The Bosniak-Serb Alliance ( sr-cyr, Бошњачко-српски савез, Bošnjačko-srpski savez; abbr. БОСС / BOSS) is a political party in the Sandžak region of Serbia, established in October 2022. Its leader is

Samir Tandir Samir Tandir ( sr-Cyrl, Самир Тандир; born 3 March 1984) is a Serbian politician from the country's Bosniak community. He was a leading figure in Muamer Zukorlić's political movement for several years and served in the National Assemb ...

, who was a leading figure in

Muamer Zukorlić Muamer Zukorlić (; 15 February 1970 – 6 November 2021) was a Serbian politician and Islamic theologian who served as the president and chief Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia. An ethnic Bosniak, he served as an MP from 2016 to 2020 a ...

's political movement for several years and served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2020 to 2022 as a member of the Justice and Reconciliation Party (''Stranka pravde i pomirenja'', SPP).

History

Samir Tandir was a member of the SPP and its antecedent parties between 2010 and 2022 and was a prominent ally of Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlić. When the latter figure died in November 2021, control of the SPP passed to his son,

Usame Zukorlić Usame Zukorlić ( sr-cyrl, Усаме Зукорлић; born 1992) is a Serbian politician and economist serving as a member of the National Assembly since 1 August 2022. An ethnic Bosniak, he has been the president of the Justice and Reconcilia ...

. Tandir had a poor relationship with the party's new leadership and did not seek re-election to the national assembly in

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

. He resigned from the party after the election, accusing it of carrying out " North Korea-style purges" of dissident voices and moving away from its original purpose. In leaving the SPP, Tandir indicated that he would establish a new political party called the Bosniak-Serb Alliance. The party was officially launched in October 2022, with Tandir chosen as president of its initiative committee. An

electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

aligned with the party is contesting the 2022 elections for the

Bosniak National Council The Bosniak National Council ( bs, Bošnjačko nacionalno vijeće, Бошњачко национално вијеће) is a representative body of the Bosniak national minority in Serbia. It was founded as the Muslim National Council of Sandžak ...

. The list bearer is Admir Muratović, an independent member of the Novi Pazar city assembly."Samir Tandir izabran za predsednika Bošnjačko srpskog saveza BOSS"
''RTV Novi Pazar'', 9 October 2022, accessed 11 October 2022.

References

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