Bosnien und Herzegowina Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Sarajevo
geographische Koordinaten: 43 52 N, 18 25 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

1 März 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for independence completed 1 März 1992; independence declared 3 März 1992)

Nationalfeiertag

National Day, 25 November (1943)

Konstitution

the Dayton Agreement, signed 14 Dezember 1995 in Paris, included a new constitution now in force; note - each of the entities also has its own constitution

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre, universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Chairman of the Presidency Haris SILAJDZIC (chairman seit dem 6 March 2008; presidency member seit dem 1 October 2006 - Bosniak); other members of the three-member presidency rotating (every eight months): Nebojsa RADMANOVIC (presidency member seit dem 1 October 2006 - Serb); and Zeljko KOMSIC (presidency member seit dem 1 October 2006 - Croat)
Regierungschef: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola SPIRIC (seit dem 11 January 2007)
cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the council chairman; approved by the National House of Representatives
elections: the three members of the presidency (one Bosniak, one Croat, one Serb) are elected by popular vote for a four-year term (eligible for a second term, but then ineligible for four years); the chairmanship rotates every eight months and resumes where it left off following each national election; election last held 1 October 2006 (next to be held in 2010); the chairman of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the presidency and confirmed by the National House of Representatives
election results: percent of vote - Nebojsa RADMANOVIC with 53.3% of the votes for the Serb seat; Zeljko KOMSIC received 39.6% of the votes for the Croat seat; Haris SILAJDZIC received 62.8% of the votes for the Bosniak seat
note: Staatspräsident of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Borjana KRISTO (seit dem 21 February 2007); Vice Staatspräsidents Spomenka MICIC (seit dem NA 2007) and Mirsad KEBO (seit dem NA 2007); Staatspräsident of the Republika Srpska: Rajko KUSMANOVIC (seit dem 28 December 2007)