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1996 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p330 Voter turnout was 79.4% in the parliamentary election and 80.4% in the presidential election. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and Croat Krešimir Zubak, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats. Alija Izetbegović's 730,592 votes for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency, remain the highest ever total vote count for a Presidency member in a Bosnian general election. The percentage of the vote received by Krešimir Zubak for the Croat seat in the Presidency – 88.7% – is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 November 1990, with a second round of voting in the House of Peoples elections on 2 December.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p330 These were the final general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina while it was still a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia. A presidential election was held to elect candidates to a seven-member republic presidium. Six candidates were elected to represent Bosnia's nations (two each by Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats), and a seventh candidate was elected to represent all "others". All of the presidential seats were won by parties structured around national lines: the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) won the two Muslim seats, the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) won the two Serb seats, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the two Croat seats, and the "other" seat was won by SDA member Ejup Ganić, who ran as a "Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu) is a Bosniak nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party fervently opposed the continued power in hands of ethnic entities such as the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. List of presidents Elections Parliamentary elections Presidency elections References ;Citations ;Bibliography * * * Bosniak political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian nationalism Conservative parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fikret Abdić
Fikret Abdić (born 29 September 1939) is a Bosnian politician and businessman who first rose to prominence in the 1980s for his role in turning the Velika Kladuša-based agriculture company Agrokomerc into one of the biggest conglomerates in SFR Yugoslavia. He won the popular vote in the Bosnian presidential elections of 1990. In the early 1990s, during the Bosnian War, Abdić declared his opposition to the official Bosnian government, and established the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, a small and short-lived province in the northwestern corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of the town of Velika Kladuša and nearby villages. The mini-state existed between 1993 and 1995 and was allied with the Army of Republika Srpska. In 2002, he was convicted on charges of war crimes against Bosniaks loyal to the Bosnian government by a court in Croatia and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, which was later reduced on appeal to 15 years by the Supreme Court of Croatia. On 9 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Bosnia And Herzegovina
At state level, Bosnia and Herzegovina votes for the rotating Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Parliamentary Assembly. President is elected for a four-year term by constituencies referring to the three main ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (''Parlamentarna Skupština'') has two chambers. The House of Representatives (''Predstavnički dom/Zastupnički dom'') has 42 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation in each main ethnic group. The House of Peoples (''Dom Naroda'') has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of the two Entities. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a multi-party system, with numerous political parties in which no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Each main ethnic group has its own dominant political party. Schedule Election Latest elections 2018 presidential electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momčilo Krajišnik
Momčilo Krajišnik (; 20 January 1945 – 15 September 2020) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb political leader, who along with Radovan Karadžić co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Serb Democratic Party (SDS). Between 1990 and 1992, he was speaker of the National Assembly (Republika Srpska), People's Assembly of Republika Srpska. Between June and December 1992, Krajišnik also served as a member of the expanded Presidency of Republika Srpska. After the Bosnian War, he was elected List of Serb members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1996 Bosnian general election, September 1996 election and served in that post from October 1996 until October 1998. He lost his bid for re-election in 1998 to Živko Radišić. In 2006, Krajišnik was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War (1992–95) by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the north and east of the country. Its largest city and administrative centre is Banja Luka, lying on the Vrbas (river), Vrbas river. Republika Srpska was formed in 1992 at the outset of the Bosnian War with the stated intent to safeguard the interests of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war saw the Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War, expulsion of the vast majority of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croats and Bosniaks from the territory claimed by Republika Srpska and an inflow of Serbs expelled from Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the Dayton Agreement of 1995, Republika Srpska achieved international recognition as an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of 10 autonomous Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, cantons with their own governments and legislatures. The Federation was created by the 1994 Washington Agreement (1994), Washington Agreement, which ended the Croat–Bosniak War within the Bosnian War, and established a constituent assembly that continued its work until October 1996. The Federation has a Sarajevo, capital, Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, government, president, parliament, customs and police departments and two postal systems. It occupies about half of the land of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 1996 until 2005 it had its own army, the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, later merged in the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The House of Representatives ( Bosnian: ''Predstavnički Dom'', Croatian: ''Zastupnički Dom'' and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 14 from Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 2 October 2022. Electoral system The house is elected by party-list proportional representation with open lists. For the first two elections, representatives were elected from nationwide lists, but in 2000, local representation was introduced. Eight constituencies, known as electoral units, each elect between three and six representatives, giving a total of 30. To ensure proportionality, a fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...s and political development, he has published several books. IDEA Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Electi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnian Voters Place Their Filled Out Ballots Into Their Respective Collection Boxes At One Of The Many Polling Locations In Eastern Mostar On The Day Of The Mostar General Election - DPLA - Fbe02edf01e8887badf5b34e15ace7f0
Bosnian may refer to: *Anything related to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina or its inhabitants *Anything related to Bosnia (region) or its inhabitants * Bosniaks, an ethnic group mainly inhabiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnians, people who live in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnian Croats, an ethnic group and one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bosnian Serbs, an ethnic group and one of the three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina * ''Bošnjani'', the name of inhabitants of Bosnia during the Middle Ages * Bosnian language See also *Bosniaks (other) *Bošnjak (other) * List of Bosnians and Herzegovinians * Languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boro Bosić
Boro Bosić (born 17 June 1950) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Co-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 3 January 1997 until 3 February 1999. He also served as the first Minister of Industry and Energy of Republika Srpska from 20 January 1993 to 17 December 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosic, Boro 1950 births Living people People from Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Politicians of R ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
