Mustafa Cerić
Mustafa Cerić | |
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Cerić in 2006 | |
| Title | Former Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 February 1952 |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University University of Chicago |
| Occupation | World Bosniak Congress (2012–present) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | April 1993 – 19 November 2012 |
| Predecessor | Jakub Selimoski (as Grand Mufti of Yugoslavia) |
| Successor | Husein Kavazović |
Mustafa ef. 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.
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.