List of prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article lists the prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The prime minister is nominated by the President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As head of the government, the prime minister has no authority for appointing ministers, and his role is that of a coordinator. Ministers are appointed in their 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.

Nermin Nikšić is the 8th and current prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He took office on 28 April 2023, following the 2022 general election.

Responsibilities The prime minister represents the Federal Government and is responsible for:

implementing the policy and enforcing the laws of the Federal Government, including ensuring the enforcement of the decisions of the courts of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; proposing the removal of the Federal President, in accordance with Article IV B.3. (2) of the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; proposing and giving recommendations in the field of legislation; preparing a budget proposal for the Federal Parliament.

List of officeholders

PortraitNameEthnicityTerm of officePartyCompositionElectionTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Haris SilajdžićBosniak31 May 199431 January 1996SDASDA–HDZ BiH2Izudin KapetanovićBosniak31 January 199618 December 19963Edhem BičakčićBosniak18 December 199612 December 1998SDA–HDZ BiH–SBiH199612 December 199810 January 20011998—Dragan ČovićCroat10 January 200112 March 2001HDZ BiH4Alija BehmenBosniak12 March 200114 February 2003SDP BiHSDP BiH–SBiH–NHI–BPS–NSRzB20005Ahmet HadžipašićBosniak14 February 200330 March 2007SDASDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH20026Nedžad BrankovićBosniak30 March 200727 May 2009SDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH–HDZ 1990–SNSD2006—Vjekoslav BevandaCroat27 May 200925 June 2009HDZ BiH7Mustafa MujezinovićBosniak25 June 200917 March 2011SDA8Nermin NikšićBosniak17 March 201131 March 2015SDP BiHSDP BiH–SDA–NSRzB–HSP BiH20109Fadil NovalićBosniak31 March 201528 April 2023SDASDA–SBB–HDZ BiH20142018(8)Nermin NikšićBosniak28 April 2023IncumbentSDP BiHSDP BiH–HDZ BiH–NiP–NS–HDZ 1990–SN 2022

See also

List of presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notes

References

External links World Statesmen – Federation of Bosnia-Hercegovina