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Zukan Helez
Zukan Helez (born 1 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Defence since January 2023. He is also the current Vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving alongside Staša Košarac. He was previously a member of the national House of Representatives from 2018 to 2023. Helez served as Federal Minister for Veterans and Disabled Veterans from 2011 to 2015. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. Early life and education Helez was born on 1 January 1964 in Kupres where he finished elementary school. He attended high school in Bugojno between 1979 and 1983, after which he attended the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1988. After his studies, Helez got a job as a professor in Skender Vakuf. In May 1992, at the beginning of the Bosnian War, he became a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After he was demobilized at the end of the war, Helez started working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Bosnia And Herzegovina)
The Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is the governmental department in charge of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina and protection of Bosnia and Herzegovina from invasion and threats. History Prior to the creation of the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1945 to 1992, the Ministry of Defence of Yugoslavia was responsible for the defence of the entire Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, while Bosnia and Herzegovina had its territorial defence. Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia in 1992, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed, with Munib Bisić being appointed minister, who had the newly formed Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina at his disposal. This ministry played a key role in defending Bosnia and Herzegovina from aggressors and paramilitary units inside and outside Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. In addition to the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staša Košarac
Staša Košarac ( sr-cyr, Сташа Кошарац; born 19 March 1975) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations since December 2019. He is also the current Vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving alongside Zukan Helez. He was previously a member of the national House of Representatives. Košarac was born in Sarajevo in 1975. He holds a degree from the Faculty of Business and Industrial Management in Belgrade. He has been a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats since 1998. Košarac was elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in 2004. He was a member of the national House of Peoples from 2011 to 2014. He was elected to the national House of Representatives in the 2014 general election. Re-elected in the 2018 general election, Košarac served as member of the House of Representatives until December 2019, when he was appointed Minister of Foreign Trade and Econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2022. They decided the makeup of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, presidency as well as national, entity and cantonal governments. Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, imposed changes to the country's electoral law hours after voting ended for the election. The changes prominently included an expansion of the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal House of Peoples from 56 to 80 members, changes in the election process for the house as well as changes in the election process for the President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, president and Vice-President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, vice presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The elections for the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. They decided the makeup of the presidency as well as national, entity and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54%. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Šefik Džaferović and Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Milorad Dodik. The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) came in second with 6 seats, while the Social Democratic Party won 5 seats, up two from the previous general election in 2014; the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) also ended up with 5 seats. The Serb Democratic Party and the Democratic Front (DF) each won three seats. The election als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Parlament Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Парламент Федерације Босне и Херцеговине, separator=" / "), often called Federal Parliament ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Federalni parlament, Федералн парламент, separator=" / "), is the bicameral legislative body of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of the following two chambers. *The House of Representatives ( Bosnian and Serbian: ''Predstavnički dom'' / Представнички дом, Croatian: ''Zastupnički dom'') has 98 members, elected for a four-year terms by proportional representation. *The House of Peoples (''Dom naroda'' / Дом народа) has 80 members, composed out of 23 delegates from each of the constituent nations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as 11 delegates of the minorities, appointed by each Cantonal le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October 2010. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Bakir Izetbegović and re-elected Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska re-elected Serb Nebojša Radmanović. The Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats emerged as the largest parties in the House of Representatives, each winning 8 of the 42 seats. Background After the Bosnian War and the Dayton Agreement that ended the war, the constitution set out, in Article V, a tripartite rotational Presidency between the Bosniak, Croat and Serb entities. Each Presidency member serves a four-year term, with the Chairman of the Presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October 2006. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Haris Silajdžić and Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Nebojša Radmanović. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. Background Analysts claimed that the 2006 election would be the most important since Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence from Yugoslavia, and the subsequent Bosnian War. With the previous government failing to agree reforms to the constitution, and Bosnian Muslim politicians continuing to threaten the abolition of Republika Srpska and officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Bosnian General Election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2002.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p330 Voter turnout was 55%. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Sulejman Tihić and Croat Dragan Čović, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Mirko Šarović. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 10 of the 42 seats. Electoral system Voters elected 42 members to the national House of Representatives. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 98 members to its Federal House of Representatives, two representatives (one Bosniak and one Croat) to the tripartite state Presidency and ten cantonal assemblies were elected. In Republika Srpska (RS), 83 members to its National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives Of The Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian: ''Predstavnički Dom Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine'', Croatian: ''Zastupnički Dom Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine'' and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом Федерације Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 98 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. Electoral system The house has a total of 98 members who are elected by proportional representation. The election takes place in 12 multi-person constituencies with entity-wide balancing mandates. In the House of Representatives, each constitutive ethnic group should be represented by at least four members. The threshold is three percent. Composition See also *Parliament of the Federation of Bosn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Bosnian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 November 2000.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p330 Voter turnout was 64%. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other for Republika Srpska. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. Electoral system The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other for Republika Srpska. The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. The House of Peoples (the upper house of the parliament) has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 Bosniaks, 5 Serbs, and 5 Croats. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bosnia Canton
The Central Bosnia Canton (, ) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most populous settlement in the region is Bugojno, followed by Travnik and Novi Travnik. Geography It is in the country's center, west of Sarajevo. The center of canton government is Travnik. Municipalities The canton is split into the municipalities of Bugojno, Busovača, Dobretići, Donji Vakuf, Fojnica, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Jajce, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Novi Travnik, Travnik, Vitez. The region reports a GDP equitable with the average of Bosnia and Herzegovina more broadly. The region has historically benefitted from and economically relied on agriculture, trade, as well as mineral deposits. The Central Bosnia Canton is the fifth largest of ten and its share of the national population is slightly below average. In April 2022, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction recognized the region in a climate resilience initiativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donji Vakuf
Donji Vakuf ( sr-Cyrl, Доњи Вакуф, ) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by Malkoçoğlu İbrahim Bey in 1572 and was known as "Aşağı Vakıf" ("lower waqf", i.e. Islamic endowment in Ottoman Turkish). Donji Vakuf is the Bosnian translation of "Aşağı Vakıf". Settlements * Babin Potok * Babino Selo * Barice * Blagaj * Brda * Brdo * Brezičani * Ćehajići * Ćemalovići * Daljan * Dobro Brdo * Doganovci * Dolovi * Donji Rasavci * Donji Vakuf * Đulovići * Fakići * Fonjge * Galešići * Grabantići * Gredina * Grič * Guvna * Hemići * Jablan * Jemanlići * Karići * Keže * Komar * Korenići * Košćani * Kovačevići * Krivače * Kutanja * Ljuša * Makitani * Novo Selo * Oborci * Orahovljani * Petkovići * Piljužići * Pobrđani * Ponjavići * Potkraj * Pribraća * Prisika * Prusac * Rasavci * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
