Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina

Cantons of the Federation
of Bosnia and Hercegovina

Cantons: Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Gorazde - Bosnian Posavina - Central Bosnia - Herceg-Bosnia - Hercegovina-Neretva - Sarajevo - Tuzla - Una-Sana - West Hercegovina - Zenica-Doboj -

Note:In 1996 the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina was divided into 10 ethnic (Bosniak-Croat) cantons. On 6 Oct 2002,the International High Representative abolished the post of governor.Serbian/Bosnian transliteration based on the Roman equivalents as used for Croatian and Slovenian and as recommended by the United Nations (1977).

Party abbreviations: DF= Demokratska Fronta (Democratic Front, social-democratic, Bosnian unitarian, pro-European, split from SDP, est.7 Apr 2013);HDZ-BiH= Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine(Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croat nationalist, christian conservative, est.18 Aug 1990);HDZ 1990 = Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica 1990 (Croatian Democratic Union 1990, christian democratic, federalist, Croat nationalist, pro-European, split from HDZ-BIH, est.Apr 2006); HNP = Hrvatski Nacionalni Pomak (Croatian National Shift, conservative, Canton 10 regionalist, split fromHDZ-BiH, est.24 Jun 2020); HSP-BiH = Hrvatska Stranka Prava Bosne i Hercegovine (Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatian nationalist, far-right, populist, est.13 Jun 1991); HSS = Hrvatska Seljačka Stranka (Croatian Peasants Party, Croat agrarian, conservative, est.1989); NES = Narodni Evropski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, center-right, Pro-European, former A-SDA, est.27 Feb 2021); NP = Pokret "Novi Početak" ("New Beginning" Movement); NS = Naša Stranka (Our Party, center-left, social liberal, secular, anti-nationalist, pro-European, est.5 Apr 2008); PDP = Partija Demokratskog Progresa (Democratic Progress Party, national conservative, center-right, mainly Serb, pro-European, est.26 Sep 1999); SBB = Savez za Bolju Budućnost BiH (Union for a Better Future of Bosnia and Hercegovina, conservative, Bosniak nationalist, secular, populist, pro-European, est.30 Oct 2009); SBiH = Stranka za Bosniu i Hercegovinu (Party for Bosnia-Hercegovina, centrist, Bosniak nationalist, Bosnian unitarian, est.13 Apr 1996); SDA = Stranka Demokratski Akcije (Party of Democratic Action, conservative, Bosniak nationalist, pro-European, Islamist, est.26 May 1990);SDP = Socijaldemokratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine (Social-democratic Party of Bosnia and Hercegovina, social democratic, center-left, multi-ethnic, former SKBiH, est.1990); - Former parties:A-SDA = Stranka Demokratske Aktivnosti (Party of Democratic Activity, conservative, Bosniak nationalist, split from SDA, 4 Feb 2008-27 Feb 2021, merged into NES); AP = Alijansa za Promjene (Alliance for Change, Croat governing coalition incl. SDP, SBiH, NHI, 23 Jan 2001-2002); NHI = Nova Hrvatska Inicijativa (New Croatian Initiative, center right, liberal, split from HDZ, 27 Jun 1998-1 Oct 2007)

Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde


25 Apr 1997 - 15 Nov 2001

Adopted 15 Nov 2001

2001 Bosnian Podrinje renamed Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde. Governors 1996 - May 2000 Rijad Raščić SDA May 2000 - 9 Feb 2001 Alija Begović (b. 1953) SDA 9 Feb 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Salem Halilović (b. 1962) SBiH

