The following lists events that happened during the year 2012 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Incumbents Presidency: Bakir Izetbegović Željko Komšić Nebojša Radmanović Prime Minister: Nikola Špirić (until January 12), Vjekoslav Bevanda (starting January 12)

Events January January 22 - Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina recapture Bosnian Serb fugitive Radovan Stanković after he escaped from prison five years ago.

February February 5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declares a state of emergency as a result of the cold snap.

July July 11 - 520 men and boys killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 are buried in Potočari.

September September 12 - Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrest 25 people on suspicion of multiple murders, drug-trafficking and robbery in the biggest crackdown on organised crime since the Bosnian War.

December December 13 - Former Bosnian intelligence chief Zdravko Tolimir, believed to be a top aide to Ratko Mladić, is sentenced to life imprisonment by ICTY for his role in the Srebrenica massacre.

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