Title

Bosnian Elections III: Representatives of Bosnian Political Parties

Tuesday, July 30, 1996
2226 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC, DC 20024
United States
Official Transcript: 
PDF icon 1996.05.30 Bosnian Elections - Representatives of Bosnian Political Parties.pdf
Moderator(s): 
Name: 
Robert Hand
Title Text: 
Staff Advisor
Body: 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Witnesses: 
Name: 
Ljilana Bubic
Title: 
Member of the Republican Party
Body: 
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Name: 
Adnan Jahic
Title: 
President
Body: 
Party for Democratic Action in Tuzla
Name: 
Hasib Salkic
Title: 
Secretary General
Body: 
Liberal Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Name: 
Zdenko Kubicek
Title: 
Member of the Executive Board
Body: 
Croatian Party of Rights
Name: 
Mirjana Malic
Title: 
Member
Body: 
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Name: 
Zoran Tomic
Title: 
Member of the Croatian Democratic Union
Body: 
Bosnia-Herzegovina

Robert Hand led the discussion on the upcoming Bosnian elections, which were scheduled for mid-September later that year.  He was joined by representatives of political parties from Bosnia-Herzegovina, a rather diverse group of individuals - some of them represented parties in powers and others that are not and from various ethnic constituencies.

The witnesses - Ljilana Bubic of the Republican Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Adnan Jahic, President of the Party for Democratic Action in Tuzla; Hasib Salkic, Secretary General of the Liberal Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Zdenko Kubicek of the Executive Board of the Croatian Party of Rights; Mirjana Malic of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina; and Zoran Tomic of the Croatian Democratic Union - introduced their parties’ histories, issues, and goals. They then focused more specifically on how they see the Bosnian elections unfolding and their thoughts about having them in the upcoming fall.

Relevant issues: 
Elections
Relevant countries: 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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