Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Template:Lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl) 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		Portrait	Took office	Party	Representing	Chairman termsTemplate:Efn
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Denis Bećirović	File:Denis Bećirović at Palazzo del Quirinale, 2024.jpg	16 November 2022 (1st term)	SDP BiH	Bosniaks	16 March 2024 – 16 November 2024
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Željka Cvijanović	File:Željka Cvijanović (2024-12-18).jpg	16 November 2022 (1st term)	SNSD	Serbs	16 November 2022 – 16 July 2023 16 November 2024 – 16 July 2025
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Željko Komšić	File:Željko Komšić (2025-12-17) (cropped).jpg	20 November 2018 (4th term)	DF	Croats	16 July 2023 – 16 March 2024 16 July 2025 – present

Powers, duties and responsibilities

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The Presidency Building in central Sarajevo

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	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Alija Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Momčilo Krajišnik	SDS	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Krešimir Zubak	HDZ BiH	Croat
2 (13 October 1998 – 28 October 2002)	1998	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Alija Izetbegović (until October 2000)	SDA	Bosniak
		Halid Genjac (October 2000 – March 2001)
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Beriz Belkić (from March 2001)	SBiH
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Živko Radišić	SP	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ante Jelavić (until March 2001)	HDZ BiH	Croat
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jozo Križanović (from March 2001)	SDP BiH
3 (28 October 2002 – 6 November 2006)	2002	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sulejman Tihić	SDA	Bosniak
		rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Mirko Šarović (until April 2003)	SDS	Serb
		Borislav Paravac (from April 2003)
		rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Dragan Čović (until May 2005)	HDZ BiH	Croat
		Ivo Miro Jović (from May 2005)
4 (6 November 2006 – 10 November 2010)	2006	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Haris Silajdžić	SBiH	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Željko Komšić	SDP BiH	Croat
5 (10 November 2010 – 17 November 2014)	2010	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bakir Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Željko Komšić	SDP BiH (until 2012)	Croat
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		DF (from 2013)
6 (17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018)	2014	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Bakir Izetbegović	SDA	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Mladen Ivanić	PDP	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Dragan Čović	HDZ BiH	Croat
7 (20 November 2018 – 16 November 2022)	2018	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Šefik Džaferović	SDA	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Milorad Dodik	SNSD	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Željko Komšić	DF	Croat
8 (16 November 2022 – present)	2022	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Denis Bećirović	SDP BiH	Bosniak
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Željka Cvijanović	SNSD	Serb
		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Željko Komšić	DF	Croat

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