The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Government

Government - note In 30 editions of 36.

Government - note was published in 30 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1996 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 1 entry, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Government - note” (1997 to 2025), “Government note” (1996), “Government--note” (1999) and “Government-note” (1998).

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Until declaring independence in spring 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina existed as a republic in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Bosnia was partitioned by fighting during 1992-95 and governed by competing ethnic factions. Bosnia's current governing structures were created by the Dayton Accords, the 1995 peace agreement which was officially signed in Paris on 14 December 1995 by Bosnian President IZETBEGOVIC, Croatian President TUDJMAN, and Serbian President MILOSEVIC. This agreement retained Bosnia's exterior border and created a joint multi-ethnic and democratic government.

This national government - based on proportional representation similar to that which existed in the former socialist regime - is charged with conducting foreign, economic, and fiscal policy. The Dayton Accords also recognized a second tier of government, comprised of two entities - a joint Muslim-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska (RS) - each presiding over roughly one-half the territory. These Federation and RS governments are charged with overseeing internal functions.

As mandated by the Dayton Accords, the Bosnians on 14 September 1996 participated in the first post-war elections of national, entity, and cantonal leaders. The Bosnians have been slow to form and install new joint institutions. A new Federation cabinet was sworn in 18 December 1996 and the new Bosnian central government cabinet was confirmed on 3 January 1997.

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Government - note”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/government-note/1997.

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