House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom and Serbian: Представнички Дом), is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The house of representatives of BiH consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 14 from the Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The new chamber was elected on October 3, 2010.
[edit] Chairmen of the House of Representatives
- Ivo Lozančić January 3, 1997 - September 16, 1997
- Slobodan Bijelić September 16, 1997 - May, 1998
- Halid Genjac May, 1998 - August, 1999
- Mirko Banjac August, 1999 - February 29, 2000
- Pero Skopljak February 29, 2000 - December 29, 2000
- Sead Avdić December 29, 2000 - August 29, 2001
- Željko Mirjanić August 29, 2001 - April, 2002
- Mariofil Ljubić April, 2002 - December 3, 2002
- Šefik Džaferović December 9, 2002 - August 8, 2003
- Nikola Špirić August 8, 2003 - April 8, 2004
- Martin Raguž April 8, 2004 - December 8, 2004
- Šefik Džaferović December 8, 2004 - August 8, 2005
- Nikola Špirić August 8, 2005 - April 8, 2006
- Martin Raguž April 8, 2006 - January, 2007
- Beriz Belkić January 11, 2007 - September 11, 2007
- Milorad Živković September 11, 2007 - January 13, 2008
- Niko Lozančić January 13, 2008 - January 12, 2009
- Beriz Belkić 12 Jan 2009 - 11 Sep 2009
- Milorad Zivkovic 11 Sep 2009 - 11 May 2010
- Niko Lozancic 11 May 2010 -
| Parties | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Party of Independent Social Democrats (Stranka nezavisnih socijaldemokrata)-Milorad Dodik | 7,265 | 0.85% | 0 | 262,203 | 46.93% | 7 | 7 |
| Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije) | 217,961 | 25.54% | 8 | 20,514 | 3.67% | 1 | 9 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu) | 196,230 | 22.99% | 7 | 23,257 | 4.16% | 1 | 8 |
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine) | 131,450 | 15.40% | 5 | 11,822 | 2.12% | 0 | 5 |
| Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka) | 108,616 | 19.44% | 3 | 3 | |||
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)-Hrvatska koalicija-HNZ | 68,188 | 7.99% | 3 | 1,145 | 0.20% | 0 | 3 |
| Croats Together (Hrvatsko Zajedništvo, coalition led by HDZ 1990) | 52,095 | 6.10% | 2 | 591 | 0.11% | 0 | 2 |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka-Sefer Halilović) | 37,608 | 4.41% | 1 | 866 | 0.16% | 0 | 1 |
| Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa RS ) | 28,410 | 5.08% | 1 | 1 | |||
| People's Party Work for Betterment (Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak) | 27,487 | 3.22% | 1 | 5,533 | 0.99% | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic People's Alliance (Demokratski narodni savez) | 232 | 0.03% | 0 | 19,868 | 3.56% | 1 | 1 |
| Democratic People's Community (Demokratska Narodna Zajednica) | 16,221 | 1.90% | 1 | 321 | 0.06% | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 14 | 42 | ||||
The current number of seats each party has in the House is as follows:
Party of Democratic Action
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Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croat Coalition HDZ-HSP
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| Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (Separate from other HDZ , more reactionary) | Parties with a single seat |
[edit] External links
- BiH Parliament Official website(Bosnian)-(Croatian)-(Serbian)-(English)
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