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2018 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54%. 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 Šefik Džaferović and Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Milorad Dodik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. Electoral system The three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In Republika Srpska voters elect the Serb representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and Croat members. Voters registered in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina can vote for either the Bosniak or ...
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Presidency Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine, separator=" / ", Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the presidency comprises three members: one Bosniak, one Serb, and one Croat. The Bosniak and Croat members are elected from a joint constituency in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst the Serb member is elected from voters in Republika Srpska. The three members elected at any one election serve a collective four-year term. Individuals are able to serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms, although there are no overall term limits. Although the unsubdivided body is the collective head of state, one member is designated as chairperson. The position of chairperson rotates twice around the three members every eight months, wi ...
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Croatian Christian Democratic Union Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija Bosne i Hercegovine, HKDU BiH) is a minor Croatian political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. See also *Croatian Christian Democratic Union The Croatian Christian Democratic Union ( or HKDU) is a minor right-wing Christian-democratic list of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia. It was founded in 1992 after the merger of Croatian Democratic Party (HDS) and the Cr ... External linksOfficial web site Catholic political parties Conservative parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croat political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-party-stub ...
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Zoran Tegeltija
Zoran Tegeltija (; born 29 September 1961) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 10th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina since December 2019. He was Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska from 2010 to 2018 and mayor of Mrkonjić Grad from 2004 until 2010. Tegeltija is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats. He graduated from the School of Economics and Business at the University of Sarajevo in 1986, and later worked in customs services. Tegeltija was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in 2000. In 2004, he was elected mayor of Mrkonjić Grad and re-elected in 2008. In 2010, Aleksandar Džombić appointed him Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska. Tegeltija served as Minister of Finance until the entity government of Radovan Višković was formed in 2018. In 2019, he was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers, following the 2018 general election. Early life and education Tegeltija is a Serb and has ...
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Denis Zvizdić
Denis Zvizdić (born 9 June 1964) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. He is currently a member of the House of Representatives. Zvizdić also served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 2003 to 2006. He was a longtime member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it in 2021 to join the People and Justice party. Early life and education Zvizdić was born on 9 June 1964 in Sarajevo. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, where he earned a PhD and in 2007 became a professor of architecture. Early career Zvizdić had worked at the Ministry for Environment and Construction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), as well as for the Unioninvest Sarajevo Company prior to his political career. He was also Co-Director of the National Action Plan for Protection of Environment. Early political career ...
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Chairman Of The Council Of Ministers Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian/ Croatian: ''Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', ) is the head of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As head of the government, the chairman of the Council of Ministers has no authority for appointing ministers, and his role is that of a coordinator. Ministers are appointed in his or her stead by the majority-parties according to ethnic and entity representation rules, so that a deputy minister must not be of same ethnicity as the respective minister. Zoran Tegeltija is the 10th and current chairman of the Council of Ministers. He took office on 23 December 2019, following the 2018 general election. List of chairpersons Before independence (1945–1992) Since independence (1992–present) Prime Mi ...
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Nermin Ogrešević
Nermin or Nermine (نرمين) is a Persian feminine given name (in French also transcribed as ''Nermine''). It means softness, delicate and it is used to describe kindness. The word ''Narm'' means soft in Persian, and “in” is a descriptive postfix. As ''Nermin'', it is also given as a male name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The masculine Bosnian name is again feminized as ''Nermina''. Notable people with the name include: ;Nermin (feminine name) * Nermin Bezmen, Turkish novelist * Nermin Vlora Falaschi, Albanian intellectual * Nermin Farukî (1904-1991), Turkish sculptor * Nermin Al-Fiqy (b. 1972), Egyptian actress * Nermin Gözükırmızı, Turkish professor * Nermin Neftçi (1924-2003), Turkish lawyer, politician and former government minister * Nermine Hammam (b. 1967), Egyptian artist * Nermin Othman, Iraqi government minister * Nermin Abadan Unat, Turkish academic ;Nermin (masculine name) * Nermin Bašić, Bosnian football manager * Nermin Čeliković, Bosnian foot ...
