House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The House of Peoples of Bosnia And Herzegovina ( _bs. Dom Naroda Bosne i Hercegovine) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This Bosnian organ (House of Peoples) was established in 1995, through the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November 1995, which was later (on December 14) signed in Paris, France.

The House of Peoples of BiH has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia: 5 Bosniaks, 5 Serbs, and 5 Croats. The members are appointed by the parliaments of the constituent republics. Their duty is to make sure that no law is passed unless all three groups agree on it. This arrangement is unpopular in Bosnia among the Bosniaks, but ironically attempts to change it would have to be approved by the chamber itself.

Chairmen of the House of Peoples

# Momir Tosić 3 January, 1997 - September, 1997
# Avdo Campara September, 1997 - May, 1998
# Petar Majić May, 1998 - 1998
# Vladimir Soljić 4 December, 1998 - August, 1999
# Izet Zigić August, 1999 - March, 2000
# Drago Ljubicić March, 2000 - 2001
# Ilija Simić 20 March, 2001 - October, 2001
# Sejfudin Tokić October, 2001 - 29 April, 2002
# Nikola Spirić 29 April, 2002 - 31 January, 2003
# Velimir Jukić 31 January, 2003 - 30 September, 2003
# Mustafa Pamuk 30 September, 2003 - 28 May, 2004
# Goran Milojević 28 May, 2004 - 18 January, 2005
# Velimir Jukić 18 January, 2005 - 30 September, 2005
# Mustafa Pamuk 30 September, 2005 - 29 May, 2006
# Goran Milojević 29 May, 2006 - 14 April, 2007
# Ilija Filipović 14 April, 2007 - 14 November, 2007
# Sulejman Tihić 14 November 2007 - Present

External links

* [http://www.parlament.ba/ BiH Parliament Official website] bs iconhr iconsr iconen icon