Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician and political theorist who served as the first president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996. He later served as the first chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1998, and then briefly in 2000. He was also the founder and first president of the Party of Democratic Action. Wikipedia