Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине
Incumbent Šefik Džaferović Milorad Dodik Željko Komšić since 20 November 2018
Seat	Presidency Building, Sarajevo
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	Four years renewable once every individual term
First holder	Alija Izetbegović Momčilo Krajišnik Krešimir Zubak
Salary	3,091 EUR per month
Website	www.predsjednistvobih.ba

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine / Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presidency comprises three members: one Bosniak, one Serb, and one Croat. The Bosniak and Croat members are elected from a joint constituency in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst the Serb member is elected from voters in Republika Srpska.

The three members elected at any one election serve a collective four-year term. Individuals are able to serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms, although there are no overall term limits.

Although the unsubdivided body is the collective head of state, one member is designated as Chairperson. The position of Chairperson rotates twice around the three members every eight months, with the candidate receiving the most votes overall becoming the first Chairperson over the four-year term.

Current members

Member of Presidency		Photo	Joined Presidency	Party	Representing	Chairman terms
	Šefik Džaferović		20 November 2018 (1st term)	SDA	Bosniaks	20 March 2020 – 20 November 2020 20 March 2022 – present
	Milorad Dodik		20 November 2018 (1st term)	SNSD	Serbs	20 November 2018 – 20 July 2019 20 November 2020 – 20 July 2021
	Željko Komšić		20 November 2018 (3rd term)	DF	Croats	20 July 2019 – 20 March 2020 20 July 2021 – 20 March 2022

Powers, duties and responsibilities

The Presidency Building in central Sarajevo

See also: Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Presidency is responsible for:

• Conducting the foreign policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Appointing ambassadors and other international representatives, no more than two-thirds of which may come from the Federation;
• Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in European and international organizations and institutions and seeking membership in such organizations and institutions of which it is not a member;
• Negotiating, denouncing, and, with the consent of the Parliamentary Assembly, ratifying treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Executing decisions of the Parliamentary Assembly;
• Proposing, upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, an annual budget to the Parliamentary Assembly;
• Reporting as requested, but no less than annually, to the Parliamentary Assembly on expenditures by the Presidency;
• Coordinating as necessary with international and nongovernmental organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and;
• Performing such other functions as may be necessary to carry out its duties, as may be assigned to it by the Parliamentary Assembly, or as may be agreed by the Entities.

List of members

Term	Election	Members		Party	Ethnicity
1 (13 October 1996 – 12 October 1998)	1996		Alija Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
			Momčilo Krajišnik	SDS	Serb
			Krešimir Zubak	HDZ BiH	Croat
2 (13 October 1998 – 28 October 2002)	1998		Alija Izetbegović (until October 2000)	SDA	Bosniak
			Halid Genjac (October 2000 – March 2001)
			Beriz Belkić (from March 2001)	SBiH
			Živko Radišić	SP	Serb
			Ante Jelavić (until March 2001)	HDZ BiH	Croat
			Jozo Križanović (from March 2001)	SDP BiH
3 (28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006)	2002		Sulejman Tihić	SDA	Bosniak
			Mirko Šarović (until April 2003)	SDS	Serb
			Borislav Paravac (from April 2003)
			Dragan Čović (until March 2005)	HDZ BiH	Croat
			Ivo Miro Jović (from March 2005)
4 (6 November 2006 – 17 November 2010)	2006		Haris Silajdžić	SBiH	Bosniak
			Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD	Serb
			Željko Komšić	SDP BiH	Croat
5 (17 November 2010 – 17 November 2014)	2010		Bakir Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
			Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD	Serb
			Željko Komšić	SDP BiH (until 2012)	Croat
				DF (from 2013)
6 (17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018)	2014		Bakir Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
			Mladen Ivanić	PDP	Serb
			Dragan Čović	HDZ BiH	Croat
7 (20 November 2018 – Outgoing)	2018		Šefik Džaferović	SDA	Bosniak
			Milorad Dodik	SNSD	Serb
			Željko Komšić	DF	Croat
8 (16 November 2022 – )	2022		Denis Bećirović	SDP BiH	Bosniak
			Željka Cvijanović	SNSD	Serb
			Željko Komšić	DF	Croat

Living former office holders

There are twelve living former members of the Presidency. The last former Presidency member to die was Živko Radišić (1998–2002) on 5 September 2021.

Bosniak members:

• 

  2nd
  Halid Genjac
  (2000–2001)
  (1958-03-08) 8 March 1958
• 

  3rd
  Beriz Belkić
  (2001–2002)
  (1946-09-08) 8 September 1946
• 

  5th
  Haris Silajdžić
  (2006–2010)
  (1945-10-01) 1 October 1945
• 

  6th
  Bakir Izetbegović
  (2010–2018)
  (1956-06-28) 28 June 1956

Croat members:

• 

  1st
  Krešimir Zubak
  (1996–1998)
  (1947-01-25) 25 January 1947
• 

  2nd
  Ante Jelavić
  (1998–2001)
  (1963-08-21) 21 August 1963
• 

  4th
  Dragan Čović
  (2002–2005; 2014–2018)
  (1956-08-20) 20 August 1956
• 

  5th
  Ivo Miro Jović
  (2005–2006)
  (1950-07-15) 15 July 1950

Serb members:

• 

  3rd
  Mirko Šarović
  (2002–2003)
  (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956
• 

  4th
  Borislav Paravac
  (2003–2006)
  (1943-02-18) 18 February 1943
• 

  5th
  Nebojša Radmanović
  (2006–2014)
  (1949-10-01) 1 October 1949
• 

  6th
  Mladen Ivanić
  (2014–2018)
  (1958-09-16) 16 September 1958

See also

• Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • List of members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • List of members of the Presidency by time in office
• Triumvirate

External links

• Website of the Presidency
• Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Holding Bosnian presidents accountable, ISN Security Watch, 21 December 2006