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Bosnia was once part of the country Yugoslavia which was under the rule of communist leader, Josip Broz Tito.
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After the death of Tito, many conflicts arose among Yugoslavia's six different republics.
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Beginning in the 1990s, the different republics began to split off into seperate countries.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in March 1992. Thsi angered Yugoslavia's Serb President, Slobodan Milosevic.
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The Bosnian Serb forces surrounded and attacked the major city Sarajevo. This was the longest bloody siege in modern histroy, killing more than 10,000 people.
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A U.S.-brokered peace treaty was signed in Dayton, Ohio, ending the war.
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The fighting concluded and the election of a Bosnian Muslim President Izetbegovic became the leader of the three memeber presidency.
