Bosnia and Herzegovina
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Skupstina (Parliamentary Assembly)
Chamber name
Dom Naroda (House of Peoples)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
4
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1994
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Twelve Plus Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Peoples
Speaker
Nikola
Špirić
(Male)
Year of birth
1956
Term
16.02.2023
Additional information
The Collegium of the House of Peoples, elected on 16 February 2023, consists of the Speaker (Mr. Nikola Špirić), the First Deputy Speaker (Mr. Kemal Ademović) and the Second Deputy Speaker (Mr. Dragan Čović).
During the legislature, the presidency rotates every eight months among the country's three main ethnic groups as follow.
- Mr. Nikola Špirić (Serb): From 16 February 2023 to 15 October 2023; and from 16 February 2025 to 15 October 2025.
- Mr. Mr. Kemal Ademović (Bosniac): From 16 October 2023 to 15 June 2024; and from 16 October 2025 to 15 June 2026.
- Mr. Dragan Čović (Croat): From 16 June 2024 to 15 February 2025; and from 16 June 2026 until the election of his successor by the newly elected legislature.
During the legislature, the presidency rotates every eight months among the country's three main ethnic groups as follow.
- Mr. Nikola Špirić (Serb): From 16 February 2023 to 15 October 2023; and from 16 February 2025 to 15 October 2025.
- Mr. Mr. Kemal Ademović (Bosniac): From 16 October 2023 to 15 June 2024; and from 16 October 2025 to 15 June 2026.
- Mr. Dragan Čović (Croat): From 16 June 2024 to 15 February 2025; and from 16 June 2026 until the election of his successor by the newly elected legislature.
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Peoples
Speaker
Kemal
Ademović
(Male)
Term
16.02.2023
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of Peoples
Speaker
Dragan
Čović
(Male)
Year of birth
1956
Term
16.02.2023
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary of the House of Peoples
Secretary General
Gordana
Živković
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 12 March 2019.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
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Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
15
Note on the statutory number of members
Ten from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and five from the Republika Srpska.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
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Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Asim Sarajlić (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
73
Oldest member
Sredoje Novlić (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
The ten delegates from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (five Croats and five Muslims) are designated by the delegates of the same communities to the local House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Delegates from the Republika Srpska are designated by the National Assembly of that same Republic.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.