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Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine
Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине
since 20 November 2018
SeatPresidency Building (Sarajevo)
AppointerDirect election
Term lengthFour years
renewable once every individual term
First holderAlija Izetbegović
Momčilo Krajišnik
Krešimir Zubak
Salary3,091 EUR per month[1]
Websitewww.predsjednistvobih.ba

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine / Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] According to Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presidency comprises three members: one Bosniak, one Serb, and one Croat.[3] The Bosniak and Croat members are elected from a joint constituency in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst the Serb member is elected from voters in Republika Srpska.

The three members elected at any one election serve a collective four-year term. Similar to the Russian presidency, individuals are able to serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms, although there are no overall term limits.

Although the unsubdivided body is the collective head of state, one member is designated as Chairperson. The position of Chairperson rotates twice around the three members every eight months, with the candidate receiving the most votes overall becoming the first Chairperson over the four-year term.

Current members

Member of Presidency Photo Joined Presidency Party Representing Chairman terms[a]
style="background-color:Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Šefik Džaferović 20 November 2018
1st term 		SDA Bosniaks 20 March 2020 – 20 November 2020
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | Željko Komšić 20 November 2018
3rd term 		DF Croats 20 July 2019 – 20 March 2020
style="background-color:Template:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats/meta/color" | Milorad Dodik 20 November 2018
1st term 		SNSD Serbs 20 November 2018 – 20 July 2019
20 November 2020 – present

Powers, duties and responsibilities

The Presidency Building in central Sarajevo
See also: Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Presidency is responsible for:

  • Conducting the foreign policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • Appointing ambassadors and other international representatives, no more than two-thirds of which may come from the Federation;
  • Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in European and international organizations and institutions and seeking membership in such organizations and institutions of which it is not a member;
  • Negotiating, denouncing, and, with the consent of the Parliamentary Assembly, ratifying treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • Executing decisions of the Parliamentary Assembly;
  • Proposing, upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, an annual budget to the Parliamentary Assembly;
  • Reporting as requested, but no less than annually, to the Parliamentary Assembly on expenditures by the Presidency;
  • Coordinating as necessary with international and nongovernmental organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and;
  • Performing such other functions as may be necessary to carry out its duties, as may be assigned to it by the Parliamentary Assembly, or as may be agreed by the Entities.

List of Members of Presidency

Term Election Members Party Ethnicity
1
(13 October 1996 – 12 October 1998) 		1996 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Alija Izetbegović SDA Bosniak
style="background-color: Template:Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | Momčilo Krajišnik SDS Serb
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Krešimir Zubak HDZ BiH Croat
2
(13 October 1998 – 28 October 2002) 		1998 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Alija Izetbegović (until October 2000) SDA Bosniak
Halid Genjac (October 2000 – March 2001)
style="background-color: Template:Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Beriz Belkić (from March 2001) SBiH
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | Živko Radišić SP Serb
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Ante Jelavić (until March 2001) HDZ BiH Croat
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Jozo Križanović (from March 2001) SDP BiH
3
(28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006) 		2002 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Sulejman Tihić SDA Bosniak
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | Mirko Šarović (until April 2003) SDS Serb
Borislav Paravac (from April 2003)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Dragan Čović (until March 2005) HDZ BiH Croat
Ivo Miro Jović (from March 2005)
4
(6 November 2006 – 17 November 2010) 		2006 style="background-color: Template:Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Haris Silajdžić SBiH Bosniak
style="background-color: Template:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats/meta/color" | Nebojša Radmanović SNSD Serb
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Željko Komšić SDP BiH Croat
5
(17 November 2010 – 17 November 2014) 		2010 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Bakir Izetbegović SDA Bosniak
style="background-color: Template:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats/meta/color" | Nebojša Radmanović SNSD Serb
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Željko Komšić SDP BiH (until 2012) Croat
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | DF (from 2013)
6
(17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018) 		2014 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Bakir Izetbegović SDA Bosniak
style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Progress/meta/color" | Mladen Ivanić PDP Serb
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" | Dragan Čović HDZ BiH Croat
7
(20 November 2018 – ) 		2018 style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" | Šefik Džaferović SDA Bosniak
style="background-color: Template:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats/meta/color" | Milorad Dodik SNSD Serb
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" | Željko Komšić DF Croat

See also

Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constitution
Presidency
Recent elections
Foreign relations
Political divisions
flag Bosnia and Herzegovina portal

References

  1. ^ "Infographic: What are the Monthly Salaries of Presidents in the Region - Sarajevo Times". Sarajevo Times. 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.predsjednistvobih.ba/nadl/default.aspx?id=18268&langTag=en-US[permanent dead link‍]

Notes

  1. ^ Current 2018–2022 term only
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