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Petar Đokić
Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mononymously known as Petar include: * Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbia * Petar of Duklja (), early archont in Dioclea * Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia * * Notable people with the name are numerous: * See also * Sveti Petar (other) * Petrić * Petričević Petričević ( sr-cyr, Петричевић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Petrič'', a diminutive of Petar. It may refer to: *Bogdan Petričević (born 1989), Montenegrin handball player *Luka Petričević (born 1992), M ... References {{reflist Serbian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Croatian masculine given names ...
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Mirsad Kukić
Mirsad is a masculine given name of classical Arabic origin, meaning "watch tower". It is a fairly common name among South Slavs of Muslim heritage. The feminine version is ''Mirsada''. People named Mirsad include: * Mirsad Bektić, Bosnian-American mix martial artist * Mirsad Baljić, Yugoslav footballer * Mirsad Bektašević, Swedish Islamist * Mirsad Bešlija, Bosnian footballer * Mirsad Fazlagić, Bosnian footballer * Mirsad Hibić, Bosnian footballer * Mirsad Huseinovic, American soccer player * Mirsad Jonuz, Macedonian footballer * Mirsad Mijadinoski, Macedonian footballer * Mirsad Terzić, Bosnian footballer * Mirsad Türkcan, Turkish basketball player of Bosnian/Serbian origin * Mirsada Burić, Bosnian long-distance runner, famous for training under sniper fire in the streets of Sarajevo for the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympi ...
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Senad Šepić
Senad Šepić (born 24 December 1977) is a Bosnian politician who is the current president of the Independent Bloc and has been serving as a member of the national House of Representatives since 12 January 2012. He was a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) until 2017. Šepić was a prominent critic of party leader Bakir Izetbegović. He has also served as member of the Federal House of Representatives from 28 October 2002 until 9 February 2007 and as Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs from 9 February 2007 to 12 January 2012. Personal life and early career Šepić was born in Cazin, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. In the early 2000s, he was president of the SDA's youth organization. Šepić's parliamentary biography indicates that he was a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Sarajevo from 1997 to 2003, working as a history teacher. His online biography indicates that he received a history degree from the university in 2003 ...
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Predrag Kojović
Predrag Kojović (; born 2 July 1965) is a Bosnian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since December 2018. From 2014 to 2018, Kojović was a member of the Federal House of Representatives. He was the president of Our Party from 2015 to 2021. Biography Kojović, a Bosnian Serb, was born in Travnik in 1965. He graduated in 1988 at the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo. Before the Yugoslav Wars, he worked as a journalist for '' Yutel'', and from 1991 he worked as a reporter for Reuters, covering wars in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kojović was not a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he worked as a war correspondent. Later he worked as war correspondent across the world. In 2010, Kojović was elected to the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly. At the 2014 general election, he was elected to the Federal House of Representatives. On 16 May 2015, Kojović became the new president of Our Party, succeeding Dennis Gra ...
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Fahrudin Radončić
Fahrudin Radončić (; born 24 May 1957) is a Bosnian media magnate, entrepreneur, investor, and politician who served as the Minister of Security on two occasions. He is the founder of the ''Dnevni avaz,'' the best-selling newspaper in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is the founder and current president of the Union for a Better Future of BiH. From 2015 to 2019, Radončić was also a member of the national House of Peoples. Biography Born in Ivangrad, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, Radončić finished elementary and high school in Titograd. He started working in journalism at 19, and at 23 he was editor of the Republican Youth Magazine "Youth Movement in Podgorica". In the same period he got involved in politics as a member of the League of Communists of Montenegro, serving as executive secretary of the Republican Organization of the Union of Communists in Titograd until 1988. His family originates from Kuči. He has stated that his mother is of Albanian origin. From 1989 until th ...
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Marko Pavić
Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (other) *Markko (other) *Marka (other) *Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albion Marku (born 2000), Albanian footballer * Antonio Marku (born 1992), Albanian footballer * Florian Marku (born 1996), Albanian boxer * Herald Marku (born 1996), Albani ...
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