Wife Of Bosnian Ex-President Loses Position After Academic Titles Annulled

Sebija Izetbegovic, the wife of the former Muslim member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, was fired from her position as a professor at Bosnia's top medical school last month, Sarajevo University head Rifat Skrijel told RFE/RL on May 16. Skrijel said Izetbegovic was fired on April 24 after she was stripped in quick succession of her master's and doctoral degrees, as well as her title of professor in recent weeks. Doubts over her academic credentials surfaced in 2021, when no proof of her passing the exams needed for her titles could be found in university archives in Croatia, where she said she had graduated. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.