This article lists the heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the country was formalized as the Federal State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a constituent unit of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in April 1945.
Since 1945, the heads of government have received several names, such as:
Following the Bosnian War, from 3 January 1997 to 6 June 2000, the office of head of government was shared by two members, one each from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. [2]
Communist Party / League of Communists Croatian Democratic Union
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Election | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||||
Prime Minister of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
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Rodoljub Čolaković (1900–1983) |
27 April 1945 | September 1948 | KP BiH | — | |
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Đuro Pucar (1899–1979) |
September 1948 | March 1953 |
KP BiH renamed in 1952 to SK BiH | ||
President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
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Đuro Pucar (1899–1979) |
September 1948 | March 1953 | SK BiH | — | |
3 |
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Avdo Humo (1914–1983) |
December 1953 | 1956 | |||
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Osman Karabegović (1911–1996) |
1956 | 1963 | |||
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Hasan Brkić (1913–1965) |
1963 | 14 June 1965 | |||
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Rudi Kolak (1918–2004) |
14 June 1965 | 1967 | |||
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Branko Mikulić (1928–1994) |
1967 | 1969 | |||
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Dragutin Kosovac (1924–2012) |
1969 | April 1974 | |||
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Milanko Renovica (1928–2013) |
April 1974 | 28 April 1982 | |||
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Seid Maglajlija (born 1940) |
28 April 1982 | 28 April 1984 | |||
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Gojko Ubiparip (1927–2000) |
28 April 1984 | April 1986 | |||
12 |
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Josip Lovrenović (born 1929) |
April 1986 | April 1988 | |||
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Marko Ćeranić | April 1988 | 20 December 1990 | |||
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Jure Pelivan (1928–2014) |
20 December 1990 | 3 March 1992 | HDZ BiH | 1990 |
Croatian Democratic Union Party of Democratic Action
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Term of office | Party | Election | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Jure Pelivan (1928–2014) |
Croat | 3 March 1992 | 9 November 1992 [a] | 251 days | HDZ BiH | — | |
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Mile Akmadžić (born 1939) |
Croat | 9 November 1992 | 25 October 1993 | 350 days | |||
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Haris Silajdžić (born 1945) |
Bosniak | 25 October 1993 | 30 January 1996 | 2 years, 97 days | SDA | ||
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Hasan Muratović (1940–2020) |
Bosniak | 30 January 1996 | 3 January 1997 | 339 days |
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Democratic Party Socialist Party
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Term of office | Party | Government | Composition | Election | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
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Haris Silajdžić (born 1945) |
Bosniak | 3 January 1997 | 3 February 1999 | 2 years, 31 days | SBiH | Silajdžić–Bosić | SDA– SDS– HDZ BiH– SBiH | 1996 | |
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Boro Bosić (born 1950) |
Serb | SDS | |||||||
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Haris Silajdžić (born 1945) |
Bosniak | 3 February 1999 | 6 June 2000 | 1 year, 124 days | SBiH | Silajdžić–Mihajlović | SDA– SBiH– SP– SNSD– HDZ BiH | 1998 | |
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Svetozar Mihajlović (born 1949) |
Serb | SP |
Serb Democratic Party Croatian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Party of Democratic Progress Party of Democratic Action Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Term of office | Party | Government | Composition | Election | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
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Spasoje Tuševljak (born 1952) |
Serb | 6 June 2000 | 18 October 2000 | 134 days | SDS | Tuševljak | SDA– SP– HDZ BiH– SDS | — | |
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Martin Raguž (born 1958) |
Croat | 18 October 2000 | 22 February 2001 | 127 days | HDZ BiH | Raguž | |||
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Božidar Matić (1937–2016) |
Croat | 22 February 2001 | 18 July 2001 | 146 days | SDP BiH | Matić | SDP BiH– SBiH– PDP– SP– NHI | 2000 | |
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Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955) |
Bosniak | 18 July 2001 | 15 March 2002 | 240 days | Lagumdžija | — | |||
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Dragan Mikerević (born 1955) |
Serb | 15 March 2002 | 23 December 2002 | 283 days | PDP | Mikerević | |||
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Adnan Terzić (born 1960) |
Bosniak | 23 December 2002 | 11 January 2007 | 4 years, 19 days | SDA | Terzić | SDA– SDS– SBiH– HDZ BiH– PDP | 2002 | |
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Nikola Špirić (born 1956) |
Serb | 11 January 2007 | 20 February 2008 | 5 years, 1 day | SNSD | Špirić I | SNSD– SDA– SBiH– HDZ BiH– HDZ 1990 | 2006 | |
20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 | Špirić II | — | |||||||
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Vjekoslav Bevanda (born 1956) |
Croat | 12 January 2012 | 31 March 2015 | 3 years, 78 days | HDZ BiH | Bevanda | SDP BiH– SNSD– HDZ BiH– HDZ 1990 | 2010 | |
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Denis Zvizdić (born 1964) |
Bosniak | 31 March 2015 | 23 December 2019 | 4 years, 267 days | SDA | Zvizdić | SDA– SDS– SBB– HDZ BiH– PDP | 2014 | |
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Zoran Tegeltija (born 1961) |
Serb | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 | 3 years, 33 days | SNSD | Tegeltija | SDA– SNSD– HDZ BiH– DF– DNS | 2018 | |
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Borjana Krišto (born 1961) |
Croat | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 190 days | HDZ BiH | Krišto | SNSD– HDZ BiH– SDP BiH– NiP– NS– DNS– BHZ | 2022 |