House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the lower house of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the lower house of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, see House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 14 from Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 2 October 2022.

House of Representatives Predstavnički dom Zastupnički dom Представнички дом
9th legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Chairperson	Nebojša Radmanović (SNSD) since 1 April 2024
Vice-chairpeople	Denis Zvizdić (NiP) Marinko Čavara (HDZ BiH)
Structure
Seats	42
Political groups	Government (20)   SNSD (6)   SDP BiH (5)   HDZ BiH (4)   NiP (3)   NS (2) Supported by (3)   DEMOS (1)   US (1)   BHI (1) Opposition (19)   SDA (8)   DF–GS (3)   SDS (2)   PDP (2)   NES (2)   ZPR (1)   NPD (1)
Length of term	4 years
Salary	2,564 EUR per month[1]
Elections
Last election	2 October 2022
Next election	4 October 2026
Meeting place
Parliament Building Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 43°51′16.48″N 18°24′20.63″E
Website
www.parlament.ba

Electoral system

The house is elected by party-list proportional representation with open lists. For the first two elections, representatives were elected from nationwide lists, but in 2000, local representation was introduced. Eight constituencies, known as electoral units, each elect between three and six representatives, giving a total of 30. To ensure proportionality, a further 12 representatives are elected on an entity-wide basis. Each entity is allocated a number of these entity-wide seats, 7 members from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 from Republika Srpska.^[2] When a party is entitled to one of these entity-wide seats, it is given to the candidate from the party who receives the most votes without being elected in his or her electoral unit, located in one of the two entities.

Brčko District voters are entitled to vote in only one of the two entities. Their vote is allocated to the corresponding electoral unit, depending on which entity the voter is voting from.^[2]

Current composition

Composition of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (as of 3 January 2024)^[3]

In-House Groups		Parties	Representatives
	Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	8
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata	SNSD	6
	Social Democratic Party Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine	SDP BiH	5
	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine	HDZ BiH	4
	Democratic Front Demokratska fronta	DF	3
	People and Justice Narod i Pravda	NiP	3
	Serb Democratic Party Srpska demokratska stranka	SDS	2
	Party of Democratic Progress Partija demokratskog progresa	PDP	2
	Our Party Naša stranka	NS	2
	People's European Union Narodni evropski savez Bosne i Hercegovine	NES	2
	For Justice and Order Za Pravdu i Red	ZPR	1
	Democratic Union Demokratski savez	DEMOS	1
	United Srpska Ujedinjena Srpska	US	1
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative Bosanskohercegovačka Inicijativa	BHI	1
	Forward Naprijed	NPD	1
Total			42

Chairmen of the House of Representatives

  Croatian Democratic Union   Serb Democratic Party   Party of Democratic Action   Social Democratic Party   Alliance of Independent Social Democrats   Croatian Democratic Union 1990   Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina   Union for a Better Future   People and Justice

#	Name	Term of Office		Party
1	Ivo Lozančić	3 January 1997	2 September 1997	HDZ BiH
2	Slobodan Bijelić	2 September 1997	2 May 1998	SDS
3	Halid Genjac	2 May 1998	2 August 1999	SDA
4	Mirko Banjac	2 August 1999	2 April 2000	SDS
5	Pero Skopljak	2 April 2000	29 December 2000	HDZ BiH
6	Sead Avdić	29 December 2000	28 August 2001	SDP BiH
7	Željko Mirjanić	28 August 2001	28 April 2002	SNSD
8	Mariofil Ljubić	28 April 2002	9 December 2002	HDZ BiH
9	Šefik Džaferović	9 December 2002	8 August 2003	SDA
10	Nikola Špirić	8 August 2003	8 April 2004	SNSD
11	Martin Raguž	8 April 2004	8 December 2004	HDZ BiH
12	Šefik Džaferović	8 December 2004	8 August 2005	SDA
13	Nikola Špirić	8 August 2005	8 April 2006	SNSD
14	Martin Raguž	8 April 2006	11 January 2007	HDZ 1990
15	Beriz Belkić	11 January 2007	10 September 2007	SBiH
16	Milorad Živković	10 September 2007	10 May 2008	SNSD
17	Niko Lozančić	10 May 2008	10 January 2009	HDZ BiH
18	Beriz Belkić	10 January 2009	10 September 2009	SBiH
19	Milorad Živković	10 September 2009	10 May 2010	SNSD
20	Niko Lozančić	10 May 2010	30 November 2010	HDZ BiH
21	Adnan Bašić	30 November 2010	20 May 2011	SBB BiH
22	Denis Bećirović	20 May 2011	19 January 2012	SDP BiH
23	Milorad Živković	19 January 2012	19 September 2012	SNSD
24	Božo Ljubić	19 September 2012	19 May 2013	HDZ 1990
25	Denis Bećirović	19 May 2013	19 January 2014	SDP BiH
26	Milorad Živković	19 January 2014	19 September 2014	SNSD
27	Božo Ljubić	19 September 2014	9 December 2014	Ind.
28	Šefik Džaferović	9 December 2014	8 August 2015	SDA
29	Borjana Krišto	8 August 2015	8 April 2016	HDZ BiH
30	Mladen Bosić	8 April 2016	8 December 2016	SDS
31	Šefik Džaferović	8 December 2016	8 August 2017	SDA
32	Borjana Krišto	8 August 2017	8 April 2018	HDZ BiH
33	Mladen Bosić	8 April 2018	6 December 2018	SDS
34	Borjana Krišto	6 December 2018	5 August 2019	HDZ BiH
35	Denis Zvizdić	5 August 2019	5 April 2020	SDA
36	Nebojša Radmanović	5 April 2020	5 December 2020	SNSD
37	Borjana Krišto	5 December 2020	5 August 2021	HDZ BiH
38	Denis Zvizdić	5 August 2021	5 April 2022	NiP
39	Nebojša Radmanović	5 April 2022	1 December 2022	SNSD
40	Denis Zvizdić	1 December 2022	1 August 2023	NiP
41	Marinko Čavara	1 August 2023	1 April 2024	HDZ BiH
42	Nebojša Radmanović	1 April 2024	Incumbent	SNSD

See also

• Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. "Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?". Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
2. Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001). "Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Unofficial Translation)" (PDF). Office of the High Representative. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
3. "Poslanici saziv 2022 - 2026". parlament.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 3 January 2024.