Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Deputy chair and minister
Current officeholders · 2022–2026 · as of 3 November 2026
Note on this list
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.
Party affiliation as stated by the source.
- In office since
- 25 January 2023
Ministry of Defence
What the ministry 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.
- Zakon o ministarstvima i drugim organima uprave BiH — član 15a (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara BiH — official English ministry names · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara BiH — službeni nazivi i adrese ministarstava · checked 03/11/2026
How this office is filled
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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4 (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — član 9 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- 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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 10b–10g (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- 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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4 (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 9 i 10h (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- 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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4 (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 5 i 10 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- 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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4(b) (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 5, 10 i 10h (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- 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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4(c) (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 12–15 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4(b) (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — član 7 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — član 6 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
Each minister has one deputy, except the Defence Minister, who has two. Deputy ministers are not additional ministers or additional portfolios.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 5 i 7 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — čl. IV.2(b) i IV.3(d) (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — član 10i (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — član 11 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 11a–13 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
- Ustav Bosne i Hercegovine — član V.4(c) (OHR, Annex 4) · checked 03/11/2026
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.
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — čl. 14 i 15 (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst) · checked 03/11/2026
Recorded start of the mandate: 25 January 2023. Sources for this person are listed below.
Sources for this record
- PSBiH — potvrđivanje ministara i zamjenika, 2. hitna sjednica, 25.1.2023. · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara BiH — potvrđivanje saziva 25.1.2023. i stranačke oznake pri imenovanju · checked 03/11/2026
Body roster sources
- PSBiH — potvrđivanje ministara i zamjenika, 2. hitna sjednica, 25.1.2023. · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara BiH — potvrđivanje saziva 25.1.2023. i stranačke oznake pri imenovanju · checked 03/11/2026
- PSBiH — 5. hitna sjednica, 22.8.2023., Amidžić i Košarac · p. 22 · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara BiH — prihvaćena ostavka i razriješen Nenad Nešić (januar 2025.) · checked 03/11/2026
- PSBiH — potvrda imenovanja predsjedavajuće, 28.12.2022., Službeni glasnik BiH 87/22 · checked 03/11/2026
- Zakon o Vijeću ministara BiH — neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst · checked 03/11/2026
- Vijeće ministara — aktuelni sastav Odbora za unutrašnju politiku · checked 03/11/2026