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Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Collective head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Collective head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| post | Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| native_name | Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine | ||||
| Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине | |||||
| insignia | Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg | ||||
| insigniasize | 80px | ||||
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| image | [[File:Denis Bećirović at Palazzo del Quirinale, 2024.jpg | 92px]] [[File:Željka Cvijanović (2024-12-18).jpg | 87px]] [[File:Željko Komšić (2025-12-17) (cropped).jpg | 93px]] | |
| incumbent | Denis Bećirović | ||||
| Željka Cvijanović | |||||
| Željko Komšić | |||||
| incumbentsince | 16 November 2022 | ||||
| seat | Presidency Building, Sarajevo | ||||
| appointer | Direct election | ||||
| termlength | Four years | ||||
| termlength_qualified | renewable once consecutively | ||||
| constituting_instrument | Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) | ||||
| first | Alija Izetbegović | ||||
| Momčilo Krajišnik | |||||
| Krešimir Zubak | |||||
| salary | 3,091 EUR per month | ||||
| {{cite web | url | http://www.sarajevotimes.com/infographic-monthly-salaries-presidents-region/ | title=Infographic: What are the Monthly Salaries of Presidents in the Region - Sarajevo Times | date=25 February 2018 | work=Sarajevo Times}} |
| website | |||||
| status | Head of state |
Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине Željka Cvijanović Željko Komšić Momčilo Krajišnik Krešimir Zubak The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the presidency comprises three members: one Bosniak, one Serb, and one Croat. 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. 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 | Portrait | Took office | Party | Representing | Chairman terms | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats}}" | Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Bećirović | [[File:Denis Bećirović at Palazzo del Quirinale, 2024.jpg | 50px]] | 16 November 2022 | ||||||||
| (1st term) | SDP BiH | Bosniaks | 16 March 2024 – 16 November 2024 | ||||||||
| Željka Cvijanović | [[File:Željka Cvijanović (2024-12-18).jpg | 50px]] | 16 November 2022 | ||||||||
| (1st term) | SNSD | Serbs | 16 November 2022 – 16 July 2023 | ||||||||
| 16 November 2024 – 16 July 2025 | |||||||||||
| Željko Komšić | [[File:Željko Komšić (2025-12-17) (cropped).jpg | 50px]] | 20 November 2018 | ||||||||
| (4th term) | DF | Croats | 16 July 2023 – 16 March 2024 | ||||||||
| 16 July 2025 – present |
Powers, duties and responsibilities
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
| Term | Election | Members | Party | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| (13 October 1996 – 12 October 1998) | 1996 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Alija Izetbegović | SDA | |
| Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | Momčilo Krajišnik | SDS | Serb | ||
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Krešimir Zubak | HDZ BiH | Croat | ||
| 2 | |||||
| (13 October 1998 – 28 October 2002) | 1998 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Alija Izetbegović (until October 2000) | SDA | |
| Halid Genjac (October 2000 – March 2001) | |||||
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Beriz Belkić (from March 2001) | SBiH | |||
| Socialist Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | Živko Radišić | SP | Serb | ||
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Ante Jelavić (until March 2001) | HDZ BiH | Croat | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Jozo Križanović (from March 2001) | SDP BiH | |||
| 3 | |||||
| (28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006) | 2002 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Sulejman Tihić | SDA | |
| Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | Mirko Šarović (until April 2003) | SDS | Serb | ||
| Borislav Paravac (from April 2003) | |||||
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Dragan Čović (until May 2005) | HDZ BiH | Croat | ||
| Ivo Miro Jović (from May 2005) | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| (6 November 2006 – 10 November 2010) | 2006 | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Haris Silajdžić | SBiH | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats}}" | Nebojša Radmanović | SNSD | Serb | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Željko Komšić | SDP BiH | Croat | ||
| 5 | |||||
| (10 November 2010 – 17 November 2014) | 2010 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Bakir Izetbegović | SDA | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats}}" | Nebojša Radmanović | SNSD | Serb | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Željko Komšić | SDP BiH (until 2012) | Croat | ||
| Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | DF (from 2013) | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| (17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018) | 2014 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Bakir Izetbegović | SDA | |
| Party of Democratic Progress}}" | Mladen Ivanić | PDP | Serb | ||
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Dragan Čović | HDZ BiH | Croat | ||
| 7 | |||||
| (20 November 2018 – 16 November 2022) | 2018 | Party of Democratic Action}}" | Šefik Džaferović | SDA | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats}}" | Milorad Dodik | SNSD | Serb | ||
| Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | Željko Komšić | DF | Croat | ||
| 8 | |||||
| (16 November 2022 – present) | 2022 | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}" | Denis Bećirović | SDP BiH | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats}}" | Željka Cvijanović | SNSD | Serb | ||
| Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}" | Željko Komšić | DF | Croat |
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