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This article lists the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the country's new Constitution from December 1995, adopted following the Dayton Agreement. The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of three members, [1] each member representing one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Croats (elected from the Federation) and Serbs (elected from Republika Srpska). [2]
Party of Democratic Action (5) Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2) Social Democratic Party (1)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003) | 5 October 1996 | 14 October 2000 | 4 years, 9 days | SDA | 1996 – 730,592 votes (80.00%) 1998 – 511,541 votes (86.80%) |
| 2 |  | Halid Genjac (born 1958) | 14 October 2000 | 30 March 2001 | 167 days | SDA | – |
| 3 |  | Beriz Belkić (1946–2023) | 30 March 2001 | 28 October 2002 | 1 year, 212 days | SBiH | – |
| 4 |  | Sulejman Tihić (1951–2014) | 28 October 2002 | 6 November 2006 | 4 years, 9 days | SDA | 2002 – 192,661 votes (37.29%) |
| 5 |  | Haris Silajdžić (born 1945) | 6 November 2006 | 10 November 2010 | 4 years, 4 days | SBiH | 2006 – 350,520 votes (62.80%) |
| 6 |  | Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956) | 10 November 2010 | 20 November 2018 | 8 years, 10 days | SDA | 2010 – 162,831 votes (34.86%) 2014 – 247,235 votes (32.87%) |
| 7 |  | Šefik Džaferović (born 1957) | 20 November 2018 | 16 November 2022 | 3 years, 361 days | SDA | 2018 – 212,581 votes (36.61%) |
| 8 |  | Denis Bećirović (born 1975) | 16 November 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 77 days | SDP BiH | 2022 – 330,238 votes (57.37%) |
Croatian Democratic Union (4) Social Democratic Party (2) Democratic Front (1)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Krešimir Zubak (born 1947) | 5 October 1996 | 15 November 1998 | 2 years, 41 days | HDZ BiH | 1996 – 330,477 votes (88.70%) |
| 2 | | Ante Jelavić (born 1963) | 15 November 1998 | 7 March 2001 | 2 years, 112 days | HDZ BiH | 1998 – 189,438 votes (52.91%) |
| 3 | | Jozo Križanović (1944–2009) | 7 March 2001 | 28 October 2002 | 1 year, 235 days | SDP BiH | – |
| 4 |  | Dragan Čović (born 1956) | 28 October 2002 | 9 May 2005 | 2 years, 193 days | HDZ BiH | 2002 – 114,606 votes (61.52%) |
| 5 |  | Ivo Miro Jović (born 1950) | 9 May 2005 | 6 November 2006 | 1 year, 181 days | HDZ BiH | – |
| 6 |  | Željko Komšić (born 1964) | 6 November 2006 | 17 November 2014 | 8 years, 11 days | SDP BiH (until 2012) | 2006 – 116,062 votes (40.0%) 2010 – 337,065 votes (60.61%) |
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| (4) |  | Dragan Čović (born 1956) | 17 November 2014 | 20 November 2018 | 4 years, 3 days | HDZ BiH | 2014 – 128,053 votes (52.20%) |
| (6) |  | Željko Komšić (born 1964) | 20 November 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 73 days | DF | 2018 – 225,500 votes (52.64%) 2022 – 227,540 votes (55.80%) |
Serb Democratic Party (3) Socialist (1) Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (3) Party of Democratic Progress (1)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Momčilo Krajišnik (1945–2020) | 5 October 1996 | 13 October 1998 | 2 years, 8 days | SDS | 1996 – 690,646 votes (67.30%) |
| 2 |  | Živko Radišić (1937–2021) | 13 October 1998 | 28 October 2002 | 4 years, 15 days | SP | 1998 – 359,937 votes (51.31%) |
| 3 |  | Mirko Šarović (born 1956) | 28 October 2002 | 2 April 2003 | 156 days | SDS | 2002 – 180,212 votes (35.52%) |
| 4 |  | Borislav Paravac (born 1943) | 10 April 2003 | 6 November 2006 | 3 years, 210 days | SDS | – |
| 5 |  | Nebojša Radmanović (born 1949) | 6 November 2006 | 17 November 2014 | 8 years, 11 days | SNSD | 2006 – 287,675 votes (53.30%) 2010 – 295,629 votes (48.92%) |
| 6 |  | Mladen Ivanić (born 1958) | 17 November 2014 | 20 November 2018 | 4 years, 3 days | PDP | 2014 – 318,196 votes (48.71%) |
| 7 |  | Milorad Dodik (born 1959) | 20 November 2018 | 15 November 2022 | 3 years, 360 days | SNSD | 2018 – 368,210 votes (53.88%) |
| 8 |  | Željka Cvijanović (born 1967) | 16 November 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 77 days | SNSD | 2022 – 327,720 votes (51.65%) |
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