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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 ...
represents the Federation and is the head of the federal executive power.Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
/ref> Term of the Federal President is 4 years. The post was established in March 1994. The election of the Federal President consists of several activities. In electing the President and two Vice-Presidents of the Federation, at least one-third of the delegates of the respective Bosniak, Croat or Serb caucuses in the House of Peoples may nominate the President, and two Vice-Presidents of the Federation. After that, the House of Representatives needs to approve President and Vice-Presidents, and after that House of Peoples decides to confirm the decision of the House of Representatives by the majority of votes of all three caucuses. The president can be dismissed from office after Federal Constitutional Court approves the request from the
Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Serbo-Croat-Bosnian: ''Parlament Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine''/Парламент Федерације Босне и Херцеговине) is the bicameral legislature of the Federat ...
. Before the request was sent, two-thirds of Parliament need to vote for it. There is an unwritten rule applied since 1999 that while the President is always of Croat ethnicity, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Bosniak.


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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 ...
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President of Republika Srpska The president of Republika Srpska ( sh, Предсједник Републике Српске/Predsjednik Republike Srpske, ) is the highest executive authority in Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the execut ...


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{{Reflist Politics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina