The Eleventh Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Croatian: Jedanaesti saziv Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, ) was the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina cabinet formed on 12 January 2012, following the 2010 general election and the one-year governmental formation crisis. It was led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda. The cabinet was dissolved on 31 March 2015 and was succeeded by a new Council of Ministers presided over by Denis Zvizdić.
Governmental formation crisis
Following the 2010 general election, a process of formation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Council of Ministers had begun. The resulting election produced a fragmented political landscape without a coalition of a parliamentary majority more than a year after the election. The centre-left Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH), the largest party in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Bosnian Serb autonomist Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), the largest party in Republika Srpska, each had 8 MPs of the total 42 MPs of the House of Representatives (28 from the Federation and 14 from Republika Srpska).
After months of political wrangling and deadlock, in late 2011, the Council of Ministers had been solved, however the country remained in a situation of perpetual political crisis.
Investiture
Investiture Vjekoslav Bevanda (HDZ BiH) Ballot → 12 January 2012 Required majority → 22 out of 42 Yes No Abstentions Absentees Source:
Party breakdown Party breakdown of cabinet ministers: Social Democratic Party 4 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 3 Croatian Democratic Union 2 Croatian Democratic Union 1990 1
Cabinet members The Cabinet was structured into the offices for the chairman of the Council of Ministers, the two vice chairs and 9 ministries.
← Bevanda Cabinet → (12 January 2012 – 31 March 2015) Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda HDZ BiH 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Zlatko Lagumdžija SDP BiH 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Finance and Treasury Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić SNSD 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Boris Tučić SNSD 5 December 2013 31 March 2015 Minister of Defence Zekerijah Osmić SDP BiH 22 November 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Security Mladen Ćavar (acting) SDP BiH 29 April 2014 31 March 2015 Minister of Justice Bariša Čolak HDZ BiH 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Civil Affairs Sredoje Nović SNSD 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Communication and Traffic Damir Hadžić SDP BiH 12 January 2012 31 March 2015 Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Damir Ljubić HDZ 1990 12 January 2012 31 March 2015
References
External links Website of the Council of Ministers