Bosnia’s Serb Republic has named Ana Trisic Babic as the temporary president. This marks the first official acknowledgment that former President Milorad Dodik is stepping down after a state court barred him from holding political office.

Trisic Babic, a close associate of Dodik, will serve as interim president for one month until new elections take place on November 23.

The parliament also revoked several separatist laws enacted over the past year following Dodik’s indictment for defying rulings from the international envoy and the constitutional court.

Dodik, a pro-Russian nationalist who advocates for the Serb Republic’s secession and unification with Serbia, had refused to resign and continued to act as president while appealing the court’s decision.

Recently, four of Dodik’s allies were removed from a U.S. sanctions list—a move Dodik welcomed, as he has been seeking to lift sanctions against himself.

Dodik has faced sanctions from the U.S., the U.K., and multiple European nations for undermining the Dayton peace agreement, which ended Bosnia’s war in the 1990s, with concerns that his separatist agenda threatens the country’s peace and stability.