SAO Northern Bosnia

Serb Autonomous Region of Northern Bosnia
Српска аутономна област Северна Босна (Serbian)
Srpska autonomna oblast Severna Bosna (Serbian)
1991–1992
Coat of arms
StatusSelf-proclaimed entity
CapitalDoboj
44°43′53″N 18°05′04″E / 44.73139°N 18.08444°E / 44.73139; 18.08444
GovernmentProvisional government
President of the Assembly 
 1991
Blagoje Simić
(SDP-BaH)
President of the Executive Council 
 1991–1992
Nikola Perišić
Historical eraBreakup of Yugoslavia
 Established
1991
 Disestablished
1992
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska (1992–95)

SAO Northern Bosnia (Serbian: САО Сјеверна Босна / SAO Sjeverna Bosna) was a self-proclaimed ethnic Serb Autonomous Region (Serbian: САО / SAO) in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SRBiH) in the prelude to the Bosnian War. It was established on 4 November 1991, being the last SAO to be proclaimed. It existed between November 1991 and 9 January 1992, when it became part of Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (later Republika Srpska). Blagoje Simić was the president of the Assembly of SAO Northern Bosnia from 4 November to 30 November 1991. Nikola Perišić was the President of the Executive Council of SAO Northern Bosnia from 4 November 1991 to 9 January 1992.