Dragan Čović is a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the nation's Croat population. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine) is the head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ...
He was elected in October 2002 to serve a four-year term. He was taking his eight month turn as leader of the presidency between 2003 and 2004. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Before his election he had been a senior minister in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a lecturer at the University of Mostar. Federation of BiH shaded red Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Capital Sarajevo Area - Total - % water 26,110 km² n/a Population - Total (2002) - Density 2,318,972 88/km² Ethnic groups (2002) Bosniaks: 72,9% Croats: 21,8% Serbs: 4,4% and others: 1,0% President Niko Lozančić Anthem none...
Covic clinging to office "cannot be allowed to impede the country's future," Ashdown said.
Covic, who was due to take over the rotating chairmanship of the presidency in June, had no choice but to accept Ashdown's decision, which he called 'unconstitutional'.
Covic is the third Bosnia presidency member to be sacked or forced to leave under international pressure since the Office of the High Representative was set up to oversee implementation of the Dayton peace accords after the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
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