| Government Name: | Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Nativename: | Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине |
| State: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Address: | Trg BiH 1, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Leader Title: | Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Main Organ: | Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Ministries: | 9 (2023) |
The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Vlada Bosne i Hercegovine,), is the executive branch of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also called the Cabinet.
According to Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and confirmed by the national House of Representatives. The Chairman then appoints other ministers.
On 11 February 1999, Mirko Banjac, at the time Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, instituted a request for, among other issues, the evaluation of the constitutionality of the Law on the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 4/97) which foresaw the existence of two Co-Chairs and a Vice-Chair of the Council of Ministers. In its decision the Court had, among other things, stated the following:
The Court gave the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina a three-month period from the date of publication of its decision on this matter in the "Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" to bring the contested provisions of the Law in conformity with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Parliamentary Assembly failed to do that, the Court, acting upon the request of the applicant and pursuant to its decision of 14 August 1999 and the legal standpoint exemplified in the reasons of the decision, established that certain provisions of the Law on Ministers and Ministries shall cease to be valid.[1]
The Council is responsible for carrying out the policies and decisions in the fields of:
See main article: Cabinet of Borjana Krišto. The Cabinet is structured into the offices for the chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, the two vice chairs and 9 ministries.[2]
| ← Krišto Cabinet → (25 January 2023 – present) | ||||||
| Portfolio | Minister | Establishment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | Borjana Krišto | 3 January 1997 | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Staša Košarac | 3 January 1997 | ||||
| Minister of Defence Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Zukan Helez | 9 March 2004 | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Elmedin Konaković | 3 January 1997 | ||||
| Minister of Finance and Treasury | Srđan Amidžić | 22 June 2000 | ||||
| Minister of Security | Nenad Nešić | 23 December 2002 | ||||
| Minister of Justice | Davor Bunoza | 23 December 2002 | ||||
| Minister of Civil Affairs | Dubravka Bošnjak | 23 December 2002 | ||||
| Minister of Communication and Traffic | Edin Forto | 23 December 2002 | ||||
| Minister of Human Rights and Refugees | Sevlid Hurtić | 22 June 2000 | ||||