Bosnia and Herzegovina
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Denis
Zvizdić
(Male)
Year of birth
1964
Additional information
The Collegium of the House of Representatives, elected on 1 December 2022, consists of the Speaker (Mr. Denis Zvizdić), the First Deputy Speaker (Mr. Marinko Čavara) and the Second Deputy Speaker (Mr. Nebojša Radmanović).
During the legislature, the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives rotates every eight months. Mr. Zvizdić (Bosniac) will be succeeded by Mr. Čavara (Croat) and Mr. Radmanović (Serb) as follows.
- Mr. Zvizdić: from 1 December 2022. to 31 July 2023; and from 1 December 2024 to 31 July 2025.
- Mr. Čavara: from 1 August 2023 to 31 March 2024; and from 1 August 2025 to 31 March 2026.
- Mr. Radmanović: from 1 April 2024 to 30 November 2024; and 1 April 2026 until the end of the term of the current House of Representatives.
During the legislature, the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives rotates every eight months. Mr. Zvizdić (Bosniac) will be succeeded by Mr. Čavara (Croat) and Mr. Radmanović (Serb) as follows.
- Mr. Zvizdić: from 1 December 2022. to 31 July 2023; and from 1 December 2024 to 31 July 2025.
- Mr. Čavara: from 1 August 2023 to 31 March 2024; and from 1 August 2025 to 31 March 2026.
- Mr. Radmanović: from 1 April 2024 to 30 November 2024; and 1 April 2026 until the end of the term of the current House of Representatives.
Speaker
Marinko
Čavara
(Male)
Year of birth
1967
Speaker
Nebojša
Radmanović
(Male)
Year of birth
1949
Additional information
Elected on 6 Dec. 2018, re-elected on 1 Dec. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Marin
Vukoja
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sanja Vulić (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
73
Oldest member
Nebojša Radmanović (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
51-60
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 10 | Total >= 46: 31 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
752
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
35
Number of women elected
7
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
16.67%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
7
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
35
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
7
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Denis
vizdić
(Male)
Political party
People and Justice (NAROD I PRAVDA)
Date of election
01.12.2022
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Marinko
Čavara
(Male)
Political party
HDZ BiH, HSS, HSP BiH, HKDU, HSPAS, HDU, HSPHB, HRAST
Date of election
01.12.2022
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Nebojša
Radmanović
(Male)
Political party
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD)
Date of election
01.12.2022
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1992
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1949
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
1949 - parliament reply. 1946 - Part of Yugoslavia
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1949
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1990
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2009