House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 14 from Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 2 October 2022.

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

House of Representatives
Predstavnički dom
Zastupnički dom
Представнички дом
9th legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Marinko Čavara (HDZ BiH)
since 1 August 2023
Vice-chairpeople
Structure
Seats42
Political groups
Government (20)[1]
  SNSD (6)
  SDP BiH (5)
  HDZ BiH (4)
  NiP (3)
  NS (2)

Supported by (3)

  DEMOS (1)
  US (1)
  BHI (1)

Opposition (19)

  SDA (9)
  DF–GS (3)
  SDS (2)
  PDP (2)
  NES (2)
  ZPR (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
2 October 2022
Next election
4 October 2026
Meeting place
Parliament Building
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
43°51′16.48″N 18°24′20.63″W
Website
www.parlament.ba
Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constitution
Presidency
Recent elections
Foreign relations
Political divisions
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Electoral system

The house is elected by party-list proportional representation with open lists. For the first two elections, representatives were elected from nationwide lists, but in 2000, local representation was introduced. Eight constituencies, known as electoral units, each elect between three and six representatives, giving a total of 30. To ensure proportionality, a further 12 representatives are elected on a entity-wide basis. Each entity is allocated a number of these entity-wide seats, 7 members from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 from Republika Srpska.[2] When a party is entitled to one of these entity-wide seats, it is given to the candidate from the party who receives the most votes without being elected in his or her electoral unit, located in one of the two entities.

Brčko District voters are entitled to vote in only one of the two entities. Their vote is allocated to the corresponding electoral unit, depending on which entity the voter is voting from.[2]

Current composition
Composition of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (as of 1 December 2022)[3]
In-House Groups Parties Representatives
Party of Democratic Action
Stranka demokratske akcije		SDA 9
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata		SNSD 6
Social Democratic Party
Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine		SDP BiH 5
Croatian Democratic Union
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine		HDZ BiH 4
Democratic Front
Demokratska fronta		DF, GS 3
People and Justice
Narod i Pravda		NiP 3
Serb Democratic Party
Srpska demokratska stranka		SDS 2
Party of Democratic Progress
Partija demokratskog progresa		PDP 2
Our Party
Naša stranka		NS 2
People's European Union
Narodni evropski savez Bosne i Hercegovine		NES 2
For Justice and Order
Za Pravdu i Red		ZPR 1
Democratic Union
Demokratski savez		DEMOS 1
United Srpska
Ujedinjena Srpska		US 1
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative
Bosanskohercegovačka Inicijativa		BHI 1
Total 42

Chairmen of the House of Representatives

  Croatian Democratic Union   Serb Democratic Party   Party of Democratic Action   Social Democratic Party   Alliance of Independent Social Democrats   Croatian Democratic Union 1990   Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina   Union for a Better Future of BiH   People and Justice

# Name Term of Office Party
1 Ivo Lozančić3 January 19972 September 1997HDZ BiH
2 Slobodan Bijelić3 September 19972 May 1998SDS
3 Halid Genjac3 May 1998August 1999SDA
4 Mirko Banjac3 August 19992 April 2000SDS
5 Pero Skopljak3 April 200029 December 2000HDZ BiH
6 Sead Avdić29 December 200028 August 2001SDP BiH
7 Željko Mirjanić29 August 200128 April 2002SNSD
8 Mariofil Ljubić29 April 20023 December 2002HDZ BiH
9 Šefik Džaferović9 December 20028 August 2003SDA
10 Nikola Špirić9 August 20038 April 2004SNSD
11 Martin Raguž9 April 20048 December 2004HDZ BiH
12 Šefik Džaferović9 December 20048 August 2005SDA
13 Nikola Špirić9 August 20058 April 2006SNSD
14 Martin Raguž9 April 200611 January 2007HDZ 1990
15 Beriz Belkić11 January 200710 September 2007SBiH
16 Milorad Živković11 September 200710 May 2008SNSD
17 Niko Lozančić11 May 200810 January 2009HDZ BiH
18 Beriz Belkić11 January 200910 September 2009SBiH
19 Milorad Živković11 September 200910 May 2010SNSD
20 Niko Lozančić11 May 201030 November 2010HDZ BiH
21 Adnan Bašić30 November 201020 May 2011SBB BiH
22 Denis Bećirović20 May 201119 January 2012SDP BiH
23 Milorad Živković20 January 201219 September 2012SNSD
24 Božo Ljubić20 September 201219 May 2013HDZ 1990
25 Denis Bećirović20 May 201319 January 2014SDP BiH
26 Milorad Živković20 January 201419 September 2014SNSD
27 Božo Ljubić20 September 20149 December 2014Ind.
28 Šefik Džaferović9 December 20148 August 2015SDA
29 Borjana Krišto9 August 20158 April 2016HDZ BiH
30 Mladen Bosić9 April 20168 December 2016SDS
31 Šefik Džaferović9 December 20168 August 2017SDA
32 Borjana Krišto9 August 20178 April 2018HDZ BiH
33 Mladen Bosić9 April 20186 December 2018SDS
34 Borjana Krišto6 December 20185 August 2019HDZ BiH
35 Denis Zvizdić6 August 20195 April 2020SDA
36 Nebojša Radmanović6 April 20205 December 2020SNSD
37 Borjana Krišto6 December 20205 August 2021HDZ BiH
38 Denis Zvizdić6 August 20215 April 2022NiP
39 Nebojša Radmanović6 April 20221 December 2022SNSD
40 Denis Zvizdić1 December 20221 August 2023NiP
41 Marinko Čavara1 August 2023IncumbentHDZ BiH

See also

References
  1. "'Osmorka', HDZ BiH i SNSD potpisali 'historijski' sporazum" (in Bosnian). Al Jazeera Balkans. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001). "Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Unofficial Translation)" (PDF). Office of the High Representative. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. "Poslanici saziv 2022 - 2026". parlament.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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