2021 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Events in the year 2021 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Incumbents

• Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • • Milorad Dodik
    • Šefik Džaferović
    • Željko Komšić
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Zoran Tegeltija

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina

January

• 1 January – 2021 Tribistovo poisoning: Eight teenagers from the town of Posušje, aged between 18 and 19, died during New Year's Eve, the cause of death being suffocation from inhaling toxic gas, later reported as carbon monoxide poisoning. ^[1] A national day of mourning was held on 2 January. ^[2]

February

• 12 February – COVID-19 vaccination for the COVID-19 pandemic started in the entity of Republika Srpska, with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine used. ^[3]
• 21 February – Municipal elections were repeated in the cities of Doboj and Srebrenica to elect mayors and assemblies. ^[4]

March

• 2 March – Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić came to Sarajevo and donated 10,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]
• 10 March – COVID-19 vaccination for the COVID-19 pandemic started in the entity of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the AstraZeneca vaccine donated from Vučić used. ^[6]
• 25 March – The first doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, 24,300 of them, arrived through COVAX at the Sarajevo International Airport. ^[7] The same day, 26,400 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived also through COVAX at the Sarajevo International Airport. ^[8]

April

• 8 April – Benjamina Karić is elected to become the 39th Mayor of Sarajevo. ^[9]

November

• 4 November – 2021 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Deaths

Jovan Divjak

Main article: Deaths in 2021

Further information: Category:2021 deaths

March

• 26 March – Želimir Altarac Čičak, rock promoter, poet, songwriter, music critic, and publicist (b. 1947). ^[10]

April

• 8 April – Jovan Divjak, Bosnian army general (b. 1937). ^[11]

June

• 3 June – Murat Šaran, Bosnian professional footballer (b. 1949). ^[12]

September

• 3 September – Ljubo Bešlić, politician, mayor of Mostar (b. 1958). ^[13]
• 5 September – Živko Radišić, politician, member and chairman of the Presidency (b. 1937). ^[14]

November

• 7 November 2021 – Hasan Čengić, politician (b. 1957). ^[15]

References

1. A.Z. (1 January 2021). "Poginuli u Posušju imali između 18 i 19 godina, pronašle ih osobe iz susjedne vikendice" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. D.Be. (1 January 2021). "U cijeloj BiH sutra proglašen Dan žalosti zbog smrti osmero tinejdžera kod Posušja" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. B.R. (12 February 2021). "Počela vakcinacija u BiH: Rusku vakcinu protiv korone prvi dobio direktor UKC-a RS" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. B.R. (21 February 2021). "Ponovoljeni izbori: U Srebrenici bojkot probosanskih stranaka, SNSD u Doboju očekuje pobjedu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
5. R.D. (2 March 2021). "Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić sletio u Sarajevo s donacijom vakcina" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
6. N.V. (10 March 2021). "Počela vakcinacija protiv korone u Sarajevu: Ednan Drljević prvi primio vakcinu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
7. N.V. (25 March 2021). "U Bosnu i Hercegovinu konačno stigle prve doze Pfizer vakcine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
8. I.S. (25 March 2021). "U BiH preko COVAX-a došla i pošiljka vakcina AstraZenece" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
9. R.D. (8 April 2021). "Benjamina Karić je zvanično nova gradonačelnica Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
10. D. Be. (27 March 2021). "Preminuo je Želimir Altarac Čičak, legenda sarajevske muzičke scene" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. Fu. M. (8 April 2021). "Preminuo Jovan Divjak" (in Bosnian). avaz.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
12. K.H. (3 June 2021). "Preminuo Murat Šaran, legendarni nogometaš Sarajeva i španskog Levantea" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
13. "Preminuo Ljubo Bešlić, bivši gradonačelnik Mostara" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-03. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
14. R.D. (5 September 2021). "Preminuo Živko Radišić, bivši član Predsjedništva BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
15. G.M. (7 November 2021). "Preminuo Hasan Čengić, jedan od osnivača SDA" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 7 November 2021.