People and Justice (, abbreviated NiP) is a

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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 H ...

. The party was founded on 12 March 2018.

History

People and Justice was founded on 12 March 2018, after

Elmedin Konaković Elmedin Konaković (born 3 September 1974) is a Bosnian politician serving as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2023. He is the president of the People and Justice party and was previo ...

resigned from all party functions in the

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Bosniak

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, ...

. The founding assembly was held on the same day, in the presence of 60 founders, where Konaković was elected president, Senada Bosno and Elvedin Okerić vice presidents and Mirza Selimbegović was elected Secretary General. In the

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held in the same year, the party won six seats in the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly, two seats in the Federal House of Representatives and one seat in the Federal House of Peoples. In the 2020 municipal elections the party significantly increased its share of votes in the city of

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, becoming the largest political party in the city. In the 2022 general election, the party also significantly increased its share of votes in the country, winning three seats in the national

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and seven seats in the Federal one.

List of presidents

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Cantonal elections

References

External links

Official Website
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