Bosnia and Herzegovina

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House of Representatives

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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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.
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.
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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.
34
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
8
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
19.05% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
52.70
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
34
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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
10 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
31 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
33 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
8 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0 See historical data for this field.
31-40
7 See historical data for this field.
41-45
3 See historical data for this field.
46-50
8 See historical data for this field.
51-60
13 See historical data for this field.
61-70
9 See historical data for this field.
71-80
1 See historical data for this field.
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
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
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0%0%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger17.07%7.32%9.76%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger24.39%14.63%9.76%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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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