Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
State of BiH · Executive
How it is appointed / elected
The Presidency of BiH nominates the chair and the House of Representatives confirms the appointment. The chair then nominates ministers and deputy ministers, who take office following confirmation by the House of Representatives.
- Presidency of BiH
Nominates the Council chair for each new parliamentary term, no later than 15 days after the House of Representatives’ constitutive session, and immediately submits the decision to the House.
- SIPA, CEC BiH and the Committee for Preparing the Election of the Council of Ministers
SIPA verifies the prescribed declarations, the CEC certifies legal eligibility, and the Committee recommends whether the House should confirm the candidate. The Committee has three days for the chair and eight days for ministers and deputies from receipt of the information.
- House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
Confirms the chair’s appointment; the chair takes office on confirmation. The House decides within three days of receiving the Committee recommendation.
- Chair of the Council of Ministers
Within 35 days of confirmation of their appointment, nominates ministers and deputy ministers and seeks House confirmation. Also appoints two ministers as deputy chairs.
- House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
Confirms ministers, deputy ministers and the two deputy chairs. Ministers and deputy ministers take office immediately upon confirmation.
- The chair, Presidency and Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
The chair submits a resignation to the Presidency; ministers and deputies submit theirs to the chair. The Presidency may propose dismissal of the chair, and the chair may initiate dismissal of a minister or deputy; dismissal requires a Parliamentary Assembly decision. The Assembly may vote no confidence in the Council.
Conditions and constraints
No more than two-thirds of all ministers may be appointed from FBiH. A deputy minister must not be from the same constituent people as the minister.
Equal representation of the constituent peoples is required. The chair and the two deputy chairs come from different peoples. At least one position for Others is provided in the Council or as Secretary General.
Each minister has one deputy, except the Defence Minister, who has two. Deputy ministers are not additional ministers or additional portfolios.
Confirmation in the House of Representatives is subject to constitutional voting rules: a majority of those present and voting and the entity-voting procedure in Article IV.3(d). A majority of all elected members constitutes a quorum.
Appointment and confirmation of the chair must be completed within 22 days, and of ministers and deputies within 70 days, of the House’s constitutive session.
If the House rejects the chair nominee, the Presidency nominates another within eight days. If it rejects a minister or deputy, the chair nominates a replacement within eight days or resigns.
The outgoing Council remains in a caretaker capacity until the new Council is established and operational. The chair’s resignation or permanent incapacity, or a no-confidence vote, entails resignation of the entire Council, which serves until a new chair and members are confirmed.
On a minister’s or deputy’s resignation or permanent incapacity, the chair nominates a successor within 15 days; the successor takes office after House confirmation. A deputy temporarily performs the minister’s duties between resignation, permanent incapacity or confirmed dismissal and the successor taking office; for Defence the chair designates which deputy.
Current officeholders · 2022–2026
19 members recorded · As of 3 November 2026
Coverage is 19 people: the chairwoman, eight ministers and ten deputy ministers (Defence has two). The security minister position is unfilled following acceptance of Nenad Nešić’s resignation in January 2025; Ivica Bošnjak remains deputy minister and temporarily performs ministerial duties under Article 14. Srđan Amidžić replaced Zoran Tegeltija on 22 August 2023; Staša Košarac became deputy chair that day, while the date shown for him marks the start of his ministerial term. Party labels are those in the official appointment announcement of 25 January 2023, except Amidžić (biography) and Janjić (a media report of 3 July 2026 lists him among new SPS members); they do not establish that no other later membership changes occurred. HSS has not been reliably linked to a party registry entry. The consolidated official composition PDF was unavailable; appointment confirmations and ministry news underpin this snapshot. The migrated Nešić announcement displays 27 January 2025, whereas media report 28 January; the precise day is therefore not asserted.
- PSBiH — potvrđivanje ministara i zamjenika, 2. hitna sjednica, 25.1.2023.
- Vijeće ministara BiH — potvrđivanje saziva 25.1.2023. i stranačke oznake pri imenovanju
- PSBiH — 5. hitna sjednica, 22.8.2023., Amidžić i Košarac · p. 22
- Vijeće ministara BiH — prihvaćena ostavka i razriješen Nenad Nešić (januar 2025.)
- PSBiH — potvrda imenovanja predsjedavajuće, 28.12.2022., Službeni glasnik BiH 87/22
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst
- Vijeće ministara — aktuelni sastav Odbora za unutrašnju politiku
Executive organization
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
What it does
- Implementing established foreign policy under Presidency positions and guidelines.
