Bosniaks are an ethnic minority inMontenegro, first introduced in the 2003 census. According to the last census from 2023, the total number of Bosniaks in Montenegro was 58,956 or 9.45% of the population. Bosniaks are the third largest ethnic group in the country, afterMontenegrins andSerbs.^[1]

Bosniaks of Montenegro
Bošnjaci u Crnoj Gori
Бошњаци у Црној Гори

The national flag of the Bosniaks of Sandžak
Total population
58,956(2023 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Rožaje Municipality (84.66%) Petnjica Municipality (83.96%) Plav Municipality (65.64%) Gusinje Municipality (57.13%) Bijelo Polje Municipality (31.85%) Tuzi Municipality (13.65%)
Languages
Bosnian,Montenegrin
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
OtherSouth Slavs

Bosniaks primarily live in theSandžak area of northern Montenegro, and form the majority of the population in four municipalities:Rožaje (84.7%),Petnjica (84%),Plav (65.6%) andGusinje (57.1%).^[1]

• The main political party of Bosniaks is theBosniak Party (BS), led byErvin Ibrahimović. The party currently has three seats inParliament of Montenegro.
• There is also the Justice and Reconciliation Party in Montenegro (SPP u Crnoj Gori), led by Hazbija Kalač.

The majority of Bosniaks of Montenegro were in favor of Montenegrin independence during theindependence referendum in 2006.

TheBCMS dialects ofGusinje andPlav show a very high structural influence from Albanian. Its uniqueness in terms of language contact between Albanian and BCMS is explained by the fact that most BCMS speakers there are ofAlbanian origin.^[2]

Today, the majority of Bosniaks are predominantlySunni Muslim and adhere to theHanafi school of thought/jurisprudence, the largest and oldestschool of jurisprudence withinSunni Islam.

Notable Bosniaks from Montenegro, past and present, include:

• Izudin Bajrović, actor
• Moamer Kasumović, actor and producer

• Danijel Alibabić, singer
• Senida Hajdarpašić, singer
• Dado Polumenta, singer
• Šako Polumenta, singer
• Ekrem Jevrić, singer

• Sait Orahovac, writer

• Šerbo Rastoder, historian

• Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić, Ottoman statesman and government official
• Rifat Rastoder, politician, writer and journalist
• Rafet Husović, politician
• Selmo Cikotić, Bosnian politician
• Ervin Ibrahimović, politician
• Mevludin Nuhodžić, politician
• Seid Hadžić, politician

• Fahrudin Radončić, entrepreneur and politician

• Refik Šabanadžović, former footballer
• Sead Šehović, basketball player
• Suad Šehović, basketball player
• Elsad Zverotić, footballer
• Damir Čakar, former footballer
• Sead Kolašinac, footballer
• Dženan Pejčinović, footballer
• Dženan Radončić, former footballer
• Sead Hakšabanović, footballer
• Mirsad Huseinović, former footballer in the U.S.
• Majda Mehmedović, handball player
• Fuad Muzurović, former Bosnian footballer
• Ajsel Kujović, former Swedish footballer
• Emir Kujović, Swedish footballer
• Dino Radončić, basketball player
• Elsad Zverotić, former footballer
• Derviš Hadžiosmanović, football coach and former player
• Arian Sadiković, kickboxer
• Refik Šabanadžović, former footballer
• Anel Šabanadžović, footballer
• Emir Spahić, footballer
• Izet Hajrović, footballer
• Emir Azemović, footballer
• Armin Bošnjak, footballer
• Tarik Hadžić, alpine skier
• Sead Hajrović, footballer
• Alma Hasanić Grizović, handball player
• Ferid Idrizović, former footballer
• Dino Islamović, footballer
• Emrah Klimenta, footballer
• Edvin Muratović, footballer
• Fuad Muzurović, football manager and former player
• Adnan Orahovac, footballer
• Dženan Radončić, footballer
• Ermin Seratlić, footballer
• Aldin Skenderović, footballer
• Dževad Turković, footballer
• Elsad Zverotić, footballer

• Hafiz Abdurahman Kujević, professor atIU Novi Pazar and W madrasa
• Sead Nasufović, Bosniak Islamic cleric and Grand Mufti (Reis ul-Ulema) of Serbia

• Sabiha Gökçen, aviator
• Sinan Bey Boljanić, sanjak-bey
• Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman statesman and navy's grand admiral
• Osman Rastoder, commander of the Muslim militia

• Sandžak region
• Bosniaks
• Bosniaks of Serbia
• Islam in Montenegro

• Sandžak information
• Congress of North American Bosniaks