List of members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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]

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Bosniak members

   Party of Democratic Action (5)   Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)   Social Democratic Party (1)

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyElection
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg Alija Izetbegović
(1925–2003)
5 October 199614 October 20004 years, 9 days SDA 1996 – 730,592 votes (80.00%)
1998 – 511,541 votes (86.80%)
2 Halid Genjac (cropped).jpg Halid Genjac
(born 1958)
14 October 200030 March 2001167 days SDA
3 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Beriz Belkić
(1946–2023)
30 March 200128 October 20021 year, 212 days SBiH
4 Sulejman Tihic.jpg Sulejman Tihić
(1951–2014)
28 October 20026 November 20064 years, 9 days SDA 2002 – 192,661 votes (37.29%)
5 Haris Silajdzic.jpg Haris Silajdžić
(born 1945)
6 November 200610 November 20104 years, 4 days SBiH 2006 – 350,520 votes (62.80%)
6 Izetbegovic, Bakir.jpg Bakir Izetbegović
(born 1956)
10 November 201020 November 20188 years, 10 days SDA 2010 – 162,831 votes (34.86%)
2014 – 247,235 votes (32.87%)
7 P041499-792839 (cropped).jpg Šefik Džaferović
(born 1957)
20 November 201816 November 20223 years, 361 days SDA 2018 – 212,581 votes (36.61%)
8 Denis Becirovic (cropped).jpg Denis Bećirović
(born 1975)
16 November 2022Incumbent1 year, 139 days SDP BiH 2022 – 330,238 votes (57.37%)

Serb members

   Serb Democratic Party (3)   Socialist (1)   Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (3)   Party of Democratic Progress (1)

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyElection
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Momcilo Krajisnik crop.jpeg Momčilo Krajišnik
(1945–2020)
5 October 199613 October 19982 years, 8 days SDS 1996 – 690,646 votes (67.30%)
2 Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg Živko Radišić
(1937–2021)
13 October 199828 October 20024 years, 15 days SP 1998 – 359,937 votes (51.31%)
3 Mirko Sarovic (cropped).jpg Mirko Šarović
(born 1956)
28 October 20022 April 2003156 days SDS 2002 – 180,212 votes (35.52%)
4 Borislav Paravac, Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpg Borislav Paravac
(born 1943)
10 April 20036 November 20063 years, 210 days SDS
5 Visit of Nebojsa Radmanovic to the EC.jpg Nebojša Radmanović
(born 1949)
6 November 200617 November 20148 years, 11 days SNSD 2006 – 287,675 votes (53.30%)
2010 – 295,629 votes (48.92%)
6 Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg Mladen Ivanić
(born 1958)
17 November 201420 November 20184 years, 3 days PDP 2014 – 318,196 votes (48.71%)
7 Visit of Milorad Dodik to the EC (cropped).jpg Milorad Dodik
(born 1959)
20 November 201815 November 20223 years, 360 days SNSD 2018 – 368,210 votes (53.88%)
8 Zeljka Cvijanovic 2022.jpg Željka Cvijanović
(born 1967)
16 November 2022Incumbent1 year, 139 days SNSD 2022 – 327,720 votes (51.65%)

Croat members

   Croatian Democratic Union (4)   Social Democratic Party (2)   Democratic Front (1)

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyElection
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Kresimir Zubak at the Sarajevo Air Force Base - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (cropped).jpg Krešimir Zubak
(born 1947)
5 October 199615 November 19982 years, 41 days HDZ BiH 1996 – 330,477 votes (88.70%)
2 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ante Jelavić
(born 1963)
15 November 19987 March 20012 years, 112 days HDZ BiH 1998 – 189,438 votes (52.91%)
3 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jozo Križanović
(1944–2009)
7 March 200128 October 20021 year, 235 days SDP BiH
4 Dragan Covic 2015 (cropped).jpg Dragan Čović
(born 1956)
28 October 20029 May 20052 years, 193 days HDZ BiH 2002 – 114,606 votes (61.52%)
5 Ivo Miro Jovic (cropped).jpg Ivo Miro Jović
(born 1950)
9 May 20056 November 20061 year, 181 days HDZ BiH
6 Zeljko Komsic (cropped).jpg Željko Komšić
(born 1964)
6 November 200617 November 20148 years, 11 days SDP BiH
(until 2012)
2006 – 116,062 votes (40.0%)
2010 – 337,065 votes (60.61%)
DF
(from 2013)
(4) Dragan Covic, portrait 2.jpg Dragan Čović
(born 1956)
17 November 201420 November 20184 years, 3 days HDZ BiH 2014 – 128,053 votes (52.20%)
(6) Zeljko Komsic 2023 (cropped).jpg Željko Komšić
(born 1964)
20 November 2018Incumbent5 years, 135 days DF 2018 – 225,500 votes (52.64%)
2022 – 227,540 votes (55.80%)

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References

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