The House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Federal laws need to be passed by both houses.
The House of Peoples is composed out of 23 delegates from each of the constituent nations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs as well as 11 delegates of the minorities referred to as Others. The House of Peoples has one chairman and two vice-chairmen.
In July 2017, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina struck down provisions of the election law regulating the indirect election of delegates to the Federal House of Peoples. The court had previously, in 2016, declared these provisions unconstitutional, and decided that the rules should be changed to ensure legitimate representation in the election of Bosniak, Croat and Serb members to the Federal House of Peoples.
On 2 October 2022, High Representative Christian Schmidt imposed constitutional and legal changes called Measures to improve Federation Functionality. This increased the number of delegates from each of the constituent nations from 17 to 23, and for others from 7 to 11, thus increasing the House of Peoples from 58 to 80 delegates.
Delegates Allocation of mandates upon the decision of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2 October of 2022.
Canton Bosniak Croat Serb Others Total Una-Sana31318 Posavina11114 Tuzla513110 Zenica-Doboj42219 Bosnian-Podrinje11114 Central Bosnia24118 Herzegovina-Neretva15219 West Herzegovina14117 Sarajevo415212 1013419 Total2323231180
Current composition CaucusPartyCanton TotalBosniak SDA111312101112NiP10011000104NES10110000002SDP BiH00000000001DF00000100001NS00000000101SBiH00000000101SD BiH00100000001CroatHDZ BiH010004440114HDZ 199000000110013 SDP BiH00010000001 NiP00100000001 NES10000000001 HNP00000000011 BNS00001000001DF00000000101Serb SDP BiH10110110207SDA00000010203HDZ BiH01000011003DF00110000102SNSD00000000022NS00000000101LS BiH00001000001SNP FBIH00000000011SNS BiH00000000011NP00001000001Independent00100000001OthersDF00200010104SDP BiH00110000103NS00000000202SBiH00000000101NES10000000001Total63109599516880
See also Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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