House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Upper house of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the upper house of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the upper house of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, see House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

House of Peoples of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dom naroda
Bosne i Hercegovine
Дом народа
Босне и Херцеговине

Type
Type|

Upper house

Leadership

Chairman

Nikola Špirić (SNSD)
since 16 February 2025

Vice-chairmen

Kemal Ademović (NiP)
Dragan Čović (HDZ BiH)

Structure
Seats| 15

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)

Length of term

| 4 years
Salary| 2,564 EUR per month[1]
Elections

Last election

| 16 February 2023
Meeting place
Parliament Building
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°51′16.48″N 18°24′20.63″E﻿ / ﻿43.8545778°N 18.4057306°E﻿ / 43.8545778; 18.4057306
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The House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Dom naroda Bosne i Hercegovine/Дом народа Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established through the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995.

It has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 Bosniaks, 5 Serbs, and 5 Croats. According to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the members of the House of Peoples are appointed so that "designated Croat and Bosniak delegates from the Federation shall be selected, respectively, by the Croat and Bosniak delegates to the House of Peoples of the Federation. Delegates from Republika Srpska shall be selected by the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska."[2]

## Chairmen of the House of Peoples

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#  | Name  | Term of Office  | Party

|
|
|

1  | Momir Tošić | 3 January 1997 | 2 September 1997 | SDS
2  | Avdo Čampara | 3 September 1997 | 2 May 1998 | SDA
3  | Petar Majić | 3 May 1998 | 3 December 1998 | HDZ BiH
4  | Vladimir Šoljić | 4 December 1998 | 3 August 1999 | HDZ BiH
5  | Izet Žigić | 4 August 1999 | 3 April 2000 | SBiH
6  | Drago Ljubičić | 4 April 2000 | 20 March 2001 | SNS
7  | Ilija Šimić | 20 March 2001 | 19 November 2001 | HSS BiH
8  | Sejfudin Tokić | 20 November 2001 | 19 July 2002 | SDP BiH
9  | Nikola Špirić | 20 July 2002 | 31 January 2003 | SNSD
10  | Velimir Jukić | 31 January 2003 | 29 September 2003 | HDZ BiH
11  | Mustafa Pamuk | 30 September 2003 | 30 May 2004 | SDA
12  | Goran Milojević | 31 May 2004 | 30 January 2005 | PDP
13  | Velimir Jukić | 31 January 2005 | 29 September 2005 | HDZ BiH
14  | Mustafa Pamuk | 30 September 2005 | 30 May 2006 | SDA
15  | Goran Milojević | 31 May 2006 | 14 March 2007 | PDP
16  | Ilija Filipović | 14 March 2007 | 13 November 2007 | HDZ BiH
17  | Sulejman Tihić | 14 November 2007 | 13 July 2008 | SDA
18  | Mladen Ivanić | 14 July 2008 | 26 February 2009 | PDP
19  | Dušanka Majkić | 26 February 2009 | 13 March 2009 | SNSD
20  | Ilija Filipović | 14 March 2009 | 13 November 2009 | HDZ BiH
21  | Sulejman Tihić | 14 November 2009 | 13 July 2010 | SDA
22  | Dušanka Majkić | 14 July 2010 | 9 June 2011 | SNSD
23  | Ognjen Tadić | 9 June 2011 | 8 February 2012 | SDS
24  | Dragan Čović | 9 February 2012 | 8 October 2012 | HDZ BiH
25  | Sulejman Tihić | 9 October 2012 | 8 June 2013 | SDA
26  | Ognjen Tadić | 9 June 2013 | 5 November 2013 | SDS
27  | Staša Košarac | 5 November 2013 | 8 February 2014 | SNSD
28  | Dragan Čović | 9 February 2014 | 17 November 2014 | HDZ BiH
29  | Bariša Čolak | 16 February 2015[3] | 16 October 2015 | HDZ BiH
30  | Ognjen Tadić | 17 October 2015 | 15 June 2016 | SDS
31  | Safet Softić | 16 June 2016 | 15 February 2017 | SDA
32  | Bariša Čolak | 16 February 2017 | 15 October 2017 | HDZ BiH
33  | Ognjen Tadić | 16 October 2017 | 15 June 2018 | DNS
34  | Safet Softić | 16 June 2018 | 6 December 2018 | SDA
35  | Bariša Čolak | 7 December 2018 | 28 February 2019 | HDZ BiH
36  | Bakir Izetbegović | 28 February 2019 | 28 October 2019 | SDA
37  | Dragan Čović | 28 October 2019 | 28 June 2020 | HDZ BiH
38  | Nikola Špirić | 28 June 2020 | 28 February 2021 | SNSD
39  | Bakir Izetbegović | 28 February 2021 | 28 October 2021 | SDA
40  | Dragan Čović | 28 October 2021 | 28 June 2022 | HDZ BiH
41  | Nikola Špirić | 28 June 2022 | 16 October 2023 | SNSD
42  | Kemal Ademović | 16 October 2023 | 16 June 2024 | NiP
43  | Dragan Čović | 16 June 2024 | 16 February 2025 | HDZ BiH
44  | Nikola Špirić | 16 February 2025 | Incumbent | SNSD

