Bosnia y Hercegovina Gobierno Perfil 2008

Capital

nombre: Sarajevo
coordenadas geográficas: 43 52 N, 18 25 E
diferencia de tiempo: 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

Independencia

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

Feriado nacional

National Day, 25 Noviembre (1943)

Constitución

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

Sufragio

18 años de edad, universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Chairman of the Presidency Haris SILAJDZIC (chairman desde 6 March 2008; presidency member desde 1 October 2006 - Bosniak); other members of the three-member presidency rotating (every eight months): Nebojsa RADMANOVIC (presidency member desde 1 October 2006 - Serb); and Zeljko KOMSIC (presidency member desde 1 October 2006 - Croat)
jefe de gobierno: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola SPIRIC (desde 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: Presidente of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Borjana KRISTO (desde 21 February 2007); Vice Presidentes Spomenka MICIC (desde NA 2007) and Mirsad KEBO (desde NA 2007); Presidente of the Republika Srpska: Rajko KUSMANOVIC (desde 28 December 2007)