Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of RepresentativesHouse of Peoples

House of Peoples

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
Nikola Špirić (Male)
Year of birth
1956
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.

Speaker
Kemal Ademović (Male)
Speaker
Dragan Čović (Male)
Year of birth
1956
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Gordana Živković (Female)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 12 March 2019.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
13
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
2
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Age

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
44
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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

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
13
Number of women elected
2
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.
13.33%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Appointed
2

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.
13
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.
2
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.
Nikola Špirić (Male)
Date of election
16.02.2023
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Kemal Ademović (Male)
Date of election
16.02.2023
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Dragan Čović
Date of election
16.02.2023
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