Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post The chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the presiding member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Željko Komšić is the incumbent officeholder, having served since 16 July 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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According to the Article V of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presidency comprises three members, representing the constituent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina: one Bosniak, one Serb, and one Croat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Bosniak and Croat members are elected from a joint constituency in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst the Serb member is elected from voters in Republika Srpska.

The three members elected at any one election serve a collective four-year term. Individuals are able to serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms, although there are no overall term limits.

Although the unsubdivided body is the collective head of state, one member is designated as Chairperson. The position of Chairperson rotates twice around the three members every eight months, with the candidate receiving the most votes overall becoming the first Chairperson over the four-year term.

List of chairpersons

Before independence (1945–1992)

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1		Vojislav Kecmanović Template:Small	26 April 1945	November 1946	KP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	Error creating thumbnail:	Đuro Pucar Template:Small	November 1946	September 1948	KP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3	File:Vlado Segrt EPLJ.JPG	Vlado Šegrt Template:Small	September 1948	March 1953	KP BiH Template:Small SK BiH
President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small	Error creating thumbnail:	Đuro Pucar Template:Small	December 1953	June 1963	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4	File:Ratomir Dugonjić.jpg	Ratomir Dugonjić Template:Small	June 1963	1967	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5	File:Visit of Džemal Bijedić, Yougoslav Prime Minister, to the CEC (cropped).jpg	Džemal Bijedić Template:Small	1967	July 1971	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6	File:Coat of Arms of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Hamdija Pozderac Template:Small	July 1971	May 1974	SK BiH
President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small	File:Ratomir Dugonjić.jpg	Ratomir Dugonjić Template:Small	May 1974	April 1978	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7	File:Raif Dizdarević (političar) (cropped).jpg	Raif Dizdarević Template:Small	April 1978	April 1982	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8	File:Branko Mikulić (1988).jpg	Branko Mikulić Template:Small	April 1982	26 April 1983	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9	File:Coat of Arms of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Milanko Renovica Template:Small	26 April 1983	26 April 1985	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10	File:Munir Mesihović.jpg	Munir Mesihović Template:Small	26 April 1985	April 1987	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11	File:Mato Andrić.jpg	Mato Andrić Template:Small	April 1987	April 1988	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12	File:Coat of Arms of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Nikola Filipović Template:Small	April 1988	April 1989	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 13	File:Coat of Arms of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Obrad Piljak Template:Small	April 1989	20 December 1990	SK BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 14	File:Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg	Alija Izetbegović Template:Small	20 December 1990	3 March 1992	SDA

Since independence (1992–present)

