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Milorad Dodik

Commons · Question 71174 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government recognises Milorad Dodik as the President of the Repulika Srpska Entity following the upholding of his prison sentence and ban on holding office.

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 12 Sep 2025

The UK does not recognise Milorad Dodik as the current President of the Republika Srpska Entity. The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has upheld the decision of the Central Election Commission to remove Dodik's mandate, following his conviction, and ...