House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

House of Peoples of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coa Pic:Logo of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png
House Type:Upper house
Term Length:4 years
Leader1 Type:Chairman
Leader1:Dragan Čović
Party1:(HDZ BiH)
Election1:16 June 2024
Leader2 Type:Vice-chairmen
Leader2:Nikola Špirić (SNSD)
Kemal Ademović (NiP)
Members:15
Structure1:BiH HoP 2022.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups1:Bosniak caucus (5):

Croat caucus (5):

Serb caucus (5):

Salary:2,564 EUR per month[1]
Last Election1:16 February 2023
Session Room:Parliament (6042784223).jpg
Meeting Place:Parliament Building
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
43.8546°N -18.4057°W
Website:www.parlament.ba

The House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (separator=/|Dom naroda Bosne i Hercegovine|Дом народа Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established through the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995.

It has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 Bosniaks, 5 Serbs, and 5 Croats. According to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the members of the House of Peoples are appointed so that "designated Croat and Bosniak delegates from the Federation shall be selected, respectively, by the Croat and Bosniak delegates to the House of Peoples of the Federation. delegates from Republika Srpska shall be selected by the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska."[2]

Chairmen of the House of Peoples

NameTerm of OfficeParty
1 Momir Tošić 3 January 1997 2 September 1997 SDS
2 Avdo Čampara 3 September 1997 2 May 1998 SDA
3Petar Majić 3 May 1998 3 December 1998 HDZ BiH
4 4 December 1998 3 August 1999 HDZ BiH
5 Izet Žigić 4 August 1999 3 April 2000 SBiH
6 Drago Ljubičić 4 April 2000 20 March 2001 SNS
7 Ilija Šimić 20 March 2001 19 November 2001 HSS BiH
8 Sejfudin Tokić 20 November 2001 19 July 2002 SDP BiH
9 20 July 2002 31 January 2003 SNSD
10 Velimir Jukić 31 January 2003 29 September 2003 HDZ BiH
11 Mustafa Pamuk 30 September 2003 30 May 2004 SDA
12 Goran Milojević 31 May 2004 30 January 2005 PDP
13 Velimir Jukić 31 January 2005 29 September 2005 HDZ BiH
14 Mustafa Pamuk 30 September 2005 30 May 2006 SDA
15 Goran Milojević 31 May 2006 14 March 2007 PDP
16 Ilija Filipović 14 March 2007 13 November 2007 HDZ BiH
17 14 November 2007 13 July 2008 SDA
18 14 July 2008 26 February 2009 PDP
19 Dušanka Majkić 26 February 2009 13 March 2009 SNSD
20 Ilija Filipović 14 March 2009 13 November 2009 HDZ BiH
21 14 November 2009 13 July 2010 SDA
22 Dušanka Majkić 14 July 2010 9 June 2011 SNSD
23 9 June 2011 8 February 2012
249 February 2012 8 October 2012 HDZ BiH
25 9 October 2012 8 June 2013 SDA
26 9 June 2013 5 November 2013 SDS
275 November 2013 8 February 2014 SNSD
289 February 2014 17 November 2014 HDZ BiH
2916 February 2015[3] 16 October 2015 HDZ BiH
3017 October 2015 15 June 2016 SDS
31 Safet Softić 16 June 2016 15 February 2017 SDA
3216 February 2017 15 October 2017 HDZ BiH
3316 October 2017 15 June 2018 DNS
34Safet Softić 16 June 2018 6 December 2018 SDA
357 December 2018 28 February 2019 HDZ BiH
3628 February 2019 28 October 2019 SDA
3728 October 2019 28 June 2020 HDZ BiH
3828 June 2020 28 February 2021 SNSD
3928 February 2021 28 October 2021 SDA
4028 October 2021 28 June 2022 HDZ BiH
4128 June 2022 16 October 2023 SNSD
4216 October 2023 16 June 2024 NiP
4316 June 2024 Incumbent HDZ BiH

