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Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine
Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине
Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Overview
Established3 January 1997; 29 years ago (1997-01-03)
StateBosnia and Herzegovina
LeaderChairman of the Council of Ministers
Main organParliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministries9 (2023)
HeadquartersGreece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, Trg Bosne i Hercegovine 1, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Websitevijeceministara.gov.ba

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Vlada Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Влада Босне и Херцеговине), is the executive branch of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also called the Cabinet.

According to Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and confirmed by the national House of Representatives. The Chairman then appoints other ministers.

Decision of the Constitutional Court

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On 11 February 1999, Mirko Banjac, at the time Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, instituted a request for, among other issues, the evaluation of the constitutionality of the Law on the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 4/97) which foresaw the existence of two Co-Chairs and a Vice-Chair of the Council of Ministers. In its decision the Court had, among other things, stated the following:

Article V.4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina defines the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which 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 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. It follows from what has been stated above that the challenged provisions of the law defining the Co-Chairs and the Vice-Chair of the Council of Ministers are not in accordance with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since the Constitution clearly establishes the traditional function of a Prime Minister designate who also appoints the ministers according to Article V.4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

The Court gave the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina a three-month period from the date of publication of its decision in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina to bring the contested provisions of the Law in conformity with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Parliamentary Assembly failed to do that, the Court, acting upon the request of the applicant and pursuant to its decision of 14 August 1999 and the legal standpoint cited in the reasons of the decision, established that certain provisions of the Law on Ministers and Ministries shall cease to be valid.[2]

Responsibilities

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Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, headquarters of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Council is responsible for carrying out the policies and decisions in the fields of:

Standing Bodies of the Council of Ministers

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  • General Secretariat
  • Economic Directorate
  • Internal Politics Directorate
  • Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bureau for Legal Matters

Current cabinet

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The Cabinet is structured into the offices for the chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, the two vice chairs and 9 ministries.[3]

← Krišto Cabinet →
(25 January 2023 – present)
Portfolio Minister Party Took office
Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers Borjana Krišto HDZ BiH 25 January 2023
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers		 Staša Košarac SNSD 25 January 2023
Minister of Defence
Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers		 Zukan Helez SDP BiH 25 January 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmedin Konaković NiP 25 January 2023
Minister of Finance and Treasury Srđan Amidžić SNSD 22 August 2023
Minister of Security Ivica Bošnjak (acting) HDZ BiH 23 January 2025
Minister of Justice Davor Bunoza Independent 25 January 2023
Minister of Civil Affairs Dubravka Bošnjak HDZ BiH 25 January 2023
Minister of Communications and Transport Edin Forto NS 25 January 2023
Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Sevlid Hurtić BHZ 25 January 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, U-1/99 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Sarajevo, 29 January 2000
  3. ↑ "Ministarstva". vijeceministara.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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