Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943–1945) Demokratska Bosna i Hercegovina (Serbo-Croatian) Federal State of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945–1946) Federalna Država Bosna i Hercegovina (Serbo-Croatian) People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946–1963) Narodna Republika Bosna i Hercegovina (Serbo-Croatian) Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1963–1992) Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina (Serbo-Croatian)
1943–1992
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Yugoslavia.
Status	Constituent republic of Yugoslavia
Capital	Sarajevo
Common languages	Serbo-Croatian
Government	Titoist one-party socialist republic
Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1945–1946 (first)	Vojislav Kecmanović
• 1990–1992 (last)	Alija Izetbegović
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1945–1948 (first)	Rodoljub Čolaković
• 1990–1992 (last)	Jure Pelivan
Legislature	Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Historical era	Cold War
• ZAVNOBiH	25 November 1943
• Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	18 November 1991
• Republika Srpska formed	9 January 1992
• 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum	1 March 1992
• Outbreak of Bosnian War	5 April 1992
• Independence	6 April 1992
Area
• Total	51,129 km2 (19,741 sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	BA
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Yugoslavia Independent State of Croatia Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Autonomous Province of Western-Bosnia

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History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Early history Prehistory Neolithic cultures: (Kakanj / Butmir) Illyrian period (Glasinac culture / Central Bosnian culture) Roman Dalmatia Roman Pannonia
Middle Ages Bosnia in the Early Middle Ages (before 10th c.) Travunia - Zachumlia (~9th–14th c.) Banate (~1154–1377) - Kingdom (1377-1463) ("zemlje"/counties: Usora / Soli / Donji Kraji / Hum (Herzegovina from 1454) / Podrinje) Bosansko Krajište (1451-1463) Duchy of Herzegovina (1463–1482)
Ottoman era Ottoman conquest (Bosansko Krajište (1451-1463)) Ottoman era (Bosnia Sanjak (1463–1580), Sanjak of Herzegovina (1481–1833) / Bosnia Eyalet (1580-1867), Herzegovina Eyalet (1833–1851) / Bosnia Vilayet (1867-1908) / Herzegovina Uprising (1875–1877))
Habsburg era Habsburg era (Bosnian crisis)
Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Drina Banovina) World War II SFR Yugoslavia (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina) Breakup of Yugoslavia
Contemporary Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian War (defunct: Herzeg-Bosnia / Western Bosnia) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska)
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The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina / Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socialist Bosnia or simply Bosnia, was one of the six constituent federal states forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was a predecessor of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, existing between 1945 and 1992, under a number of different formal names, including Democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943–1946) and People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946–1963).

Within Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a unique federal state with no dominant ethnic group, as was the case in other constituent states, all of which were also nation states of Yugoslavia's South Slavic ethnic groups. It was administered under strict terms of sanctioned consociationalism, known locally as "ethnic key" or "national key" (Serbo-Croatian: etnički/nacionalni ključ), based on the balance of political representation of 3 largest ethnic groups (Bosnian Muslims,^[a] Croats and Serbs).

Sarajevo served as the capital city throughout its existence and remained the capital following independence. The Socialist Republic was dissolved in 1990 when it abandoned its socialist institutions and adopted liberal ones, as the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was, up to 20 December 1990, in sole control of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian branch of League of Communists of Yugoslavia.

The borders of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina were almost identical to the one Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina had during the period of Austro-Hungarian rule that lasted until 1918. That year Bosnia became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and divided into several banovinas (regional administrative units), namely parts of Vrbas, Drina, Zeta and Croatia banovinas. With the establishment of a People's Republic, its modern borders were delineated.
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