Statehood Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Statehood Day (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Dan državnosti, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Дан државности) is a holiday that occurs every year on 25 November in Bosnia and Herzegovina to commemorate the day in 1943 on which the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) made Resolution of ZAVNOBiH declaring B&H peoples' will for B&H to be their country.[2][3][4]
Statehood Day | |
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Rada Vranješević speaking at the first ZAVNOBiH session | |
Official name | Dan državnosti / Дан државности |
Observed by | Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] |
Significance | commemorate the day in 1943 on which the ZAVNOBiH made Resolution of ZAVNOBiH declaring BiH peoples' will for BiH to be their country |
Date | 25 November |
Next time | 25 November 2021 |
Frequency | annual |
The Law on the Proclamation of 25 November as the Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of R B&H, No. 9/95) stipulates that on 25 November is the Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the law is today taken over and valid only for Federation of BiH entity).[2]
Statehood Day is not to be confused with B1992 Bosnian independence referendum H's Independence Day, which is held each year on 1 March in honor of the 1992 referendum that indicated that a majority of Bosnians and Herzegovinians were in favor of becoming a sovereign nation. The total turnout of voters was 63.73%, 99.7% of whom voted for independence. [5]
See also
- Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Statehood Day (disambiguation) in other countries
- Dan državnosti (disambiguation) in other Balkan akin language speaking countries
- History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- History of Yugoslavia
References
- parlament.ba (direct download link)
- fmrsp.gov.ba
- www.starmo.ba
- dnevni-list.ba
- "Danas je Dan nezavisnosti Bosne i Hercegovine". Radio Sarajevo. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2019.