Premiers May 1996 - 1997? Hamid Pršeš (b. 1954) SDA Aug? 2000 - 2000 Zijad Deljo (b. 1959) SDA Oct 2000 - 9 Mar 2001 Mustafa Kurtović (b. 1951) SDA 9 Mar 2001 - 5 Feb 2003 Ibrahim Ibro Kulin SDP 5 Feb 2003 - 19 Jan 2006 Salko Obhodjaš (Obhođaš) (b. 1964) SDA 19 Jan 2006 - 19 Feb 2007 Nazif Uruči (1st time) (b. 1954) SDA 19 Feb 2007 - 1 Dec 2008 Salem Halilović (s.a.) SBiH 1 Dec 2008 - 23 Dec 2010 Nazif Uruči (2nd time) (s.a.) SDA 23 Dec 2010 - 24 Feb 2011 Muhidin Pleh (acting) SDA24 Feb 2011 - 8 Jan 2015 Emir Frašto (b. 1954) SDP 8 Jan 2015 - 26 Apr 2019 Emir Oković (b. 1977) SDA 26 Apr 2019 - 7 Dec 2022 Aida Obuća (f) (b. 1975) SDA 7 Dec 2022 - Edin Ćulov NP

Bosnian Posavina


10 Apr 1996 - 12 Apr 2000

Adopted 12 Apr 2000

Note: Official documents use only name Posavina (Županija Posavska).

Governors1996 - Dec 1996 Ivo Vicentić (b. 1962) HDZ-BIHDec 1996 - 1998 Pavo Kobaš (b. 1948) HDZ-BIH1998 - 15 Jan 2001 Krunoslav Vuković HDZ-BIH15 Jan 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Mijo Matanović (b. 1965) HDZ-BIH

Premiers1996 - 1998 Neven Djukić (Đukić)1998 - 6 Feb 2001 Slavo Bago (b. 1959) HDZ-BIH 6 Feb 2001 - 9 Jan 2007 Ivo Vincetić (s.a.) HDZ-BIH 9 Jan 2007 - 15 Apr 2011 Mijo Matanović (s.a.) HDZ-BIH 15 Apr 2011 -26 Mar 2015 Marijan Oršolić (b. 1965) HDZ-BIH 26 Mar 2015 -30 Jan 2019 Marijan Klaić (b. 1963) HDZ-BIH 30 Jan 2019 - Đuro (Djuro) Topić (b. 1972) HDZ-BIH

Central Bosnia (Srednjobosanski)

[Central Bosnia Canton
(Bosnia and Hercegovina)]
Adopted 2003

Governors
28 Mar 1996 - 1997         Ivan Šarić    HDZ-BIH
1997 - 10 Nov 1998         Adnan Terzić                       (b. 1960) SDA
10 Nov 1998 - 7 Feb 2001 Branko Golub                       (b. 1954) HDZ-BIH
7 Feb 2001 - 7 Feb 2002 Rudo Vidović                       (b. 1958)    HDZ-BIH
7 Feb 2002 - 6 Oct 2002 Nedžad Hadžić SDA

Premiers
13 May 1996 - 19 Jul 1998 Zeir Mlivo (b. 1949) SDA19 Jul 1998 - 15 Jan 1999 Mirko Batinić (b. 1956) HDZ-BIH 15 Jan 1999 - 20 Dec 1999 Zahid Mustajbegović (b. 1954) SDP20 Dec 1999 - 30 Mar 2001 Zdenko Vukić (b. 1959) HDZ-BIH 30 Mar 2001 - 4 Feb 2003 Zdenko Antunović (b. 1960) HDZ-BIH (acting to 13 Apr 2001) 4 Feb 2003 - 10 May 2011 Salko Selman (b. 1954) SDP 20 May 2011 - Tahir Lendo (b. 1961) SDA

Herceg-Bosna (Canton 10)

[West Bosnia Canton
flag to 1998 (Bosnia and Hercegovina)]
26 Mar 1996 - 19 Feb 1998 (de facto since 1998)

18 Nov 1991 - 17 Dec 1996 Part of Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna. 17 Jun 1998 Herceg-Bosna canton also named Canton 10 (but Herceg-Bosna is officially used by the Croatian majority and in official local documents).

