Bosnia-Herzegovina

Official name:

Bosnia y Herzegovina

Name in local language:

Босна и Херцеговина; Bosna i Hercegovina

Form of government:

Republic

Political system:

Parliamentary Democracy

Founding date/ Date of independence: 5/04/1992
Date of constitution/reform: 1995, 2010
Form of state: Federal
Administrative divisions: The country is made up of two distinct entities as well as the city of Brcko. The former are: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina FBIH (10 cantons, 74 municipalities) and the Republika Srpska (63 municipalities)
Official languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Other spoken languages: -
Official religion: Bosnia and Herzegovina is a secular state
Minorities: Roma minority
Dominant actor(s): Members of the presidency
Directly elected institutions of government: At national level: the three-member Presidency and the two chambers of Parliament. At entity level: the Parliament of the FBIH, the presidency and National Assembly of Republika Srpska. At local level: local governments.
Indirectly elected institutions of government: Presidency of FBIH
Party system: mult-party system

Current authorities

Head of state: Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, three-person body representing the three ethnic communities, with one of them rotating every 8 months as Chairperson. Šefik Džaferović (Bosnian side), Milorad Dodik (Serb side), Željko Komšić (Croatian Side).
Head of government: Denis Zvizdić, since 2015.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Igor Crnadak.
Minister of Interior: Sredoje Novic
Head(s) of Legislative Branch:Sefik Džaferović.
Composition legislative branch: Link to graph
Head of the Judiciary:
Schematic representation of the political system: Link to Graph in PDF