House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The House of Peoples of Bosnia And Herzegovina is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the bicameral legislative body of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe house of representatives of BiH consists of 42 members which are elected by...

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This Bosnian organ (House of Peoples) was established in 1995, through the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November 1995, which was later (on December 14) signed in Paris, France.

The House of Peoples of BiH has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia: 5 Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

, 5 Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

, and 5 Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

. The members are appointed by the parliaments of the constituent republics. Their duty is to make sure that no law is passed unless all three groups agree on it. This arrangement is unpopular in Bosnia among the Bosniaks , but attempts to change it would have to be approved by the chamber itself.

Chairmen of the House of Peoples

  1. Momir Tošić 3 January 1997 - September, 1997
  2. Avdo Čampara September, 1997 - May, 1998
  3. Petar Majić May, 1998 - 1998
  4. Vladimir Šoljić 4 December 1998 - August, 1999
  5. Izet Žigić August, 1999 - March, 2000
  6. Drago Ljubičić March, 2000–2001
  7. Ilija Šimić 20 March 2001 - October, 2001
  8. Sejfudin Tokić October, 2001 - 29 April 2002
  9. Nikola Špirić
    Nikola Špiric
    Dr. Nikola Špirić born September 4, 1956 in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb politician and is the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina elected on 4 January 2007....

     29 April 2002 - 31 January 2003
  10. Velimir Jukić 31 January 2003 - 30 September 2003
  11. Mustafa Pamuk 30 September 2003 - 28 May 2004
  12. Goran Milojević
    Goran Milojevic
    Goran Milojević Radivojević , known as Milojević, is a retired Serbian football attacking midfielder, and a current manager.-Club career:...

     28 May 2004 - 18 January 2005
  13. Velimir Jukić 18 January 2005 - 30 September 2005
  14. Mustafa Pamuk 30 September 2005 - 29 May 2006
  15. Goran Milojević
    Goran Milojevic
    Goran Milojević Radivojević , known as Milojević, is a retired Serbian football attacking midfielder, and a current manager.-Club career:...

     29 May 2006 - 14 April 2007
  16. Ilija Filipović 14 April 2007 - 14 November 2007
  17. Sulejman Tihić
    Sulejman Tihic
    Sulejman Tihić is a Bosniak politician, a leading member of Party of Democratic Action .Tihić was born in the town of Bosanski Šamac in northern Bosnia. He obtained a degree in Law from the University of Sarajevo...

     14 November 2007 - 14 July 2008
  18. Mladen Ivanić
    Mladen Ivanic
    Mladen Ivanić is a Bosnian Serb politician. From 2001 to 2003, Ivanić was Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, and his leadership is described by many as rather successful...

     14 July 2008 - 26 February 2009
  19. Dušanka Majkić 26 February 2009 - 14 March 2009
  20. Ilija Filipovic 14 March 2009 - 14 November 2009
  21. Sulejman Tihic
    Sulejman Tihic
    Sulejman Tihić is a Bosniak politician, a leading member of Party of Democratic Action .Tihić was born in the town of Bosanski Šamac in northern Bosnia. He obtained a degree in Law from the University of Sarajevo...

     14 November 2009 - 14 July 2010
  22. Dušanka Majkić From 14 July 2010

Bosniaks

Čolo, Alma (SDA)
Rančić, Hazim (SDA)
Tihić, Sulejman (SDA)
Ibrahimpašić, Adem (SDP)
Neimarlija, Hilmo (SBiH)

Serbs

Ivanić, Mladen (PDP)
Šaraba, Slobodan (SDS)
Koprivica, Zoran (SNSD)
Ljubičić, Drago (SNSD)
Majkić, Dušanka (SNSD)

Croats

Filipović, Ilija (HDZ)
Jović, Ivo Miro (HDZ)
Zrno, Branko (HDZ)
Ljubić, Božo (HDZ 1990)
Rajić, Božo (HDZ 1990)

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