Governors 26 Mar 1996 - 25 Nov 1996 Filip Andrić (b. 1960 - d. 2020) HDZ-BiH25 Nov 1996 - 1998 Mirko Baković (b. 1931 - d. 2014) HDZ-BiH 1998 - 22 May 2000 Ivan Ivić (b. 1962) HDZ-BiH 22 May 2000 - Jan 2001 Anto Omazić (acting) (b. 1963) HDZ-BiH Jan 2001 - Apr 2001 Branko Zrno (b. 1948) HDZ-BiH Apr 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Dragan Bagarić HDZ-BiH

Premiers 26 Mar 1996 - 1998 Filip Andrić (s.a.) HDZ-BiH 1998 - 22 May 2000 Mirko Mihaljević (b. 1962) HDZ-BiH 22 May 2000 - Jan 2001 Marko Bagarić(acting) (b. 1961) HDZ-BiH Jan 2001 - 2001 Stipe Pelivan (1st time) (b. 1959) HDZ-BiH 25 Apr 2001 - 20 Sep 2002 Anto Omazić (s.a.) HDZ-BiH 2003 - 12 Jan 2007 Stipe Pelivan (2nd time) (s.a.) HDZ-BiH 12 Jan 2007 - 9 Dec 2013 Nediljko Rimac (b. 1961) HDZ 1990 9 Dec 2013 - 6 May 2015 Branko Ivković (b. 1961) HDZ-BiH 6 May 2015 - 21 Jun 2017 Draško Dalić HDZ-BiH21 Jun 2017 - 21 Dec 2020 Ivan Jozić HDZ-BiH21 Dec 2020 - Ivan Vukadin (b. 1975) HNP

Hercegovina-Neretva

[Herzegovina - Neretva
Canton (Bosnia and Hercegovina)]
Adopted 7 Oct 2004

Governors 1996 Pero Marković (b. 1952) HDZ-BiH 1996 - 1 Dec 1997 Fatima Leho (f) (b. 1946) SDA 1 Dec 1997 - 27 Oct 1998 Željko Obradović HDZ-BIH 27 Oct 1998 - 2000 Hamo Masleša (b. 1959) SDA 2000 - Feb 2001 Rade Bošnjak (b. 1959) HDZ-BIH Feb 2001 - Feb 2002 Šefkija Džiho (b. 1947) SDA Feb 2002 - 6 Oct 2002 Dragan Vrankić (b. 1955 - d. 2019) HDZ-BIH

Premiers 1996 - 1998 Mijo Brajković (b. 1940) HDZ-BIH 1998 - 12 Nov 1999 Frano Ljubić (b. 1946) HDZ-BIH 12 Nov 1999 - 2000 Josip Merdžo (1st time) (b. 1962) HDZ-BIH 2000 Mirsad Sarić (b. 1951) SDA 2000 - 2001 Josip Merdžo (2nd time) (s.a.) HDZ-BIH 2001 - 2002 Miroslav Ćorić(1st time) (b. 1956) HDZ 2002 - 2003 Omer Macić (b. 1950 - d. 2022) SBiH 16 Jun 2003 - 1 Aug 2007 Miroslav Ćorić (2nd time) (s.a.) HDZ-BIH 1 Aug 2007 - 9 Nov 2011 Srećko Boras (b. 1957) HDZ 1990 9 Nov 2011 - 31 Mar 2015 Denis Lasić (b. 1974) HDZ-BIH31 Mar 2015 - 23 Sep 2015 Stjepan Krasic (acting) (b. 1965) HDZ-BIH 23 Sep 2015 - 9 Nov 2023 Nevenko Hercog (b. 1964) HDZ-BIH 9 Nov 2023 - Marija Gagro Buhač (f) (b. 1981) HDZ-BIH

