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Bosnia Elects Croat Leader Of Federation

SARAJEVO -- Bosnia's parliament voted unanimously Tuesday for a wounded Bosnian Croat war veteran to become the first president of a new Moslem-Croat federation in the former Yugoslav republic. Under an agreement between the two former foes, Kresimir Zubak, a 46-year-old former judge, replaces Alija Izetbegovic, a Moslem who has headed the country's collective leadership since the civil war began over two years ago. The parliament, meeting in besieged Sarajevo to ratify the agreement on the new federation forged in Washington and Vienna earlier this year, elected Ejup Ganic, a Moslem, as vice president. Zubak came to prominence after he replaced a Croat hardliner as head of the self-styled Bosnian Croat region of Herceg-Bosna.

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