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 election commission on Wednesday removed the separatist Bosnian Serb president from office after an appeals court upheld a verdict jailing him for a year and banning him from political activity for six years.

Electoral authorities on Wednesday dismissed Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb separatist leader, from his position as president of the Serb entity