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This article is about the upper house of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the upper house of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, see House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dom naroda
Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine

Дом народа
Федерације Босне и Херцеговине
Coat of arms or logo
Type
TypeUpper house
Leadership
ChairmanTomislav Martinović (HDZ BiH)
Vice-chairmenNezim Alagić (NiP)
Slađan Ilić (SDP BiH)
Structure
Seats80
Political groupsBosniak caucus (23):

Croat caucus (23):

Serb caucus (23):

Minority caucus (11):

Length of term4 years
Elections
Last election17 January 2023
Meeting place
Federal Parliament Building
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Dom naroda Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine/Дом народа Федерације Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Federal laws need to be passed by both houses.

The House of Peoples is composed out of 23 delegates from each of the constituent nations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs as well as 11 delegates of the minorities referred to as Others. The House of Peoples has one chairman and two vice-chairmen.

In July 2017, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina struck down provisions of the election law regulating the indirect election of delegates to the Federal House of Peoples. The court had previously, in 2016, declared these provisions unconstitutional, and decided that the rules should be changed to ensure legitimate representation in the election of Bosniak, Croat and Serb members to the Federal House of Peoples.

On 2 October 2022, High Representative Christian Schmidt imposed constitutional and legal changes called Measures to improve Federation Functionality. This increased the number of delegates from each of the constituent nations from 17 to 23, and for others from 7 to 11, thus increasing the House of Peoples from 58 to 80 delegates.

Delegates

Allocation of mandates upon the decision of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2 October of 2022.

Canton Bosniak Croat Serb Others Total
Una-Sana 3 1 3 1 8
Posavina 1 1 1 1 4
Tuzla 5 1 3 1 10
Zenica-Doboj 4 2 2 1 9
Bosnian-Podrinje 1 1 1 1 4
Central Bosnia 2 4 1 1 8
Herzegovina-Neretva 1 5 2 1 9
West Herzegovina 1 4 1 1 7
Sarajevo 4 1 5 2 12
10 1 3 4 1 9
Total 23 23 23 11 80

Current composition

Party Bosniak
delegates
Croat
delegates
Serb
delegates
Minority
delegates
Total
Croatian Democratic Union 0 13 3 0 16
Party of Democratic Action 12 0 3 0 15
Social Democratic Party 1 1 7 4 13
Democratic Front 1 0 3 4 8
People and Justice 5 1 0 0 6
Our Party 1 0 1 2 4
People's European Union 2 1 0 0 3
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 0 3 0 0 3
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 0 0 2 0 2
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 2
Croatian National Shift 0 1 0 0 1
For New Generations 0 1 0 0 1
Bosnian People's Party 0 1 0 0 1
Croatian Democratic Alliance 0 1 0 0 1
Liberal Party 0 0 1 0 1
New Beginning 0 0 1 0 1
Serbian Progressive Party 0 0 1 0 1
Serb National Movement 0 0 1 0 1
Total 23 23 23 11 80

See also

References

  1. "Organizacija Doma naroda" (in Croatian). House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. "Schmidt nametnuo izmjene Izbornog zakona BiH: Evo o čemu se radi". Oslobođenje (in Bosnian). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Christian (2 October 2022). "Measures to improve Federation Functionality". Office of the High Representative. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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