The chairman of the

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 ...

( Bosnian/ Croatian: ''Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', ) is the

head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals ...

of the

government 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 ...

. 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 The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина) was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct lega ...

, 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 Hasan Muratović (11 April 1940 – 14 November 2020) was a Bosnian politician, entrepreneur and professor. He served as the 4th and last Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 30 January 1996 to 3 January 1997. 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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Prime Ministers A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is no ...

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 ...