Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Premijer Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine
Incumbent
Nermin Nikšić
since 28 April 2023
NominatorPresident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
AppointerParliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inaugural holderHaris Silajdžić
Formation31 May 1994

This article lists the prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The prime minister is nominated by the President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As head of the government, the prime minister 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.[1]

Nermin Nikšić is the 8th and current prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He took office on 28 April 2023, following the 2022 general election.[2] His predecessor Fadil Novalić refused to concede, and contests the change as "illegal and unconstitutional".[3]

Responsibilities

The prime minister represents the Federal Government and is responsible for:

List of officeholders

  Party of Democratic Action   Croatian Democratic Union   Social Democratic Party

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Ethnicity Term of office Party Composition Election
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Haris Silajdžić
(born 1945) 		Bosniak 31 May 1994 31 January 1996 1 year, 245 days SDA SDA–HDZ BiH —
2 Izudin Kapetanović
(born 1953) 		Bosniak 31 January 1996 18 December 1996 322 days
3 Edhem Bičakčić
(born 1952) 		Bosniak 18 December 1996 12 December 1998 4 years, 23 days SDA–HDZ BiH–SBiH 1996
12 December 1998 10 January 2001[a] 1998
— Dragan Čović
(born 1956)
Acting 		Croat 10 January 2001 12 March 2001 61 days HDZ BiH —
4 Alija Behmen
(1940–2018) 		Bosniak 12 March 2001 14 February 2003 1 year, 339 days SDP BiH SDP BiH–SBiH–NHI–BPS–NSRzB 2000
5 Ahmet Hadžipašić
(1952–2008) 		Bosniak 14 February 2003 30 March 2007 4 years, 44 days SDA SDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH 2002
6 Nedžad Branković
(born 1962) 		Bosniak 30 March 2007 27 May 2009[a] 2 years, 58 days SDA–SBiH–HDZ BiH–HDZ 1990–SNSD 2006
— Vjekoslav Bevanda
(born 1956)
Acting 		Croat 27 May 2009 25 June 2009 29 days HDZ BiH —
7 Mustafa Mujezinović
(1954–2019) 		Bosniak 25 June 2009 17 March 2011 1 year, 265 days SDA
8 Nermin Nikšić
(born 1960) 		Bosniak 17 March 2011 31 March 2015 4 years, 14 days SDP BiH SDP BiH–SDA–NSRzB–HSP BiH 2010
9 Fadil Novalić
(born 1959) 		Bosniak 31 March 2015 28 April 2023 8 years, 28 days SDA SDA–SBB–HDZ BiH 2014
2018
(8) Nermin Nikšić
(born 1960) 		Bosniak 28 April 2023 Incumbent 278 days SDP BiH SDP BiH–HDZ BiH–NiP–NS–HDZ 1990–SN 2022

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Resigned from office

References

  1. ^ "Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ V.K. (28 April 2023). "Predstavnički dom izglasao novu Vladu FBiH, Nermin Nikšić novi premijer" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Novalić otkriva ostaje li u politici, kaje li se zbog nečega, kongresu SDA, novoj Vladi FBiH" (in Bosnian). Faktor.ba. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

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