| capo dello stato: Chairman of the Presidency Mirko SAROVIC (chairman da allora 5 October 2002, presidency member da allora 5 October 2002 - Serb); other members of the three-member rotating (every eight months) presidency: Sulejman TIHIC (da allora 5 October 2002 - Bosniak) and Dragan COVIC (da allora 5 October 2002 - Croat) capo di governo: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan TERZIC (da allora 20 December 2002), position rotates every eight months 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; the member with the most votes becomes the chairman unless he or she was the incumbent chairman at the time of the election, but the chairmanship rotates every eight months; election last held 5 October 2002 (next to be held NA 2006); 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 - Mirko SAROVIC with 35.5% of the Serb vote was elected chairman of the collective presidency for the first eight months; Dragon COVIC received 61.5% of the Croat vote; Sulejman TIHIC received 37% of the Bosniak vote note: Presidente of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Niko LOZANCIC (da allora 27 January 2003); Vice Presidentes Sahbaz DZIHANOVIC (da allora NA 2003) and Desnica RADIVOJEVIC (da allora NA 2003); note - president and vice president rotate every year; Presidente of the Republika Srpska: Dragan CAVIC (da allora 28 November 2002) |
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Fonte: CIA World Factbook |
