Council of Peoples of Republika Srpska
Member
Current officeholders · 2022–2026 · as of 13 October 2025
Note on this list
Archived official directories dated 13 October 2025, not confirmation of membership on 3 November 2026. On the checking date the former vijecenarodars.net domain displayed a gambling site, and no verified new official domain was found; that content was not used as a source. Subsequent replacements and affiliation changes have not been verified. Radenko Rikić’s party is blank in the original directory. The next convocation is elected indirectly after the National Assembly convenes; there is no separate list of members elected in 2026. Names printed in capitals in the source are displayed in normal capitalization, preserving diacritics, hyphens and given-name–surname order.
Listed as independent by the source.
- Caucus
- Croat caucus
How this office is filled
The Council of Peoples has 28 indirectly elected delegates: eight Bosniaks, eight Croats, eight Serbs and four Others. In the legislative process it safeguards constituent peoples’ vital national interests.
- Corresponding National Assembly caucuses
Elect their caucus delegates. Where the number of deputies of a people is smaller than the required number of delegates, an ad hoc caucus of that people’s municipal councillors in Republika Srpska elects additional electors.
- Izborni zakon BiH — član 11.11 (tehnički prečišćeni tekst, maj 2024) · p. 71 · checked 03/11/2026
- Ustav Republike Srpske — član 71, Amandman LXXVIII (OHR, konsolidovani prevod) · p. 16 · checked 03/11/2026
- Political parties and members of the corresponding caucus
Nominate candidate lists; each deputy casts one secret ballot for a list within their caucus.
- Izborni zakon BiH — član 11.12 (tehnički prečišćeni tekst, maj 2024) · p. 71 · checked 03/11/2026
- Central Election Commission of BiH
Receives voting results and makes the final seat allocation to lists using proportional quotients, and to candidates in list order.
- Izborni zakon BiH — član 11.13 (tehnički prečišćeni tekst, maj 2024) · p. 71 · checked 03/11/2026
- Council chair, vice-chairs and caucuses
Initiate vital-national-interest consideration under Article 70: more than one chair/vice-chair may identify an issue on the constitutional list; where only one does so, a two-thirds majority of the relevant caucus is required. The chair and vice-chairs have one week to decide.
- Council of Peoples and National Assembly
An act is adopted by a majority of each caucus. Agreed amendments return to the National Assembly. If agreement is absent or amendments are rejected, a parity-based joint commission seeks to agree the text by consensus.
- Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska
In a procedure initiated by a two-thirds caucus majority, after the joint commission fails the Court finally decides whether the act concerns a vital national interest. Its vital-interest panel decides admissibility by a two-thirds majority within one week and the merits of an admissible case within one month.
Composition: eight Bosniaks, eight Croats, eight Serbs and four Others. Others participate equally in majority-voting procedures.
- Izborni zakon BiH — član 11.10 (tehnički prečišćeni tekst, maj 2024) · p. 71 · checked 03/11/2026
- Ustav Republike Srpske — član 71, Amandman LXXVIII (OHR, konsolidovani prevod) · p. 16 · checked 03/11/2026
Delegate candidates may not be National Assembly deputies or municipal councillors.
- Izborni zakon BiH — član 11.12 stav 3 (tehnički prečišćeni tekst, maj 2024) · p. 71 · checked 03/11/2026
The election is held as soon as the National Assembly convenes, no later than one month after result certification. The term lasts four years and ends if the Assembly’s term is shortened or the Assembly is dissolved.
If the joint commission fails in the procedure under Amendment LXXXII(a), the act returns to the proponent and the same text cannot be resubmitted. The judicial stage under (b) concerns the procedure initiated by a two-thirds caucus majority.
In the judicial procedure under (b), at least two judges’ votes are required to find a vital interest. A positive finding means the act fails and the same text cannot be resubmitted; a negative finding permits adoption by simple majority.
No individual election or appointment date is stated in this record. The general procedure is not evidence of an individual election or appointment.
Body roster sources
- Vijeće naroda RS — Klub bošnjačkog naroda (arhivirana kopija službene stranice, snimak 13.10.2025) · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće naroda RS — Klub hrvatskog naroda (arhivirana kopija službene stranice, snimak 13.10.2025) · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće naroda RS — Klub srpskog naroda (arhivirana kopija službene stranice, snimak 13.10.2025) · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće naroda RS — Klub Ostalih (arhivirana kopija službene stranice, snimak 13.10.2025) · checked 03/11/2026