House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

House of Representatives
Predstavnički dom
Zastupnički dom
Представнички дом
Legislature:9th legislature
Coa Pic:Logo of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png
House Type:Lower house
Term Length:4 years
Leader1 Type:Chairperson
Leader1:Nebojša Radmanović
Party1:(SNSD)
Election1:1 April 2024
Leader2 Type:Vice-chairpeople
Leader2:Denis Zvizdić (NiP)
Marinko Čavara (HDZ BiH)
Members:42
Structure1:BiH HoR 2022.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups1:Government (20)

SNSD (6)

SDP BiH (5)

HDZ BiH (4)

NiP (3)

NS (2)Supported by (3)

DEMOS (1)

US (1)

BHI (1)Opposition (19)

SDA (8)

DFGS (3)

SDS (2)

PDP (2)

NES (2)

ZPR (1)

NPD (1)

Salary:2,564 EUR per month[1]
Last Election1:2 October 2022
Next Election1:4 October 2026
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 Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом Босне и Херцеговине) 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 chamber 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 Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 2 October 2022.

Electoral system

The house is elected by party-list proportional representation with open lists. For the first two elections, representatives were elected from nationwide lists, but in 2000, local representation was introduced. Eight constituencies, known as electoral units, each elect between three and six representatives, giving a total of 30. To ensure proportionality, a further 12 representatives are elected on a entity-wide basis. Each entity is allocated a number of these entity-wide seats, 7 members from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 from Republika Srpska.[2] When a party is entitled to one of these entity-wide seats, it is given to the candidate from the party who receives the most votes without being elected in his or her electoral unit, located in one of the two entities.

Brčko District voters are entitled to vote in only one of the two entities. Their vote is allocated to the corresponding electoral unit, depending on which entity the voter is voting from.

Current composition

In-House GroupsPartiesRepresentatives
Party of Democratic Action
SDA8
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
SNSD6
Social Democratic Party
SDP BiH5
Croatian Democratic Union
HDZ BiH4
Democratic Front
DF3
People and Justice
NiP3
Serb Democratic Party
SDS2
Party of Democratic Progress
PDP2
Our Party
NS2
People's European Union
NES2
For Justice and Order
ZPR1
Democratic Union
DEMOS1
United Srpska
US1
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative
BHI1
Forward
NPD1
Total42

Chairmen of the House of Representatives

NameTerm of OfficeParty
13 January 1997 2 September 1997 HDZ BiH
2Slobodan Bijelić 2 September 1997 2 May 1998 SDS
32 May 1998 2 August 1999 SDA
4Mirko Banjac 2 August 1999 2 April 2000 SDS
5Pero Skopljak 2 April 2000 29 December 2000 HDZ BiH
6Sead Avdić 28 August 2001 SDP BiH
7Željko Mirjanić 28 August 2001 28 April 2002 SNSD
8Mariofil Ljubić 28 April 2002 9 December 2002 HDZ BiH
99 December 2002 8 August 2003 SDA
108 August 2003 8 April 2004 SNSD
118 April 2004 8 December 2004 HDZ BiH
128 December 2004 8 August 2005 SDA
138 August 2005 8 April 2006 SNSD
148 April 2006 11 January 2007 HDZ 1990
1511 January 2007 10 September 2007 SBiH
1610 September 2007 10 May 2008 SNSD
1710 May 2008 10 January 2009 HDZ BiH
1810 January 2009 10 September 2009 SBiH
1910 September 2009 10 May 2010 SNSD
2010 May 2010 30 November 2010 HDZ BiH
21Adnan Bašić 30 November 2010 20 May 2011 SBB BiH
2220 May 2011 19 January 2012 SDP BiH
2319 January 2012 19 September 2012 SNSD
2419 May 2013
2519 May 2013 19 January 2014 SDP BiH
2619 January 2014 SNSD
2719 September 2014 9 December 2014 Ind.
289 December 2014 8 August 2015 SDA
298 August 2015 8 April 2016 HDZ BiH
308 April 2016 8 December 2016 SDS
318 December 2016 8 August 2017 SDA
328 August 2017 8 April 2018 HDZ BiH
338 April 2018 6 December 2018 SDS
346 December 2018 5 August 2019 HDZ BiH
355 August 2019 5 April 2020 SDA
365 April 2020 5 December 2020 SNSD
375 December 2020 5 August 2021 HDZ BiH
385 August 2021 5 April 2022 NiP
395 April 2022 1 December 2022 SNSD
401 December 2022 1 August 2023 NiP
411 August 2023 1 April 2024 HDZ BiH
421 April 2024 Incumbent SNSD

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: Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2001. Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Unofficial Translation). 10 February 2022. Office of the High Representative.