Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the Parliament of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the legislature of the subnational political entity, see Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Highest legislative body of the country

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Peoples House of Representatives
Leadership
Chairman of the House of Peoples	Dragan Čović (HDZ BiH) since 16 June 2024
Chairman of the House of Representatives	Nebojša Radmanović (SNSD) since 1 April 2024
Structure

House of Peoples political groups	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)

House of Representatives political groups	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 per month
Elections
Last House of Representatives election	2 October 2022
Meeting place

Parliament Building Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 43°51′16.48″N 18°24′20.63″W / 43.8545778°N 18.4057306°W / 43.8545778; -18.4057306
Website
www.parlament.ba

Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina


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The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine / Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине) 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)

For a more comprehensive list, see List of presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Presidents of the People's Assembly (1953–1992)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
Presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Đuro Pucar (1899–1979)	December 1953	June 1963	SK BiH
2	Ratomir Dugonjić (1916–1987)	June 1963	1967	SK BiH
3	Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977)	1967	30 July 1971	SK BiH
4	Hamdija Pozderac (1924–1988)	30 July 1971	1978	SK BiH
5	Niko Mihaljević	1978	1981	SK BiH
6	Vaso Gačić	1981	1983	SK BiH
7	Ivica Blažević	1983	1984	SK BiH
8	Salko Oruč	1984	1987	SK BiH
9	Savo Čečur	1987	1989	SK BiH
10	Zlatan Karavdić	1989	20 December 1990	SK BiH
11	Momčilo Krajišnik (1945–2020)	20 December 1990	3 March 1992	SDS

Speakers of the Assembly (1992–1997)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Party
Presidents of the Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Momčilo Krajišnik (1945–2020)	3 March 1992	29 October 1992	SDS
2	Abdulah Konjicija (1929–2004)	29 October 1992	25 December 1992	SDA
3	Miro Lazović (1954–)	25 December 1992	3 January 1997	SDP BiH

References

"Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?". Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
"Building of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly". Parliament.ba. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
Rulers.org
"Parlamentarizam u Bosni i Hercegovini u periodu 1945.–1990". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

External links

BiH Parliament Official website (in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)

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