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The People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina was an assembly formed on 26 April 1945 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) [2] [3] | Term of Office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Đuro Pucar (1899–1979) | December 1953 | June 1963 | SK BiH |
| 2 |  | Ratomir Dugonjić (1916–1987) | June 1963 | 1967 | SK BiH |
| 3 |  | Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977) | 1967 | 30 July 1971 | SK BiH |
| 4 |  | Hamdija Pozderac (1924–1988) | 30 July 1971 | 1978 | SK BiH |
| 5 | | Niko Mihaljević | 1978 | 1981 | SK BiH |
| 6 | | Vaso Gačić | 1981 | 1983 | SK BiH |
| 7 | | Ivica Blažević | 1983 | 1984 | SK BiH |
| 8 | | Salko Oruč | 1984 | 1987 | SK BiH |
| 9 | | Savo Čečur | 1987 | 1989 | SK BiH |
| 10 | | Zlatan Karavdić | 1989 | 20 December 1990 | SK BiH |
| 11 |  | Momčilo Krajišnik (1945–2020) | 20 December 1990 | 3 March 1992 | SDS |
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