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Ministry of Justice of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ministarstvo pravde Bosne i Hercegovine Министарство правде Босне и Херцеговине
Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, seat of the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department overview
Formed	2002
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Minister responsible	Davor Bunoza
Website	http://mpr.gov.ba/

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The Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo pravde Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство правде Босне и Херцеговине) is the governmental department which oversees the judiciary body of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to operate from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) at the level of the newly established Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the end of the Bosnian War, and the signing of the Dayton Agreement, the Ministry of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Justice of the Republika Srpska started functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By 2008, the entity Ministries of Justice were responsible for the jurisdiction of the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the 2006 Bosnian general election and the formation of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina began functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Responsibilities

The Ministry of Justice has the authority to administer the following judicial institutions at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• Court Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina

List of ministers

Ministers of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–present)

Political parties:
  Serb Democratic Party (SDS)
  Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH)

No.	Portrait	Minister of Defence	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Kovač, SlobodanSlobodan Kovač (1936–2017)	23 December 2002	11 January 2007	4 years, 19 days	SDS
2		Čolak, BarišaBariša Čolak (born 1956)	11 January 2007	31 March 2015	8 years, 79 days	HDZ BiH
3		Grubeša, JosipJosip Grubeša (born 1978)	31 March 2015	25 January 2023	7 years, 300 days	HDZ BiH
4		Bunoza, DavorDavor Bunoza (born 1980)	25 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 364 days	HDZ BiH

Source: Rulers.org

See also

• Ministry of Justice
• Justice minister
• Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. "Nadležnosti". www.mpr.gov.ba. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

External links

• Official website

• Ministries of justice
• Government ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Lists of government ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ministries established in 2002