The Bosniak Party ( bs, Bošnjačka stranka,

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: Бошњачка странка, abbr. BS) is a

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and

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of the Bosniak minority in

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. Its founder and first leader was

Rafet Husović '' Rafet Husović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Рафет Хусовић; 2 April 19649 March 2021) was a Montenegrin politician, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro. He was the founder and long-term president of the centre-right Bosn ...

, while the party is currently led by Ervin Ibrahimović, MP, who is also serving as the party's parliamentary group leader in the

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History

This party was founded in 2006 by

and was officially registered with the Ministry of Justice on 24 March 2006. It was formed by unification of the Slavic Muslim-oriented parties in Montenegro: International Democratic Union, Bosniak Democratic Alternative, Muslim-Bosniak Alliance, and Party of National Equality, in February of the same year. At the legislative

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in Montenegro in March 2009, the Bosniak Party was a part of victorious

Coalition for a European Montenegro The European Montenegro ( cnr, Европскa Црна Горa, script=Cyrl, cnr, Evropska Crna Gora, label=none, script=Latn; abbr. ECG) was the ruling political alliance in Montenegro headed by Milo Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialist ...

, alongside the DPS, SDP, and HGI. Thus, this party holds two seats in the

, and has a Deputy Prime Minister and two Ministers in the

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. From its founding up until 2021, Bosniak Party was led by its founder Rafet Husović.

Electoral performance

Legislative elections

Local elections in 2014 and 2018

References

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