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 Representatives (Bosnian and Serbian: Predstavnički dom / Представнички дом, Croatian: Zastupnički dom) has 42 members, elected for a four-year terms by proportional representation.
- 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 Serbian 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 Croatian delegates).
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | House of Representatives House of Peoples |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
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House of Representatives political groups | Government (20)
Supported by (3) Opposition (19) |
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House of Peoples political groups | Bosniak caucus (5):
Croat caucus (5): Serb caucus (5): |
| Salary | 4,000 KM[1] |
| Elections | |
House of Representatives last election | 2 October 2022 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Government building[2] Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 43°51′16.48″N 18°24′20.63″W / 43.8545778°N 18.4057306°W | |
| Website | |
| www.parlament.ba | |
Its predecessors were the unicameral Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Presidents (1953–1997)Edit
Presidents of the People's Assembly (1953–1992)[3][4]Edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidents of the People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
| 1 |  |
Đuro Pucar (1899–1979) |
1953 | 1963 | SK BiH |
| 2 |  |
Ratomir Dugonjić (1916–1987) |
1963 | 1967 | SK BiH |
| 3 |  |
Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977) |
1967 | 1971 | SK BiH |
| 4 |  |
Hamdija Pozderac (1924–1988) |
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 | 1990 | SK BiH |
| 11 |  |
Momčilo Krajišnik (1945–2020) |
1990 | 3 March 1992 | SDS |
Speakers of the Assembly (1992–1997)Edit
| No. | Portrait | 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 |
See alsoEdit
- Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Historical assemblies:
- List of legislatures by country
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "No Session of House of Representatives in January, but Salaries in Amount of 85,000 Euros properly paid!". Sarajevo Times. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "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 linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- BiH Parliament Official website (in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)