceremonial, correspondents say he has backed Mr Dodik's opposition to calls for reforms by the EU, including efforts to unite the two entities' police forces. |
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