- Representing BiH in diplomatic relations and international organisations.
- Organising, directing and coordinating diplomatic and consular missions.
- Preparing bilateral and multilateral agreements.
- Protecting the rights and interests of citizens and domestic legal persons abroad.
Minister
NiPSince 25 January 2023
Sources (5)
- Stranački izvor — Narod i Pravda, 25.9.2018.: predsjednik Naroda i pravde Dino Konaković
- Stranački izvor — Narod i Pravda, 28.9.2022.: predsjednik Naroda i Pravde BiH Elmedin Dino Konaković
- PSBiH — potvrđivanje ministara i zamjenika, 2. hitna sjednica, 25.1.2023.
- Vijeće ministara BiH — potvrđivanje saziva 25.1.2023. i stranačke oznake pri imenovanju
- MVP BiH — Ministar Konaković na COMCEC-u, 2.11.2026.
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
What it does
- BiH foreign trade and customs tariff policy.
- Preparing international trade and economic agreements.
- The business environment, single economic area and promotion of entrepreneurship.
- Control of goods and services subject to special export and import regimes; consumer protection and competition.
- Coordinating and harmonising entity plans internationally in agriculture, energy, environmental protection and tourism.
Ministry of Communications and Transport
What it does
- Policy and regulation of common and international communications facilities.
- International and inter-entity transport and infrastructure.
- Preparing international and inter-entity communications and transport agreements.
- Strategic and planning documents for communications, transport, infrastructure and information technology.
- Civil aviation and air traffic oversight.
Ministry of Finance and Treasury
What it does
- Preparing the BiH budget and final accounts.
- Executing the budget and financing BiH institutions.
- Planning and managing debt and meeting international financial obligations.
- Relations with international and domestic financial institutions and borrowing policy.
- Developing and coordinating internal control and internal audit in BiH institutions.
- Coordinating international economic assistance other than European Union assistance.
Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees
What it does
- Monitoring and implementing international conventions on human rights and fundamental freedoms.
- Promoting and protecting individual and collective human rights and gender equality.
- Implementing and overseeing Annex VII of the peace agreement.
- Refugee and displaced-person return policy and conditions for sustainable return.
- Protecting the rights of refugees and persons under subsidiary protection after status determination.
- Cooperation with religious communities and national minorities; diaspora policy.
Ministry of Justice
What it does
- Administrative functions concerning state-level judicial bodies.
- International and inter-entity judicial cooperation and extradition.
- Alignment of legislation and its implementation with BiH international obligations.
- Providing free legal aid in accordance with the law.
- Administrative inspection and registers of citizens’ associations and non-governmental organisations.
Ministry of Security
What it does
- Protecting international borders and regulating traffic at border crossings.
- Preventing and detecting terrorism, drug and human trafficking and other crime with an international or inter-entity element.
- International security cooperation and coordination of entity and Brčko internal-affairs authorities.
- Coordinating civil protection and protection and rescue plans.
- Immigration and asylum policy and procedures for the movement and residence of foreigners.
- Support to police bodies, personnel training and forensic examinations.
Deputy minister
HDZ BiHSince 25 January 2023
Sources (4)
- PSBiH — potvrđivanje ministara i zamjenika, 2. hitna sjednica, 25.1.2023.
- Vijeće ministara BiH — potvrđivanje saziva 25.1.2023. i stranačke oznake pri imenovanju
- Vijeće ministara BiH — prihvaćena ostavka i razriješen Nenad Nešić (januar 2025.)
- Ministarstvo sigurnosti BiH — aktuelnosti zamjenika ministra Ivice Bošnjaka
Ministry of Civil Affairs
What it does
- Citizenship, citizens’ records, identity and travel documents and vehicle registration records.
- Mine action.
- Coordinating activities and harmonising entity plans and international strategy in health and social protection.
- Coordination in pensions, labour and employment.
- Coordination in science, education, culture and sport.
- Coordination of geodetic, geological and meteorological work.
Ministry of Defence
What it does
- Establishing and maintaining defence capacity to protect BiH sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- Proposing the defence budget and authorising defence expenditure.
- Organising, equipping and supplying the Armed Forces.
- Implementing defence policies, laws and regulations and overseeing the Armed Forces.
- Representing BiH internationally in defence matters and meeting international obligations.
- Procedures for authorising military assistance to civilian authorities in disasters under Presidency authorisation.