Bosnia’s electoral authorities have removed separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court verdict sentencing him to one year in jail and a six-year ban on all political activities.

Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has formally removed Milorad Dodik from his post as president of the country’s Serb entity, Republika Srpska, following the confirmation of a one-year prison sentence handed down by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia's electoral authorities stripped Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of his presidency Wednesday after a state-level appeals chamber upheld a verdict sentencing him to a six-year ban from politics.