The Fourteenth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian and hr, Četrnaesti saziv Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, ) is the current

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian/ Croatian: ''Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', sr, Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Bosnian Government ( bs, Vlada Bosne i He ...

cabinet formed on 25 January 2023, following the

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. It is led by Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers

Borjana Krišto Borjana Krišto (; born 13 August 1961) is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as the 11th Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina since January 2023. She previously served as the 8th president of the Federation of Bosni ...

Investiture

History

Following the

, a coalition led by the

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (; abbr. СНСД or SNSD) is a Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1996, it is the governing party in Republika Srpska, with its leader, Milorad Dodik, serving as the current ...

(SNSD), the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) and the liberal alliance

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reached an agreement on the formation of a new

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, designating Krišto as the new Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers. The

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officially nominated her as chairwoman-designate on 22 December. The national

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confirmed Krišto's appointment on 28 December. On 25 January 2023, the House of Representatives confirmed the appointment of Krišto's cabinet. Krišto's Cabinet is supported by the coalition of the SNSD, the HDZ BiH, Troika, the

Democratic People's Alliance The Democratic National Alliance or Democratic People's Alliance ( sr, Демократски народни савез/Demokratski narodni savez or DNS) is a centre-right political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The he ...

and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens. The major

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is the coalition of the

Party of Democratic Action The Party of Democratic Action ( bs, Stranka demokratske akcije; abbr. SDA) is a Bosniak nationalist, conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) was founded on 26 May 1990 in Sarajevo, ...

and the Democratic Front. The coalition of the Serb Democratic Party and the

Party of Democratic Progress The Party of Democratic Progress (, abbr. ПДП, PDP) is a centre to centre-right Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded on 26 September 1999. It is the third-largest party in Republika Srpska entity. History The PDP was establ ...

is the major opposition in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...

Cabinet reshuffle

On 18 May 2023,

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 m ...

, the Minister of Finance and Treasury and the Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, was appointed director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 15 June 2023, he was officially confirmed as the new director, therefore resigning from the Krišto Cabinet. On 22 August 2023, Srđan Amidžić was appointed as the new Minister of Finance and Treasury, while

Staša Košarac Staša Košarac ( sr-cyr, Сташа Кошарац; born 19 March 1975) is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the current Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations. He was also a member of both the national House of Peoples and House of R ...

, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, was appointed as the new Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:

Cabinet members

The Cabinet is structured into the offices for the chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, the two vice chairs and 9 ministries.

Notes

References

External links

Website of the Council of Ministers
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