President and Vice-Presidents of Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska · entity · President / vice-presidents · 3 seats
Current officeholders · 2022–2026
3 of 3 seats · As of 3 November 2026
Siniša Karan is the current President, not Milorad Dodik. The early election was held on 23 November 2025 and repeated at 136 polling stations on 8 February 2026; CIK confirmed Karan’s election on 13 February 2026 and he took the oath on 17 February 2026. The Vice-Presidents are from the term begun in 2022. Duraković’s label refers to his independent candidacy in 2022, not any subsequent party affiliation. The 2026 election results are separate from this in-office roster.
- Predsjednik RS — službena stranica, Siniša Karan
- CIK BiH — Potvrđeni rezultati prijevremenih izbora za predsjednika Republike Srpske, 13.02.2026.
- Predsjednik RS — Predsjednik Karan položio svečanu zakletvu, 17.02.2026.
- Predsjednik RS — Ćamil Duraković, službena biografija
- Predsjednik RS — Davor Pranjić, službena biografija
- CIK BiH — Prijevremeni izbori za predsjednika RS, 23.11.2025.
- CIK BiH — Ponovni prijevremeni izbori, 08.02.2026.
Elected in 2026 · 2026–2030
3 of 3 seats · As of 3 November 2026
Results confirmed on 3 November 2026; the body is not yet constituted.
Elected at the general elections of 4 October 2026, according to the results the Central Election Commission confirmed on 3 November 2026. The body has not been constituted yet. A mandate passes to the next candidate if an elected person refuses it or suspends it, so the composition can change before the constituting session. CIK prints candidates' names in capitals; they are shown here in normal case, and where CIK's results export gives a name in Cyrillic, that original is kept as well. List names are shown as CIK publishes them; those published in Cyrillic are transliterated into Latin script. The offices follow the RS Constitution (Article 83, Amendment LXXXIII, item 4): the President is the elected candidate with the most votes (Savo Minić, 301,532), and the Vice-Presidents are the other two elected candidates.
How it is appointed / elected
Citizens directly elect the President and two Vice-Presidents of Republika Srpska from the same candidate list, subject to representation of the three constituent peoples.
- Voters
Elect the President and Vice-Presidents by direct and secret ballot for four years.
- Election result
The candidate with the most votes is elected President; the highest-polling candidates from the other two constituent peoples are elected Vice-Presidents.
Conditions and constraints
The President and Vice-Presidents come from different constituent peoples.
The same person may be elected President or Vice-President at most twice consecutively.
The Vice-Presidents assist the President in tasks entrusted to them; the President determines which Vice-President substitutes when the President is temporarily unable to serve.