List of heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Last updated September 21, 2024

This article lists the heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the country was formalized as the Federal State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a constituent unit of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in April 1945.

List of officeholders

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945–1992)

Communist Party / League of Communists Croatian Democratic Union

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Election
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Party		Election
Prime Minister of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1		Rodoljub Čolaković (1900–1983)	27 April 1945	September 1948		KP BiH	—
2		Đuro Pucar (1899–1979)	September 1948	March 1953		KP BiH renamed in 1952 to SK BiH	—
President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2)		Đuro Pucar (1899–1979)	September 1948	March 1953		SK BiH	—
3		Avdo Humo (1914–1983)	December 1953	1956
4		Osman Karabegović (1911–1996)	1956	1963
5		Hasan Brkić (1913–1965)	1963	14 June 1965
6		Rudi Kolak (1918–2004)	14 June 1965	1967
7		Branko Mikulić (1928–1994)	1967	1969
8		Dragutin Kosovac (1924–2012)	1969	April 1974
9		Milanko Renovica (1928–2013)	April 1974	28 April 1982
10		Seid Maglajlija (1940–2019)	28 April 1982	28 April 1984
11		Gojko Ubiparip (1927–2000)	28 April 1984	April 1986
12		Josip Lovrenović (born 1929)	April 1986	April 1988
13		Marko Ćeranić	April 1988	20 December 1990
14		Jure Pelivan (1928–2014)	20 December 1990	3 March 1992		HDZ BiH	1990

Since independence (1992–present)

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997)

Croatian Democratic Union Party of Democratic Action

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office			Party		Election
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Election
	Jure Pelivan (1928–2014)	Croat	3 March 1992	9 November 1992^{[lower-alpha 1]}	251 days		HDZ BiH	—
	Mile Akmadžić (born 1939)	Croat	9 November 1992	25 October 1993	350 days		HDZ BiH
	Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	25 October 1993	30 January 1996	2 years, 97 days		SDA
	Hasan Muratović (1940–2020)	Bosniak	30 January 1996	3 January 1997	339 days		SDA

Co-Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2000)

Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Democratic Party Socialist Party

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office			Party		Government	Composition	Election
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Government	Composition	Election
	Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	3 January 1997	3 February 1999	2 years, 31 days		SBiH	Silajdžić–Bosić	SDA–SDS–HDZ BiH–SBiH	1996
	Boro Bosić (born 1950)	Serb	3 January 1997	3 February 1999	2 years, 31 days		SDS	Silajdžić–Bosić	SDA–SDS–HDZ BiH–SBiH	1996
	Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	3 February 1999	6 June 2000	1 year, 124 days		SBiH	Silajdžić–Mihajlović	SDA–SBiH–SP–SNSD–HDZ BiH	1998
	Svetozar Mihajlović (born 1949)	Serb	3 February 1999	6 June 2000	1 year, 124 days		SP	Silajdžić–Mihajlović	SDA–SBiH–SP–SNSD–HDZ BiH	1998

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present)

Serb Democratic Party Croatian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Party of Democratic Progress Party of Democratic Action Alliance of Independent Social Democrats

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office			Party		Government	Composition	Election
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Government	Composition	Election
	Spasoje Tuševljak (born 1952)	Serb	6 June 2000	18 October 2000	134 days		SDS	Tuševljak	SDA–SP–HDZ BiH–SDS	—
	Martin Raguž (born 1958)	Croat	18 October 2000	22 February 2001	127 days		HDZ BiH	Raguž	SDA–SP–HDZ BiH–SDS	—
	Božidar Matić (1937–2016)	Croat	22 February 2001	18 July 2001	146 days		SDP BiH	Matić	SDP BiH–SBiH–PDP–SP–NHI	2000
	Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955)	Bosniak	18 July 2001	15 March 2002	240 days		SDP BiH	Lagumdžija		—
	Dragan Mikerević (born 1955)	Serb	15 March 2002	23 December 2002	283 days		PDP	Mikerević		—
	Adnan Terzić (born 1960)	Bosniak	23 December 2002	11 January 2007	4 years, 19 days		SDA	Terzić	SDA–SDS–SBiH–HDZ BiH–PDP	2002
	Nikola Špirić (born 1956)	Serb	11 January 2007	20 February 2008	5 years, 1 day		SNSD	Špirić I	SNSD–SDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH–HDZ 1990	2006
	Nikola Špirić (born 1956)	Serb	20 February 2008	12 January 2012	5 years, 1 day		SNSD	Špirić II	SNSD–SDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH–HDZ 1990	—
	Vjekoslav Bevanda (born 1956)	Croat	12 January 2012	31 March 2015	3 years, 78 days		HDZ BiH	Bevanda	SDP BiH–SNSD–HDZ BiH–HDZ 1990	2010
	Denis Zvizdić (born 1964)	Bosniak	31 March 2015	23 December 2019	4 years, 267 days		SDA	Zvizdić	SDA–SDS–SBB–HDZ BiH–PDP	2014
	Zoran Tegeltija (born 1961)	Serb	23 December 2019	25 January 2023	3 years, 33 days		SNSD	Tegeltija	SDA–SNSD–HDZ BiH–DF–DNS	2018
	Borjana Krišto (born 1961)	Croat	25 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 240 days		HDZ BiH	Krišto	SNSD–HDZ BiH–SDP BiH–NiP–NS–DNS–BHZ	2022

Timeline

List of heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notes

↑ Resigned from office

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References

↑ Sazivi Vijeća ministara (in Bosnian)
↑ See: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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[1] Sazivi Vijeća ministara (in Bosnian)

[2] See: Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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