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's Central Electoral Commission removed Milorad Dodik as president of the Serb entity following a jail sentence upheld by an appeals court. Dodik, a key separatist figure, refutes the ruling and vows to maintain his position,

Milorad Dodik was responding to a ruling by Bosnia's appeals court upholding a sentence handed down to him for defying the orders of the international peace envoy, whose role is to prevent multi-ethnic Bosnia sliding back into civil war.