The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian/

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: ''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 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 ...

, and appointed by the

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 ...

. 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 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 ...

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 Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997)

Co-Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2000)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present)

Living former office holders

There are twelve living former heads of government (2 former prime ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2 former co-chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 8 former chairmen of the Council of Ministers). The last former head of government to die was Hasan Muratović (1996–1997) on 14 November 2020. Prime ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997): File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg, File:Haris Silajdžić (cropped).jpg, Co-Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2000): File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg, File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg, Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present): File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg, File:Martin Raguž.jpg, File:Lagumdžija February 2015 (cropped).jpg, File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg, File:AdnanTerzic (cropped).jpg, File:Borut Pahor and Nikola Špirić in 2010 crop.jpg, File:Bevanda (cropped).jpg, File:Denis Zvizdić (cropped).jpg,

Timeline

References

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