# Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push

Date: 2022

## The fact

On 5 May 2022 N1 recorded Croatian President [Zoran Milanović](/people/zoran-milanovic) saying that if Bosnian Croat parties pushed for a third semi-autonomous entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he would support the move, while calling the option extreme.

## Context

[Dragan Čović](/people/dragan-covic) and [Bakir Izetbegović](/people/bakir-izetbegovic) are unresolved person candidates. This run does not mint them. The path is [milanovic-polarising-presidency](/drivers/milanovic-polarising-presidency), not [territorial-revisionism](/drivers/territorial-revisionism) as a primary home.

June 2020 RTCG interview; 5 May 2022 N1 line. Store the 2022 support statement. Keep Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push on 2022-05-05 separate from neighbouring 5 May 2022 third-entity line, 29 December 2024 first round, 12 January 2025 runoff, and 1 July 2026 army clash.

The President of Croatia is head of state with a say in foreign policy, defence and security. He does not sit as the Sabor, as DIP, as the Chief of the General Staff, or as the European Commission. A 12 January 2025 runoff is not authorship of every later HDZ scandal. A Bosnia statement is not a completed Dayton amendment unless a court or gazette so holds on its own row.

## Evidence and sources

N1 Sarajevo carries the official instrument or communique. Nedeljnik records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is polarising presidency as dated Bosnia rhetoric, not territorial-revisionism as a primary home.

## What is established and what is not

Established: On 5 May 2022 he said he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push if those parties went that way, as recorded by N1.

Not established: A unique later entity map, or that Dayton Annex 4 was amended that afternoon.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Čović had announced territorial reorganisation. Izetbegović did not write the N1 line. He did not sit as a Bosnian parliament.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push, not a later speech about Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push on 2022-05-05 is not a licence to treat every later N1 Sarajevo communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Milanović says he would support a Bosnian Croat third-entity push into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He spoke. Čović had announced territorial reorganisation. Izetbegović did not write the N1 line. He did not sit as a Bosnian parliament. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Zoran Milanović: https://factrail.ai/people/zoran-milanovic

## Drivers

- Milanović polarising presidency: https://factrail.ai/drivers/milanovic-polarising-presidency

## Sources

- https://www.nedeljnik.rs/milanovic-najava-treceg-entiteta-u-bih-je-ekstremna-ali-moracu-da-je-podrzim/
- https://n1info.ba/english/news/croatias-president-bih-croats-are-prepared-for-establishment-of-third-entity/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hr-milanovic-third-entity-20220505