Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine
Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине
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Overview
Established3 January 1997; 24 years ago (1997-01-03)
StateBosnia and Herzegovina
LeaderChairman of the Council of Ministers
Main organParliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministries9 (2020)
HeadquartersTrg BiH 1, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Websitevijeceministara.gov.ba

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Bosnian Government (Bosnian: Vlada Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Влада Босне и Херцеговине), is the executive branch of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also called the Cabinet.

According to the Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and confirmed by the National House of Representatives. The Chairman then appoints other ministers.

Decision of the Constitutional Court[]

On 11 February 1999, Mirko Banjac, at the time Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, instituted a request for, among other issues, the evaluation of the constitutionality of the Law on the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 4/97) which foresaw the existence of two Co-Chairs and a Vice-Chair of the Council of Ministers. In its decision the Court had, among other things, stated the following:

Article V.4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina defines the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is composed of the Chair of the Council of Ministers and a certain number of ministers as may be appropriate, who are responsible for the implementation of the policy and the decisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina from within the competencies of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina appoints the Chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who assumes the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Chair of the Council of Ministers appoints the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Trade and other ministers as may be appropriate (no more than two thirds of the ministers may be appointed from the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), who assume the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives; also, the Chair appoints deputy ministers (who may not be from the same constituent people as their ministers), who assume the office upon the approval by the House of Representatives. It follows from what has been stated above that the challenged provisions of the law defining the Co-Chairs and the Vice-Chair of the Council of Ministers are not in accordance with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since the Constitution clearly establishes the traditional function of a Prime Minister designate who also appoints the ministers according to Article V.4 of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

The Court gave the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina a three-month period from the date of publication of its decision on this matter in the "Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" to bring the contested provisions of the Law in conformity with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Parliamentary Assembly failed to do that, the Court, acting upon the request of the applicant and pursuant to its decision of 14 August 1999 and the legal standpoint exemplified in the reasons of the decision, established that certain provisions of the Law on Ministers and Ministries shall cease to be valid.[2]

Responsibilities[]

Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, headquarters of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Council is responsible for carrying out the policies and decisions in the fields of:

Standing Bodies of Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

  • General Secretariat
  • Economic Directorate
  • Internal Politics Directorate
  • Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bureau for Legal Matters

Current Cabinet[]

# Office Incumbent Took office Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Zoran Tegeltija (cropped).jpg
Zoran Tegeltija
23 December 2019 SNSD
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vice Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers
2020 Bisera Turković (50399938273) (cropped).jpg
Bisera Turković
23 December 2019 SDA
Minister of Finance and Treasury
Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Vjekoslav Bevanda (cropped).jpg
Vjekoslav Bevanda
31 March 2015 HDZ BiH
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Staša Košarac 23 December 2019 SNSD
Minister of Defence Sifet Podžić 23 December 2019 DF
Minister of Security Selmo Cikotić cropped.jpg
Selmo Cikotić
23 July 2020 SDA
Minister of Justice Josip Grubeša 31 March 2015 HDZ BiH
Minister of Civil Affairs Ankica Gudeljević 23 December 2019 HDZ BiH
Minister of Communication and Traffic Vojin Mitrović 23 December 2019 SNSD
Minister of Human Rights and Refugees 15 May 2020 DNS

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, U-1/99 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, para. 4 and 5, Sarajevo, 14 August 1999
  2. ^ Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, U-1/99 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Sarajevo, 29 January 2000

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