Government of Zenica-Doboj Canton
Canton · Federation of BiH · Executive
How it is appointed / elected
The assembly speaker nominates a premier candidate after consulting the deputies. The assembly confirms the government by majority vote, after which it takes office.
- Assembly speaker
Nominates a premier candidate after consulting the deputy speakers.
- Premier and ministerial candidates
The proposed government is submitted to the assembly for confirmation of ministerial appointments.
- Cantonal assembly
Confirms the government by a majority vote; the government takes office after confirmation.
- Premier and ministers
After confirmation, make a solemn declaration before the assembly speaker.
Conditions and constraints
The government comprises the premier and ten ministers.
The government reflects the canton’s ethnic structure according to the 1991 census; the previous fixed seven/two/two ratio in Article 6(4) was deleted in 2023.
If the premiership becomes vacant, the assembly speaker nominates a new candidate within 30 days.
The government resigns following a no-confidence vote. Dismissing the premier entails resignation or dismissal of ministers unless the assembly decides otherwise.
A newly elected assembly member continuing an executive office must suspend the legislative mandate before the constitutive sitting.
Current officeholders · 2022–2026
11 members recorded · As of 3 November 2026
Party affiliation follows official biographies, including “Nije član stranke” (not a party member). Names the source prints in capitals are shown in normal case. The government was confirmed at the eighteenth session on 26 October 2023; it remains pending its successor taking office.
Executive organization
Ministry of Veterans Affairs
What it does
- Implementing laws and subordinate acts governing supplementary rights of veterans and their families
- Cooperating with and supervising municipal services responsible for veterans’ and family rights
- Providing expert opinions and guidance on the status of veterans and their families
- Providing legal assistance in response to petitions and oral requests by veterans and their families
Ministry of Labour, Social Policy and Refugees
What it does
- Drafting legislation on labour, employment relations and employment
- Preparing employment programmes
- Preparing and implementing displaced-person and refugee return plans
- Monitoring implementation of humanitarian projects
- Social protection, protection of civilian victims of war and protection of families with children
- Deciding administrative appeals and reviewing first-instance decisions
Ministry of Health
What it does
This portfolio’s responsibilities are not yet covered here. See the official page.
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Ministry of Finance
What it does
- Preparing accounting procedures and policies
- Preparing periodic reports and annual consolidated reports
- Preparing the budget
- Preparing periodic and annual budget-execution reports
- Monitoring inflows and outflows on the Single Treasury Account
Ministry of Justice and Administration
What it does
This portfolio’s responsibilities are not yet covered here. See the official page.
Official portfolio pageMinistry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
What it does
- Higher education and science
- Recognition and equivalence of foreign higher-education diplomas
- Traffic education
- Preschool, primary, secondary and adult education
- Protecting and using cultural, historical and natural heritage
- Youth policy
- Activities of physical-culture organisations, sports federations, elite-sport associations and clubs, and recreational sport
Ministry of Spatial Planning, Transport and Communications and Environmental Protection
What it does
- Preparing the regional-road development strategy
- Harmonising and registering timetables for cantonal routes
- Adopting environmental-protection and improvement programmes
- Preparing and implementing the cantonal spatial plan
- Issuing planning consents, building permits and use permits for buildings and works of cantonal interest
Ministry of the Interior
What it does
This portfolio’s responsibilities are not yet covered here. See the official page.
Official portfolio pageMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
What it does
- Collecting forest-condition and development data and maintaining the forest and forest-land cadastre
- Providing direct forest protection through the ranger service
- Drafting long-, medium- and short-term water-management development plans
- Issuing water-management instruments
Ministry of Economy
What it does
- Developing trade, tourism, hospitality and other services
- Setting minimum technical conditions and classifying tourism and hospitality facilities
- Designing and implementing cantonal development programmes and projects
- Establishing and monitoring the canton’s energy balance
- Conducting administrative concession-award procedures for exploration and extraction