List of delegates

Bosniak delegates

ConvocationDelegates[4]
1996–1998Mirsad Ćeman
(SDA)
Avdo Čampara
(SDA)
Adem Borić
(SDA)
Mehmed Čorhodžić
(SDA)
Salih Kulenović
(SDA)
1998–2000Šefik Džaferović
(SDA)
Ismet Šarčević
(SDA)
Mugdim Herceg
(SDP BiH)
Izet Žigić
(SBiH)
2000–2002Halid Genjac
(SDA)
Ibrahim Spahić
(GDS)
Sejfudin Tokić
(SDP BiH)
Munib Jusufović
(SBiH)
2002–2006Hasan Čengić
(SDA)
Osman Brka
(SDA)
Hilmo Neimarlija
(SDA)/(SBiH)
Mustafa Pamuk
(SBiH)
2006–2010Sulejman Tihić
(SDA)
Hazim Rančić
(SDA)
Alma Čolo
(SDA)
Adem Ibrahimpašić
(SDP BiH)
2010–2014Halid Genjac
(SDA)
Nermina Kapetanović
(SDA)
Seudin Hodžić
(SDP BiH)
Mehmed Bradarić
(SDP BiH)
2014–2018Safet Softić
(SDA)
Sead Kadić
(SDA)
Sifet Podžić
(DF)
Fahrudin Radončić
(SBB BiH)
2018–2022Bakir Izetbegović
(SDA)
Asim Sarajlić
(SDA)
Amir Fazlić
(SDA)
Denis Bećirović
(SDP BiH)
Munib Jusufović
(SBB BiH)
2022–Šefik Džaferović
(SDA)
Safet Softić
(SDA)
Kemal Ademović
(NiP)
Dženan Đonlagić
(DF)
Džemal Smajić
(SBiH)

Croat delegates

ConvocationDelegates
1996–1998Mariofil Ljubić
(HDZ BiH)
Petar Majić
(HDZ BiH)
Pero Marković
(HDZ BiH)
Stipo Vujević
(HDZ BiH)
Ivo Andrić Lužanski
(HDZ BiH)
1998–2000Ivan Madunić
(HDZ BiH)
Zoran Marić
(HDZ BiH)
Vladimir Šoljić
(HDZ BiH)
Vinko Zorić
(HDZ BiH)
Ivo Živković
(HDZ BiH)/(NHI)
2000–2002Ivo Divković
(SDP BiH)
Niko Sušac
(SDP BiH)
Jerko Ivanković
(NSRzB)
Ilija Šimić
(HSS BiH)
2002–2006Tomislav Limov
(SDP BiH)
Velimir Jukić
(HDZ BiH)
Anto Spajić
(HDZ BiH)
Branko Zrno
(HDZ BiH)
Ilija Filipović
(HDZ BiH)
2006–2010Rudo Vidović
(HDZ 1990)
Božo Rajić
(HDZ 1990)
Ivo Miro Jović
(HDZ BiH)
2010–2014Krunoslav Vrdoljak
(SDP BiH)
Martin Raguž
(HDZ 1990)
Stjepan Krešić
(HSP BiH)
Dragan Čović
(HDZ BiH)
Borjana Krišto
(HDZ BiH)
2014–2018Mario Karamatić
(HSS BiH)
Ljilja Zovko
(HDZ BiH)
Zdenka Džambas
(HDZ BiH)
Bariša Čolak
(HDZ BiH)
2018–2022Zlatko Miletić
(DF)/(ZNG)
Lidija Bradara
(HDZ BiH)
Marina Pendeš
(HDZ BiH)
Dragan Čović
(HDZ BiH)
2022–Ilija Cvitanović
(HDZ 1990)
Zdenko Ćosić
(HDZ BiH)

Serb delegates

ConvocationDelegates
1996–1998Momir Tošić
(SDS)
Milan Krnjajić
(SDS)
Vojislav Maksimović
(SDS)
Borislav Paravac
(SDS)
Borivoje Sendić
(SDS)
1998–2000Drago Ljubičić
(SNS)
Đoko Pajić
(SRSRS)
Momir Malić
(SP)
Ristan Ristić
(SNSD)
2000–2002Momčilo Novaković
(SDS)
Nikola Špirić
(PDP)
Dragutin Rodić
(DNS)
Dragutin Ilić
(SP)
Goran Turjačanin
(SNSD)
2002–2006Nade Radović
(SDS)
Goran Milojević
(PDP)
Vinko Radovanović
(PDP)
Zoran Spasojević
(SDS)
Boško Šiljegović
(SDS)
2006–2010Slobodan Šaraba
(SDS)
Mladen Ivanić
(PDP)
Dušanka Majkić
(SNSD)
Drago Ljubičić
(SNSD)
Zoran Koprivica
(SNSD)
2010–2014Ognjen Tadić
(SDS)/(DNS)
Dragutin Rodić
(DNS)
Krstan Simić
(SNSD)
Staša Košarac
(SNSD)
2014–2018Darko Babalj
(SDS)
Nebojša Radmanović
(SNSD)
Sredoje Nović
(SNSD)
2018–2022Lazar Prodanović
(SNSD)
Mladen Bosić
(SDS)
Dušanka Majkić
(SNSD)
Nikola Špirić
(SNSD)
2022–Radovan Kovačević
(SNSD)
Želimir Nešković
(SDS)
Nenad Vuković
(PDP)

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?. 7 April 2024. Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute . 2024-04-04 . www.constituteproject.org . en.
  3. acting until 16 February 2015
  4. Web site: Delegates.