Bosniak National Council

Bosniak National Council

Bošnjačko nacionalno vijeće Бошњачко национално вијеће
National Council Assembly Majority rule (22)   SPP (12)   SDA S (10) Opposition (13)   SDPS (12)   SzSDB (1)
Abbreviation	BNV
Formation	11 May 1991 (1991-05-11)
Founder	Sulejman Ugljanin
Founded at	Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Type	Political organisation
Purpose	Bosniak minority interests
Headquarters	Novi Pazar, Serbia
Region	Sandžak
Official language	Bosnian
President	Misala Pramenković
Website	www.bnv.org.rs
Formerly called	Muslim National Council of Sandžak (1991–96) Bosniac National Council of Sandžak (1996–03)

The Bosniak National Council (Bosnian: 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 (MNVS) on 11 May 1991. Its first president and founder is Sulejman Ugljanin. Until 2003, the Bosniak National Council was called the Bosniak National Council of Sandžak (BNVS), after which it took its current name.^[1]

Throughout the 1990s, it actively sought autonomy for the Sandžak region and its eventual unification with the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following Montenegro's independence in 2006, it remained active only in Serbia.

The Bosniak National Council has 35 seats, while the representatives are being elected at the elections for the national councils of various recognised national minorities in Serbia. The last election was held in November 2018, in which most of seats were won by the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak, led by Sulejman Ugljanin.