The ''Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' () is the

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(or

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) of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

, which publishes laws, regulations, official government contracts, appointments and official decisions and releases them in the

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History

The ''Gazette'' was founded on 1 September 1878 under the name ''Bosansko-hercegovačke novine - Službeni list'', by the government of the

Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...

, under

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control.

Function

From 20 June 1945, according to the Regulations (3/45), the ''Official Gazette'' of the constituent Yugoslav Federal Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is an independent institution of the Ministry of Justice. From 1 January 1947, according to the Regulation (8/47), the ''Official Gazette'' of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is described as an economic institution under the Government of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the Regulations (16/47), from 19 March 1947, the ''Gazette'' is a state institution under the Presidency of the Government of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and according to the Law (13/47) the ''Official Gazette'' is an institution of the Presidency of the Government of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and has property and legal autonomy. From 25 January 1996, according to the Law on News Publishing Organization, the ''Official Gazette of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina'', No. 2/96, continues its work as a public company newspaper and publishing organization of particular social interest, under Regulations applicable to companies in the field of publishing. The company is managed by a board of directors consisting of a president and four members, whereas the president and two members are appointed among the members of the republic bodies, and two members among the employees. The company is managed by the director, who is also the editor-in-chief. The ''Gazette'' is run by the public company Javno preduzeće Novinsko-izdavačka organizacija Službeni list Bosne i Hercegovine, abbreviated as JP NIO Službeni list BiH. The ''Gazette''s operations are regulated by the number of laws, the most recent being the ''Law on News-Publishing Organization Official Gazette of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina'', published in ''Official Gazette'' of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 2/96 from 25 January 1996, and followed by the ''Law on the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' published in the ''Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina'', No. 1/97 from 29 October 1997. The ''Gazette'' promulgates acts, laws and legislation, regulations, official government contracts, appointments and official decisions of all three government branches of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the

Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine, Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине, separator=" / ") is the bicameral legislative ...

, the

Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian language, Bosnian/Croatian language, Croatian: ''Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', ), often called Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (, ), is the Executive (government), execu ...

, and of 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 ...

Since No. 48/06, of 26 June 2006, Dragan Prusina was named the director and editor-in-chief of the ''Gazette''.

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Službeni glasnik Bosne i Hercegovine
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