Mustafa Cerić
Mustafa Cerić (Bosnian pronunciation: [mustafaː tserit͡ɕ], born 5 February 1952) is a Bosnian imam who served as the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 to 2012, and is currently president of the World Bosniak Congress. In the 2014 general election, he ran for a seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Bosniak member, but was not elected.
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Cerić in 2011 | |
| Title | Former Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Personal | |
| Born | 5 February 1952 |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University University of Chicago |
| Occupation | World Bosniak Congress (2012–present) |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | 1993 – September 2012 |
| Predecessor | Jakub Selimoski (as Grand Mufti of Yugoslavia) |
| Successor | Husein Kavazović |
Cerić ensured that Islam is a strong element of Bosniak nationalism and has argued that Bosnia and Herzegovina should become a Bosniak nation state as Croats and Serbs already have their own nation states, Croatia and Serbia.
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