Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
position
The chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian: Predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Предсједавајући Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине) is the head of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The chairman of the Council of Ministers is nominated by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and appointed by the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As head of the government, the chairman of the Council of Ministers has no authority for appointing ministers, and their role is that of a coordinator. Ministers are appointed in their stead by the majority-parties according to ethnic and entity representation rules, so that a deputy minister must not be of same ethnicity as the respective minister.
Borjana Krišto is the 11th and current chairwoman of the Council of Ministers. She took office on 25 January 2023, following the 2022 general election. Krišto is the first female occupant of the office.
Responsibilities
The chairman represents the Council of Ministers and is responsible for:
for harmonizing the work of the Council of Ministers;
for harmonizing the constitutional relations of the Council of Ministers with the work of the Presidency, the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as with the entities and Brčko District;
to ensure cooperation between the Council of Ministers and entity governments and lower levels of government;
for convening sessions of the Council of Ministers;
for presiding over sessions of the Council of Ministers;
for the agenda of the sessions of the Council of Ministers;
for the implementation of decisions of the Council of Ministers;
for the work of the Directorate for EU integration.
The chairman of the Council of Ministers, in cooperation with their deputies, determines the policy of the work of the Council of Ministers, and especially the priorities and dynamics of the work of the Council of Ministers. They particularly coordinate and monitor the activities of government institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina related to the Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union.
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