## List of delegates

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### Bosniak delegates

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Convocation  | Delegates[4]

|

1996–1998  |  | Mirsad Ćeman
(SDA)  |  | Avdo Čampara
(SDA)  |  | Adem Borić
(SDA)  |  | Mehmed Čorhodžić
(SDA)  |  | Salih Kulenović
(SDA)
1998–2000  | Šefik Džaferović
(SDA)  | Ismet Šarčević
(SDA)  |  | Mugdim Herceg
(SDP BiH)  |  | Izet Žigić
(SBiH)
2000–2002  | Halid Genjac
(SDA)  |  | Ibrahim Spahić
(GDS)  | Sejfudin Tokić
(SDP BiH)  | Munib Jusufović
(SBiH)
2002–2006  | Hasan Čengić
(SDA)  |  | Osman Brka
(SDA)  |  | Hilmo Neimarlija
(SDA)/(SBiH)  | Mustafa Pamuk
(SBiH)
2006–2010  | Sulejman Tihić
(SDA)  | Hazim Rančić
(SDA)  | Alma Čolo
(SDA)  |  |  | Adem Ibrahimpašić
(SDP BiH)
2010–2014  | Halid Genjac
(SDA)  | Nermina Kapetanović
(SDA)  |  | Seudin Hodžić
(SDP BiH)  | Mehmed Bradarić
(SDP BiH)
2014–2018  | Safet Softić
(SDA)  | Sead Kadić
(SDA)  |  | Sifet Podžić
(DF)  |  | Fahrudin Radončić
(SBB BiH)
2018–2022  | Bakir Izetbegović
(SDA)  | Asim Sarajlić
(SDA)  | Amir Fazlić
(SDA)  |  | Denis Bećirović
(SDP BiH)  | Munib Jusufović
(SBB BiH)
2022–  | Šefik Džaferović
(SDA)  | Safet Softić
(SDA)  |  | Kemal Ademović
(NiP)  |  | Dženan Đonlagić
(DF)  |  | Džemal Smajić
(SBiH)

### Croat delegates

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Convocation  | Delegates[4]

|

1996–1998  |  | Mariofil Ljubić
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Petar Majić
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Pero Marković
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Stipo Vujević
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Ivo Andrić Lužanski
(HDZ BiH)
1998–2000  | Ivan Madunić
(HDZ BiH)  | Zoran Marić
(HDZ BiH)  | Vladimir Šoljić
(HDZ BiH)  | Vinko Zorić
(HDZ BiH)  | Ivo Živković
(HDZ BiH)/(NHI)
2000–2002  |  | Ivo Divković
(SDP BiH)  |  | Niko Sušac
(SDP BiH)  |  | Jerko Ivanković
(NSRzB)  |  | Ilija Šimić
(HSS BiH)  |
2002–2006  | Tomislav Limov
(SDP BiH)  |  | Velimir Jukić
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Anto Spajić
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Branko Zrno
(HDZ BiH)  |  | Ilija Filipović
(HDZ BiH)
2006–2010  |  | Rudo Vidović
(HDZ 1990)  |  | Božo Rajić
(HDZ 1990)  | Ivo Miro Jović
(HDZ BiH)
2010–2014  |  | Krunoslav Vrdoljak
(SDP BiH)  | Martin Raguž
(HDZ 1990)  |  | Stjepan Krešić
(HSP BiH)  | Dragan Čović
(HDZ BiH)  | Borjana Krišto
(HDZ BiH)
2014–2018  |  | Mario Karamatić
(HSS BiH)  |  | Ljilja Zovko
(HDZ BiH)  | Zdenka Džambas
(HDZ BiH)  | Bariša Čolak
(HDZ BiH)
2018–2022  |  | Zlatko Miletić
(DF)/(ZNG)  |  | Lidija Bradara
(HDZ BiH)  | Marina Pendeš
(HDZ BiH)  | Dragan Čović
(HDZ BiH)
2022–  |  |  | Ilija Cvitanović
(HDZ 1990)  | Zdenko Ćosić
(HDZ BiH)

### Serb delegates

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Convocation  | Delegates[4]

|

1996–1998  |  | Momir Tošić
(SDS)  |  | Milan Krnjajić
(SDS)  |  | Vojislav Maksimović
(SDS)  |  | Borislav Paravac
(SDS)  |  | Borivoje Sendić
(SDS)
1998–2000  |  | Drago Ljubičić
(SNS)  |  | Đoko Pajić
(SRSRS)  |  | Momir Malić
(SP)  |  | Ristan Ristić
(SNSD)
2000–2002  | Momčilo Novaković
(SDS)  |  | Nikola Špirić
(PDP)  |  | Dragutin Rodić
(DNS)  | Dragutin Ilić
(SP)  | Goran Turjačanin
(SNSD)
2002–2006  | Nade Radović
(SDS)  | Goran Milojević
(PDP)  |  | Vinko Radovanović
(PDP)  |  | Zoran Spasojević
(SDS)  |  | Boško Šiljegović
(SDS)
2006–2010  | Slobodan Šaraba
(SDS)  | Mladen Ivanić
(PDP)  |  | Dušanka Majkić
(SNSD)  |  | Drago Ljubičić
(SNSD)  |  | Zoran Koprivica
(SNSD)
2010–2014  | Ognjen Tadić
(SDS)/(DNS)  |  | Dragutin Rodić
(DNS)  | Krstan Simić
(SNSD)  | Staša Košarac
(SNSD)
2014–2018  |  |  | Darko Babalj
(SDS)  | Nebojša Radmanović
(SNSD)  | Sredoje Nović
(SNSD)
2018–2022  |  | Lazar Prodanović
(SNSD)  | Mladen Bosić
(SDS)  |  | Dušanka Majkić
(SNSD)  | Nikola Špirić
(SNSD)
2022–  | Radovan Kovačević
(SNSD)  | Želimir Nešković
(SDS)  |  | Nenad Vuković
(PDP)

## See also

[edit]

* Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?". Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
2. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
3. ^ acting until 16 February 2015
4. ^ a b c "Delegates".

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