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This article lists the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the country's new Constitution from December 1995, adopted following the Dayton Agreement. The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is composed of three members, each member representing one of three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Croats (elected from the Federation) and Serbs (elected from Republika Srpska).

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Bosniak members

      Party of Democratic Action (5)       Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)       Social Democratic Party (1)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Election
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg Alija Izetbegović
(1925–2003)		 5 October 1996 14 October 2000 4 years, 9 days SDA 1996 – 730,592 votes (80.00%)
1998 – 511,541 votes (86.80%)
2 Halid Genjac (cropped).jpg Halid Genjac
(born 1958)		 14 October 2000 30 March 2001 167 days SDA –
3 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Beriz Belkić
(1946–2023)		 30 March 2001 28 October 2002 1 year, 212 days SBiH –
4 Sulejman Tihić.jpg Sulejman Tihić
(1951–2014)		 28 October 2002 6 November 2006 4 years, 9 days SDA 2002 – 192,661 votes (37.29%)
5 Haris Silajdžić.jpg Haris Silajdžić
(born 1945)		 6 November 2006 10 November 2010 4 years, 4 days SBiH 2006 – 350,520 votes (62.80%)
6 Izetbegović, Bakir.jpg Bakir Izetbegović
(born 1956)		 10 November 2010 20 November 2018 8 years, 10 days SDA 2010 – 162,831 votes (34.86%)
2014 – 247,235 votes (32.87%)
7 P041499-792839 (cropped).jpg Šefik Džaferović
(born 1957)		 20 November 2018 16 November 2022 3 years, 361 days SDA 2018 – 212,581 votes (36.61%)
8 Denis Bećirović (cropped).jpg Denis Bećirović
(born 1975)		 16 November 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 5 days SDP BiH 2022 – 330,238 votes (57.37%)

Serb members

      Serb Democratic Party (3)       Socialist (1)       Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (3)       Party of Democratic Progress (1)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Election
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Momcilo Krajisnik crop.jpeg Momčilo Krajišnik
(1945–2020)		 5 October 1996 13 October 1998 2 years, 8 days SDS 1996 – 690,646 votes (67.30%)
2 Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg Živko Radišić
(1937–2021)		 13 October 1998 28 October 2002 4 years, 15 days SP 1998 – 359,937 votes (51.31%)
3 Mirko Šarović (cropped).jpg Mirko Šarović
(born 1956)		 28 October 2002 2 April 2003 156 days SDS 2002 – 180,212 votes (35.52%)
4 Borislav Paravac, Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpg Borislav Paravac
(born 1943)		 10 April 2003 6 November 2006 3 years, 210 days SDS –
5 Visit of Nebojša Radmanović to the EC.jpg Nebojša Radmanović
(born 1949)		 6 November 2006 17 November 2014 8 years, 11 days SNSD 2006 – 287,675 votes (53.30%)
2010 – 295,629 votes (48.92%)
6 Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg Mladen Ivanić
(born 1958)		 17 November 2014 20 November 2018 4 years, 3 days PDP 2014 – 318,196 votes (48.71%)
7 Visit of Milorad Dodik to the EC (cropped).jpg Milorad Dodik
(born 1959)		 20 November 2018 15 November 2022 3 years, 360 days SNSD 2018 – 368,210 votes (53.88%)
8 Željka Cvijanović 2022.jpg Željka Cvijanović
(born 1967)		 16 November 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 5 days SNSD 2022 – 327,720 votes (51.65%)

Croat members

      Croatian Democratic Union (4)       Social Democratic Party (2)       Democratic Front (1)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party Election
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Kresimir Zubak at the Sarajevo Air Force Base - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (cropped).jpg Krešimir Zubak
(born 1947)		 5 October 1996 15 November 1998 2 years, 41 days HDZ BiH 1996 – 330,477 votes (88.70%)
2 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ante Jelavić
(born 1963)		 15 November 1998 7 March 2001 2 years, 112 days HDZ BiH 1998 – 189,438 votes (52.91%)
3 Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Jozo Križanović
(1944–2009)		 7 March 2001 28 October 2002 1 year, 235 days SDP BiH –
4 Dragan Čović 2015 (cropped).jpg Dragan Čović
(born 1956)		 28 October 2002 9 May 2005 2 years, 193 days HDZ BiH 2002 – 114,606 votes (61.52%)
5 Ivo Miro Jović (cropped).jpg Ivo Miro Jović
(born 1950)		 9 May 2005 6 November 2006 1 year, 181 days HDZ BiH –
6 Željko Komšić (cropped).jpg Željko Komšić
(born 1964)		 6 November 2006 17 November 2014 8 years, 11 days SDP BiH
(until 2012)		 2006 – 116,062 votes (40.0%)
2010 – 337,065 votes (60.61%)
DF
(from 2013)
(4) Dragan Čović, portrait 2.jpg Dragan Čović
(born 1956)		 17 November 2014 20 November 2018 4 years, 3 days HDZ BiH 2014 – 128,053 votes (52.20%)
(6) Željko Komšić 2023 (cropped).jpg Željko Komšić
(born 1964)		 20 November 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 1 day DF 2018 – 225,500 votes (52.64%)
2022 – 227,540 votes (55.80%)

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