SAO Herzegovina

Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Herzegovina
Српска аутономна област Херцеговина
Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina
Self-proclaimed entity
←
 1991-1992 →

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Capital Trebinje
Government Provisional government
Historical era Breakup of Yugoslavia
 - Established 1991
 - Disestablished 1992

Serbian Autonomous Oblast (SAO) of Herzegovina (Serbian: Српска аутономна област Херцеговина, Srpska autonomna oblast Hercegovina ) was a Serbian self-proclaimed autonomous region (oblast) within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed by the Assembly of the Association of Municipalities of Bosnian Krajina in 1991[1] and was subsequently included into Republika Srpska. SAO Herzegovina was located in the geographical region of Herzegovina. It was also known as SAO Eastern Herzegovina (SAO Istočna Hercegovina / САО Источна Херцеговина).

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History

SAO Herzegovina was formed from the Association of Municipalities (a government in SFRY) known as Assembly of the Communities of Eastern Herzegovina, which was formed on 27 May 1991. The SAO Herzegovina was formed on 12 September 1991. It consisted of Eastern Herzegovina which had a Serb ethnic majority. Its capital was Trebinje.

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References

  1. ^ "The Prosecutor of the Tribunal against Slobodan Milosevic – Indictment". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080415001417/http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mil-ii011122e.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-16. 

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Timeline Prior to 1918 Creation
1918 – 1941		 World War II
1938 – 1945		 Socialist Yugoslavia
1943 – 1992		 Breakup & Yugoslav Wars
1990 –
Slovenia territories controlled by Austria-Hungary
(1867 – 1918)

Included Bay of Kotor

See also:

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
(1868 – 1918)

Kingdom of Dalmatia
(1815 – 1918)

Condominium of BIH
(1878 – 1918)		 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
(1918 – 1929)

↓ renamed ↓

Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(1929 – 1943)

See also:

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
(1918)

Republic of Prekmurje
(1919)

Banat, Bačka and Baranja (1918-1919)

Free State of Fiume
(Free 1920 – 1924;
Italy 1924 – 1947)		 annexed by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
(1941 – 1943/1945)
Prekmurje annexed by Hungary		 Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
(DFY, 1943 – 1946)

↓ renamed ↓

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
(FPRY, 1946 – 1963)

↓ renamed ↓

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(SFRY, 1963 – 1992)

Constituent federal subjects to the right		 SR Slovenia
(1944 – 1991)		 Republic of Slovenia
(since 1991; see Ten-Day War)
Dalmatia Independent State of Croatia
(1941 – 1945)

puppet of Nazi Germany, parts annexed by Fascist Italy

Međimurje and Baranja annexed by Hungary		 SR Croatia
(1943 – 1991)		 Republic of Croatia
(since 1991; see Croatian War of Independence)
See also:
SAO Kninska Krajina (1990) → SAO Krajina (1990 – 1991)
SAO Western Slavonia (1990 – 1991)
Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1990 – 1991)
↳ Republic of Serbian Krajina ↲ (1990 – 1995) → UNTAES (1996-1998)
Slavonia
Croatia
Bosnia SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
(1943 – 1992)		 Bosnia and Herzegovina
(since 1992; see Bosnian War); Consists of:
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1995)
Republika Srpska (since 1995)
Brčko District (since 2000)
See also: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
SAOs Bosanska Krajina, North-Eastern Bosnia, Romanija, & Herzegovina (1991 – 1992)
↳ Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ↲ (1992 – 1995)
Herzegovina
Vojvodina Autonomous Banat (formally part of Nedić's Serbia)
Bačka annexed by Hungary (1941 – 1944)
Syrmia annexed by Independent State of Croatia (1941 – 1944)		 SR Serbia
(1943 – 1990)

Included APs:
SAP Vojvodina &
SAP Kosovo		 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(1992 – 2003)

↓ renamed ↓

State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
(2003 – 2006)

Consisted of until 2006:
Republic of Serbia (1990)
Republic of Montenegro (1992)

See also:
Republic of Kosova
(1990 – 2000)		 Republic of Serbia
(2006 – 2008)

Included APs:
Vojvodina &
Kosovo and Metohija
(under UN administration)		 Republic of Serbia
(since 2006)

Includes AP Vojvodina
Serbia Kingdom of Serbia
(1882 – 1918)		 Nedić's Serbia
(1941 – 1944)
puppet of Nazi Germany
See also: Republic of Užice
Kosovo Kingdom of Serbia
(1912 – 1918)		 mostly annexed by Albania
(1941 – 1944)
along with western Macedonia and south-eastern Montenegro		 Republic of Kosovo
(since 2008)
Declared unilateral independence, which is since then only partially recognised
Metohija Kingdom of Montenegro
(1910 – 1918)

Metohija controlled by Austria-Hungary
(1915 – 1918)
Montenegro Protectorate annexed by Fascist Italy (1941 – 1943) and Nazi Germany
(1943 – 1944)
Smaller part annexed by Independent State of Croatia (1941 – 1944)		 SR Montenegro
(1943 – 1992)		 Montenegro
(since 2006)
Macedonia Kingdom of Serbia
(1912 – 1918)		 annexed by Kingdom of Bulgaria
(1941 – 1944)		 SR Macedonia
(1944 – 1991)		 Republic of Macedonia
(since 1991)