The Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,whereby executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Legislative power is vested in both the Council of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Members of the Parliamentary Assembly are chosen according to a proportional representation system.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords,is the peace agreement reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton,Ohio,United States,on 21 November 1995,and formally signed in Paris,on 14 December 1995. These accords put an end to the three-and-a-half-year-long Bosnian War,which was part of the much larger Yugoslav Wars.
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC GCC is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999),leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force,he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy,Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
Wolfgang Petritsch is an Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity.
The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina,together with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina,were created in 1995 immediately after the signing of the Dayton Agreement which ended the 1992–1995 Bosnian War. The purpose of the High Representative and the OHR is to oversee the civilian implementation of the Dayton agreement. They also serve to represent the countries involved in the implementation of the Dayton Agreement through the Peace Implementation Council (PIC),which chooses the High Representative.
Haris Silajdžić is a Bosnian retired politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 to 1996.
Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who has served as Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the United States since June 2023. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations from 2019 to 2023. Alkalaj also served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 until 2012. He held the post of executive secretary of UNECE between 2012 and 2014 as well.
Miroslav Lajčák is a Slovak politician and diplomat,former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. In addition,Lajčák also served as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session from 2017 until 2018.
The Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Spain,a member state of the European Union,have bilateral foreign relations. Spain and the Grand Duchy of Moscow first exchanged envoys in 1520s;regular embassies were established in 1722. The two countries share a long history of relations,characterized at times by close cooperation and at other times by deep hostility. Soviet-Spanish relations,once terminated after the Spanish Civil War,were gradually reestablished starting in 1963 and were fully established by 1977. Trade between the two countries amounted to two billion euros in 2008. In March 2009,the two countries signed an energy agreement providing national energy companies access to other party's domestic markets.
Moldovan-Spanish relations are foreign relations between Spain and Moldova. On 30 January 1992 Spain established diplomatic relations with Moldova. As of 2009 Spain does not have an embassy in Chişinău. Spain is represented in Moldova via its embassy in Bucharest in Romania.
Lawrence E. Butler was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia from 2002 to 2005.
Nikola Poplašen is a former Bosnian Serb politician. He was the president of Republika Srpska from late 1998 to 1999. He was removed by the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Carlos Westendorp,on 5 March 1999. The removal was enforced on 2 September 1999.
Hasan Muratović was a Bosnian politician,entrepreneur and professor who served as the last Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1997. He also served as Minister without portfolio in all of the governments of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout the Bosnian War. Muratovićwas the first post-war Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations,serving from 1997 to 1999. He was a member of the Party of Democratic Action.
Hans Сhristian Friedrich Schmidt is a German politician serving as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since August 2021. He is a member of the Christian Social Union.
Željana Zovko is a Herzegovinian Croat diplomat and politician. Since 2016,she has been serving as a member of the European Parliament from Croatia.
Johann Sattler is an Austrian diplomat. Since September 2019,he has been serving as the EU Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Stefano Sannino is an Italian diplomat and European civil servant.
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 12 and 13 September 1998. They were third parliamentary election and second presidential election in three years.
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 11 November 2000 alongside nationwide parliamentary elections. They were the third general elections in Republika Srpska since the end of Bosnian War.
The Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations is an official of the Government of Spain belonging to the diplomatic corps representing Spain before the United Nations (UN) based in New York City,United States. This permanent representation,unlike the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union,does not have its own legislation and is regulated by the general regulations governing diplomatic missions,by international law and by the internal law of the UN.
