Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara ; Bosne i Hercegovine; Предсједавајући Савјета министара ; Босне и Херцеговине
	Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Incumbent; Zoran Tegeltija; since 23 December 2019
Residence	Sarajevo
Nominator	Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Appointer	House of Representatives; of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Haris Silajdžić; and Boro Bosić; (as Co-Chairmen)
Formation	3 January 1997
Salary	2,178 EUR per month
Website	vijeceministara.gov.ba

The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Предсједавајући Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине) is the head of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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.^[2]

Zoran Tegeltija is the 10th and current chairman of the Council of Ministers. He took office on 23 December 2019, following the 2018 general election.^[3]

List of chairpersons[]

Before independence (1945–1992)[]

Communist Party / League of Communists Croatian Democratic Union

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Prime Minister of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Rodoljub Čolaković (1900–1983)	27 April 1945	September 1948	KP BiH
2	Đuro Pucar (1899–1979)	September 1948	March 1953	KP BiH renamed in 1952 to SK BiH
President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2)	Đuro Pucar (1899–1979)	March 1953	December 1953	KP BiH
3	Avdo Humo (1914–1983)	December 1953	1956	SK BiH
4	Osman Karabegović (1911–1996)	1956	1963	SK BiH
5	Hasan Brkić (1913–1965)	1963	14 June 1965	SK BiH
6	Rudi Kolak (1918–2004)	14 June 1965	1967	SK BiH
7	Branko Mikulić (1928–1994)	1967	1969	SK BiH
8	Dragutin Kosovac (1924–2012)	1969	April 1974	SK BiH
9	Milanko Renovica (1928–2013)	April 1974	28 April 1982	SK BiH
10	Seid Maglajlija (born 1940)	28 April 1982	28 April 1984	SK BiH
11	Gojko Ubiparip (1927–2000)	28 April 1984	April 1986	SK BiH
12	Josip Lovrenović (born 1929)	April 1986	April 1988	SK BiH
13	Marko Ćeranić	April 1988	20 December 1990	SK BiH
14	Jure Pelivan (1928–2014)	20 December 1990	3 March 1992	HDZ BiH

Since independence (1992–present)[]

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997)[]

Croatian Democratic Union Party of Democratic Action

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
1	Jure Pelivan (1928–2014)	Croat	3 March 1992	9 November 1992 (resigned)	251 days	HDZ BiH
2	Mile Akmadžić (born 1939)	Croat	9 November 1992	25 October 1993	350 days	HDZ BiH
3	Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	25 October 1993	30 January 1996	2 years, 97 days	SDA
4	Hasan Muratović (1940–2020)	Bosniak	30 January 1996	3 January 1997	339 days	SDA

Co-Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2000)[]

Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Democratic Party Socialist Party

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office		Political party	Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office		Political party
		Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	3 January 1997	6 June 2000	SBiH			Boro Bosić (born 1950)	Serb	3 January 1997	3 February 1999	SDS
		Haris Silajdžić (born 1945)	Bosniak	3 January 1997	6 June 2000	SBiH			Svetozar Mihajlović (born 1949)	Serb	3 February 1999	6 June 2000	SP

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present)[]

Serb Democratic Party Croatian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Party of Democratic Progress Party of Democratic Action Alliance of Independent Social Democrats

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Term of office			Political party	Cabinets
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Ethnicity	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Cabinets
1	Spasoje Tuševljak (born 1952)	Serb	6 June 2000	18 October 2000	134 days	SDS	Tuševljak
2	Martin Raguž (born 1958)	Croat	18 October 2000	22 February 2001	127 days	HDZ BiH	Raguž
3	Božidar Matić (1937–2016)	Croat	22 February 2001	18 July 2001	146 days	SDP BiH	Matić
4	Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955)	Bosniak	18 July 2001	15 March 2002	240 days	SDP BiH	Lagumdžija
5	Dragan Mikerević (born 1955)	Serb	15 March 2002	23 December 2002	283 days	PDP	Mikerević
6	Adnan Terzić (born 1960)	Bosniak	23 December 2002	11 January 2007	4 years, 19 days	SDA	Terzić
7	Nikola Špirić (born 1956)	Serb	11 January 2007	12 January 2012	5 years, 1 day	SNSD	Špirić I Špirić II
8	Vjekoslav Bevanda (born 1956)	Croat	12 January 2012	31 March 2015	3 years, 78 days	HDZ BiH	Bevanda
9	Denis Zvizdić (born 1964)	Bosniak	31 March 2015	23 December 2019	4 years, 267 days	SDA	Zvizdić
10	Zoran Tegeltija (born 1961)	Serb	23 December 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 61 days	SNSD	Tegeltija

Living former office holders[]

There are twelve living former heads of government (2 former prime ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 (1996–1997) on 14 November 2020.

Prime ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997):

Mile Akmadžić
(1992–1993)
(1939-10-01) October 1, 1939 (age 82)
Haris Silajdžić
(1993–1996)
(1945-10-01) October 1, 1945 (age 76)

Co-Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2000):

Boro Bosić
(1997–1999)
(1950-06-17) June 17, 1950 (age 71)
Svetozar Mihajlović
(1999–2000)
1949 (age 72–73)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present):

Spasoje Tuševljak
(2000)
(1952-05-28) May 28, 1952 (age 69)
Martin Raguž
(2000–2001)
(1958-03-02) March 2, 1958 (age 63)
Zlatko Lagumdžija
(2001–2002)
(1955-12-26) December 26, 1955 (age 66)
Dragan Mikerević
(2002)
(1955-02-12) February 12, 1955 (age 67)
Adnan Terzić
(2002–2007)
(1960-04-05) April 5, 1960 (age 61)
Nikola Špirić
(2007–2012)
(1956-09-04) September 4, 1956 (age 65)
Vjekoslav Bevanda
(2012–2015)
(1956-05-13) May 13, 1956 (age 65)
Denis Zvizdić
(2015–2019)
(1964-06-09) June 9, 1964 (age 57)

Timeline[]