The new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed 115 days after the elections on 2 October.
The second concrete step was taken and the government was formed after Borjana Kristo from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was elected as the new chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 28, at the emergency session of the Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives held today.
In the session, where the number of votes required for the approval of the Council of Ministers was 22, 23 deputies voted in favor of Kristo’s cabinet, while 19 deputies voted against.
The new government consisted of:
Zoran Tegeltija from the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Minister of Finance and Treasury, Elvedin Konakovic from the People’s and Justice Party (NIP), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zukan Helez from the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDPBIH), Minister of Defense Nened Nesic from the Democratic People’s Union (DNS), Minister of Security, Stasa Kosarac from SNSD is the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Our Party Edin Forto is the Minister of Transport and Communications, HDZ’s Davor Bunoza is the Minister of Justice, HDZ’s Dubrovka Bosnjak is the Minister of Civil Affairs, Green Bosnia and Herzegovina Sevlid Hurtic is the Minister of Human Rights and Refugees.
It was noteworthy that the Democratic Action Party (SDA), the largest Bosnian party, was not included in the new government, headed by Bakir Izetbegovic, son of the late Aliya Izetbegovic, the first president of independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the country’s 2018 elections, the government could be formed 14 months later. (AA)