Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Предсједавајући Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине) is the head of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For a list, see List of heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara
Bosne i Hercegovine
Предсједавајући Савјета министара
Босне и Херцеговине
Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incumbent
Borjana Krišto
since 25 January 2023
SeatGovernment Building, Sarajevo
NominatorPresidency
AppointerHouse of Representatives
Term lengthNo term limit
Inaugural holderHaris Silajdžić
and Boro Bosić
(as Co-Chairmen)
Formation3 January 1997
Salary2,178 EUR per month[1]
Websitevijeceministara.gov.ba

The chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As head of the government, the chairman of the Council of Ministers has no authority for appointing ministers, and his role is that of a coordinator. Ministers are appointed in his or her stead by the majority-parties according to ethnic and entity representation rules, so that a deputy minister must not be of same ethnicity as the respective minister.[2]

Borjana Krišto is the 11th and current chairwoman of the Council of Ministers. She took office on 25 January 2023, following the 2022 general election.[3] Krišto is the first female occupant of the office.[4]

Responsibilities

The chairman represents the Council of Ministers and is responsible for:

  • for harmonizing the work of the Council of Ministers;
  • for harmonizing the constitutional relations of the Council of Ministers with the work of the Presidency, the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as with the entities and Brčko District;
  • to ensure cooperation between the Council of Ministers and entity governments and lower levels of government;
  • for convening sessions of the Council of Ministers;
  • for presiding over sessions of the Council of Ministers;
  • for the agenda of the sessions of the Council of Ministers;
  • for the implementation of decisions of the Council of Ministers;
  • for the work of the Directorate for EU integration.

The chairman of the Council of Ministers, in cooperation with his deputies, determines the policy of the work of the Council of Ministers, and especially the priorities and dynamics of the work of the Council of Ministers. They particularly coordinate and monitor the activities of government institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina related to the Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union.

In order to effectively perform these duties and tasks, the Directorate for EU integration is directly responsible to the chairman of the Council of Ministers. The chairman is responsible for his work to the Parliamentary Assembly and the Presidency.

In case of his absence, the chairman is replaced by one of the vice-chairmen in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.[5]

Constitutional background
The Government Building (glazed building) in Sarajevo, seat of the chairman of the Council of Ministers

Article V.4 of the Constitution defines the Council of Ministers and its responsibilities.[6] The Council of Ministers is composed of the chair of the Council of Ministers and a certain number of ministers as may be appropriate, who are responsible for the implementation of the policy and the decisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina from within the competencies of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina appoints the chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who assumes the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina; the chair of the Council of Ministers appoints the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations and other ministers as may be appropriate (no more than two thirds of the ministers may be appointed from the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), who assume the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives; also, the chair appoints deputy ministers (who may not be from the same constituent people as their ministers), who assume the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives.[7]

Recent chairpersons
See also: List of heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Timeline
Borjana KrištoZoran TegeltijaDenis ZvizdićVjekoslav BevandaNikola ŠpirićAdnan TerzićDragan MikerevićZlatko LagumdžijaBožidar MatićMartin RagužSpasoje Tuševljak

See also

References
  1. D.Be. (27 July 2021). "Političari iz RS-a će svoj nerad u institucijama BiH mjesečno naplatiti više od 100 hiljada KM" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. "Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  3. N.V. (25 January 2023). "BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. "Borjana Krišto - prva žena na čelu Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Radio Free Europe. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. "Nadležnosti predsjedavajućeg VM". vijeceministara.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, U-1/99 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, para. 4 and 5, Sarajevo, 14 August 1999
  7. Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, U-1/99 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Sarajevo, 29 January 2000
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