Portrait		Name Template:Small	Ethnicity	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	File:Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg	Alija Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	3 March 1992	5 October 1996	Template:Ayd	SDA
Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small	File:Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg	Alija Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	5 October 1996	13 October 1998	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	File:Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg	Živko Radišić Template:Small	Serb	13 October 1998	15 June 1999	Template:Ayd	SP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3	File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Ante Jelavić Template:Small	Croat	15 June 1999	14 February 2000	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (1)	File:AlijaIzetbegovic1.jpg	Alija Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	14 February 2000	14 October 2000	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (2)	File:Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg	Živko Radišić Template:Small	Serb	14 October 2000	14 June 2001	Template:Ayd	SP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4	File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Jozo Križanović Template:Small	Croat	14 June 2001	14 February 2002	Template:Ayd	SDP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 5	File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	Beriz Belkić Template:Small	Bosniak	14 February 2002	28 October 2002	Template:Ayd	SBiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6	File:Mirko Šarović (cropped).jpg	Mirko Šarović Template:Small	Serb	28 October 2002	2 April 2003	Template:Ayd	SDS
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7	File:Dragan Čović 2015 (cropped).jpg	Dragan Čović Template:Small Template:Small	Croat	2 April 2003	10 April 2003	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8	File:Borislav Paravac, Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpg	Borislav Paravac Template:Small	Serb	10 April 2003	27 June 2003	Template:Ayd	SDS
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (7)	File:Dragan Čović 2015 (cropped).jpg	Dragan Čović Template:Small	Croat	27 June 2003	28 February 2004	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9	File:Sulejman Tihić (2006-03-07).jpg	Sulejman Tihić Template:Small	Bosniak	28 February 2004	28 October 2004	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (8)	File:Borislav Paravac, Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpg	Borislav Paravac Template:Small	Serb	28 October 2004	28 June 2005	Template:Ayd	SDS
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10	File:Ivo Miro Jović (cropped).jpg	Ivo Miro Jović Template:Small	Croat	28 June 2005	28 February 2006	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (9)	File:Sulejman Tihić.jpg	Sulejman Tihić Template:Small	Bosniak	28 February 2006	6 November 2006	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11	File:Nebojsa Radmanovic.jpg	Nebojša Radmanović Template:Small	Serb	6 November 2006	6 July 2007	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12	File:McElhaney Radmanovic Komsic (cropped).jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	6 July 2007	6 March 2008	Template:Ayd	SDP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 13	File:Haris Silajdžić.jpg	Haris Silajdžić Template:Small	Bosniak	6 March 2008	6 November 2008	Template:Ayd	SBiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (11)	File:Nebojsa Radmanovic.jpg	Nebojša Radmanović Template:Small	Serb	6 November 2008	6 July 2009	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić.jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	6 July 2009	6 March 2010	Template:Ayd	SDP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | (13)	File:Visit to the Western Balkans region (cropped).jpg	Haris Silajdžić Template:Small	Bosniak	6 March 2010	10 November 2010	Template:Ayd	SBiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (11)	File:Visit of Nebojša Radmanović to the EC.jpg	Nebojša Radmanović Template:Small	Serb	10 November 2010	10 July 2011	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić (cropped).jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	10 July 2011	10 March 2012	Template:Ayd	SDP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 14	File:Bakir Izetbegović 2011.jpg	Bakir Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	10 March 2012	10 November 2012	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (11)	File:Visit of Nebojša Radmanović to the EC.jpg	Nebojša Radmanović Template:Small	Serb	10 November 2012	10 July 2013	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić (cropped).jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	10 July 2013	10 March 2014	Template:Ayd	DF
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (14)	File:Izetbegović, Bakir.jpg	Bakir Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	10 March 2014	17 November 2014	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 15	File:Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg	Mladen Ivanić Template:Small	Serb	17 November 2014	17 July 2015	Template:Ayd	PDP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (7)	File:Dragan Čović EP 2017 (cropped).jpg	Dragan Čović Template:Small	Croat	17 July 2015	17 March 2016	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (14)	File:Izetbegović, Bakir.jpg	Bakir Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	17 March 2016	17 November 2016	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (15)	File:Mladen Ivanić (2018-04-26).jpg	Mladen Ivanić Template:Small	Serb	17 November 2016	17 July 2017	Template:Ayd	PDP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (7)	File:Dragan Čović 2020.jpg	Dragan Čović Template:Small	Croat	17 July 2017	17 March 2018	Template:Ayd	HDZ BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (14)	File:A23A9154 (41248738975) (cropped).jpg	Bakir Izetbegović Template:Small	Bosniak	17 March 2018	20 November 2018	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 16	File:Milorad Dodik (2019-03-04) (cropped).jpg	Milorad Dodik Template:Small	Serb	20 November 2018	20 July 2019	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić (2020-02-16) (cropped).jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	20 July 2019	20 March 2020	Template:Ayd	DF
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 17	File:Šefik Džaferović - 2019 - P041499-792839 (cropped).jpg	Šefik Džaferović Template:Small	Bosniak	20 March 2020	20 November 2020	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (16)	File:Visit of Milorad Dodik to the EC (cropped).jpg	Milorad Dodik Template:Small	Serb	20 November 2020	20 July 2021	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić 2021.jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	20 July 2021	20 March 2022	Template:Ayd	DF
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (17)	File:Šefik Džaferović (2022-06-23).jpg	Šefik Džaferović Template:Small	Bosniak	20 March 2022	16 November 2022	Template:Ayd	SDA
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 18	File:Željka Cvijanović 2022.jpg	Željka Cvijanović Template:Small	Serb	16 November 2022	16 July 2023	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić 2023 (cropped).jpg	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	16 July 2023	16 March 2024	Template:Ayd	DF
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 19	File:Denis Bećirović (53865272825) (upscale).png	Denis Bećirović Template:Small	Bosniak	16 March 2024	16 November 2024	Template:Ayd	SDP BiH
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (18)	File:Željka Cvijanović (2024-12-18).jpg	Željka Cvijanović Template:Small	Serb	16 November 2024	16 July 2025	Template:Ayd	SNSD
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | (12)	File:Željko Komšić in 2025 (Cropped).png	Željko Komšić Template:Small	Croat	16 July 2025	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	DF

See also

• Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • List of members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • List of members of the Presidency by time in office
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • List of heads of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

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