Sarajevo

11 Mar 1996 - 23 Mar 1998	23 Mar 1998 - 28 Apr 1999	Adopted 28 Apr 1999
14th Winter Olympic Games Flag 1984

8 Feb 1984 - 19 Feb 1984 14th Winter Olympic Games held in Sarajevo.

Governors 11 Mar 1996 - 30 Oct 1996 Sabira Hadžović (f) (b. 1928 - d. 2019) SDA 30 Oct 1996 - 27 May 1998 Midhat Haračić (b. 1946) SDA 27 May 1998 - Jun 2000 Mustafa Mujezinović (b. 1954 - d. 2019) SDA Jun 2000 - 25 Jan 2001 Mirsad Kebo (b. 1947) SDA 25 Jan 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Mustafa Pamuk (b. 1937 - d. 2017) SDA

Premiers 11 Mar 1996 - 30 Oct 1996 Ševkija Okerić (b. 1956) SDA 30 Oct 1996 - 12 Nov 1998 Mustafa Mujezinović (s.a.) SDA 12 Nov 1998 - 15 Feb 2001 Beriz Belkić (b. 1946 - d. 2023) SBiH 15 Feb 2001 - 27 Dec 2001 Huso Hadžidedić (b. 1940) SDP 27 Dec 2001 - 6 Feb 2003 Nermin Pećanac (b. 1958) SDP 6 Feb 2003 - 16 Nov 2006 Denis Zvizdić (b. 1964) SDA 16 Nov 2006 - 19 Nov 2008 Samir Silajdžić (b. 1963) SBiH 19 Nov 2008 - 19 Jan 2009 Hajrudin Ibrahimović(acting) (b. 1957) SBiH 20 Jan 2009 - 11 Nov 2010 Besim Mehmedić (b. 1955) SBiH 11 Nov 2010 - 13 Jan 2011 Zlatko Mešić(acting) SBiH 13 Jan 2011 - 21 Nov 2012 Fikret Musić (b. 1953) SDP 21 Nov 2012 - 20 Mar 2014 Suad Zeljković (b. 1960) SDA 20 Mar 2014 - 23 Mar 2015 Muhammed Kozadra (acting) (b. 1957) SDA 23 Mar 2015 - 4 Apr 2018 Elmedin Dino Konaković (b. 1974) SDA 4 Apr 2018 - 26 Dec 2018 Adem Zolj (b. 1964) SDA 26 Dec 2018 - 3 Mar 2020 Edin Forto (1st time) (b. 1972) NS 3 Mar 2020 - 5 Jan 2021 Mario Nenadić (b. 1964) SBB 5 Jan 2021 - 25 Jan 2023 Edin Forto (2nd time) (s.a.) NS 25 Jan 2023 - 24 Mar 2023 Darja Softić Kadenić (f)(acting) (b. 1982) Non-party 24 Mar 2023 - Nihad Uk (b. 1989) NS

Tuzla


13 Aug 1996 - 31 Dec 1999


Adopted 31 Dec 1999

Feb 1999 Tuzla-Podrinje canton renamed Tuzla.

Governors 22 Aug 1994 - 14 Nov 1996 Izet Hadžić (b. 1963) SDA 14 Nov 1994 - 2 Nov 1998 Sead Jamakosmanović (b. 1949) SDP 2 Nov 1998 - 18 Jan 2001 Tarik Arapčić (b. 1959) SDA 18 Jan 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Selim Bešlagić (b. 1942) SDP

