The Bosniak Party ( Montenegrin/, cnr-Cyrl, 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 (Bosnian Cyrillic: Рафет Хусовић; 2 April 19649 March 2021) was a Bosniaks of Montenegro, Montenegrin Bosnian politician, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro. He was the founder and long-term president ...

, while the party is currently led by

Ervin Ibrahimović Ervin Ibrahimović ( Bosnian Cyrillic: Ервин Ибрахимовић; born 7 June 1972) is a Montenegrin Bosniak politician serving as the vice president of the Parliament of Montenegro since December 2021 and the current president of the con ...

, 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 (, ; abbr. ECG) was the ruling political alliance in Montenegro headed by Milo Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS). Following the internal turmoil within the DPS during late 1996 and early 1997 when the pa ...

, alongside the DPS, SDP, and HGI. From its founding up until 2021, Bosniak Party was led by its founder Rafet Husović.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Local elections in 2014, 2018 and 2022

References

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