Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине
Coa Pic:	Logo of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png
House Type:	Bicameral
Houses:	House of Peoples
Leader1 Type:	Chairman of the House of Peoples
Leader1:	Dragan Čović
Party1:	(HDZ BiH)
Election1:	16 June 2024
Leader2 Type:	Chairman of the House of Representatives
Leader2:	Nebojša Radmanović
Party2:	(SNSD)
Election2:	1 April 2024
Structure1:	BiH HoP 2022.svg
Structure1 Res:	250px
Structure2:	BiH HoR 2022.svg
Structure2 Res:	250px
House1:	House of Peoples
House2:	House of Representatives
Political Groups1:	Bosniak caucus (5): SDA (2) DF (1) NiP (1) SBiH (1) Croat caucus (5): HDZ BiH (3) HDZ 1990 (1) ZNG (1) Serb caucus (5): SNSD (3) SDS (1) PDP (1)
Political Groups2:	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) DF–GS (3) SDS (2) PDP (2) NES (2) ZPR (1) NPD (1)
Salary:	2,564 EUR per month^[1]
Last Election2:	2 October 2022
Session Room:	Parliament (6042784223).jpg
Meeting Place:	Parliament Building^[2] Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.8546°N -18.4057°W
Website:	www.parlament.ba

The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine|Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине|separator=" / ") is the bicameral legislative body of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of the following two chambers.

• The House of Peoples (Dom naroda / Дом народа) has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of the entities: 5 members elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (5 Serb delegates), 5 members - by the Bosniak club of the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (5 Bosniak delegates) and 5 members - by the Croat club of the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (5 Croat delegates).
• The House of Representatives (Bosnian and Serbian: Predstavnički dom / Представнички дом, Croatian: Zastupnički dom) has 42 members, elected for a four-year terms by proportional representation.

Its predecessors were the unicameral Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Presidents (1953–1997)

See main article: List of presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Presidents of the People's Assembly (1953–1992)^{[3] [4]}

	Portrait	width=180	Name	Term of Office		Party
Presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1		Đuro Pucar	December 1953	June 1963	SK BiH
2		Ratomir Dugonjić	June 1963	1967	SK BiH
3		Džemal Bijedić	1967	30 July 1971	SK BiH
4		Hamdija Pozderac	30 July 1971	1978	SK BiH
5			1978	1981	SK BiH
6			1981	1983	SK BiH
7			1983	1984	SK BiH
8			1984	1987	SK BiH
9			1987	1989	SK BiH
10			1989	20 December 1990	SK BiH
11		Momčilo Krajišnik	20 December 1990	3 March 1992	SDS

Speakers of the Assembly (1992–1997)

	Portrait	width=180	Name	Term of Office		Party
Presidents of the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1		Momčilo Krajišnik	3 March 1992	29 October 1992	SDS
2		Abdulah Konjicija	29 October 1992	25 December 1992	SDA
3		Miro Lazović	25 December 1992	3 January 1997	SDP BiH

See also

• Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Historical assemblies:
  • Stanak
  • Diet of Bosnia
• List of legislatures by country

External links

• BiH Parliament Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?. 7 April 2024. Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023.
2. Web site: Building of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly . Parliament.ba . 25 October 2020.
3. http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#bosnia_and_herzegovina Rulers.org
4. Web site: Parlamentarizam u Bosni i Hercegovini u periodu 1945.–1990. . 2013-10-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322092954/https://www.parlament.ba/istorija/default.aspx?id=27881&langtag=en-us&template_id=5 . 2016-03-22 .