Premiers 22 Aug 1994 - 3 Dec 1996 None 3 Dec 1996 - 8 May 1999 Hazim Vikalo (b. 1960) SDA 8 May 1999 - 27 Jan 2001 Bajazit Jašarević(1st time) (b. 1957) SDA 27 Jan 2001 - 29 Jan 2003 Senahid Šaković (b. 1954) SDP 29 Jan 2003 - 28 Feb 2007 Bajazit Jašarević(2nd time) (s.a.) SDA 28 Feb 2007 - 10 Feb 2011 Enes Mujić (b. 1954) SDA 10 Feb 2011 - 26 Mar 2014 Sead Čaušević (b. 1949) SDP 26 Mar 2014 - 20 Feb 2015 Bahrija Umihanić (b. 1966) SDA 20 Feb 2015 - 17 Feb 2018 Bego Gutić (b. 1970) SDA 17 Feb 2018 - 20 Jul 2019 Jakub Suljkanović (b. 1964) SDA20 Jul 2019 - 26 Jan 2021 Denijal Tulumović (b. 1959) SDA 26 Jan 2021 - 28 Feb 2022 Kadrija Hodžić (b. 1958) SDP 28 Feb 2022 - Irfan Halilagić (b. 1988) SDA

Una-Sana (Bihać)


28 Jul 1997 - 1999


Adopted 9 May 2000

Governors
27 May 1995 - 29 Nov 1999 Mirsad Veladžić (b. 1956) SDA29 Nov 1999 - 31 Jan 2000 Adem Borić (acting) (b. 1948) SDA31 Jan 2000 - 13 Feb 2001 Muhamed Beganović (b. 1942) SBiH 13 Feb 2001 - 1 Aug 2002 Amir Avdić (b. 1966) SDA 1 Aug 2002 - 6 Oct 2002 Mirsad Šahinović (b. 1960) SDA

Premiers 15 Jun 1995 - 29 Oct 1996 Mersud Ferizović (b. 1951)    SDA 29 Oct 1996 - 30 Nov 1998 Esad Brković                                            SDA 30 Nov 1998 - 30 Mar 2000 Sabid Lipović    (b. 1959)    SDA
30 Mar 2000 - 9 May 2000 Mustafa Ramić    (b. 1942) SDA 9 May 2000 - 11 May 2001  Amir Avdić                         (s.a.) SDA
11 May 2001 - Oct 2001 Fikret Dervišević    (b. 1949)            SBiH Oct 2001 - 20 Mar 2002 Muhamed Ibrahimpašić               (b. 1947 - d. 2020) SDA 20 Mar 2002 - 6 Mar 2003 Atif Hodžić (acting to 27 May 2002)(b. 1962) SDA
6 Mar 2003 - 6 Feb 2004 Fadil Islamović                    (b. 1966)    SDA
6 Feb 2004 - 1 Dec 2006 Ismet Kumalić                      (b. 1951)    SDA 1 Dec 2005 - 16 May 2007 Osman Čehajić                     (b. 1958)    SDA 16 May 2007 - 31 Jan 2011 Šemsudin Dedić       (b. 1973)    SDA 31 Jan 2011 -12 Feb 2015 Hamdija Lipovača (b. 1976) SDP 12 Feb 2015 - 10 Jul 2016 Izudin Saračević                   (b. 1957)            SDA 10 Jul 2016 - 17 Oct 2018 Husein Rošić                       (b. 1974)            SDA 17 Oct 2018 - 5 Dec 2023 Mustafa Ružnić                     (b. 1980) A-SDA;2021 NES 5 Dec 2023 - Nijaz Hušić                        (b. 1976)            SDA

West Hercegovina (Zapadno Hercegovački)


26 Mar 1996 - 7 Jul 1998
(de facto 1998-2003),
Re-adopted 9 Apr 2003

Governors27 Mar 1996 - 2000 Jozo Marić (b. 1948) HDZ-BiH 2000 - 6 Oct 2002 Vinko Zorić (b. 1961) HDZ-BiH

Premiers1996 - 1999                Bariša Čolak                      (b. 1956)    HDZ-BiH
1999 - 2003                Andjelko (Anđelko Mikulić    (b. 1959)    HDZ-BiH 2003 - 6 Dec 2006         Viktor Lasić                       (b. 1968)    HDZ-BiH 6 Dec 2006 - 27 Aug 2010 Zvonko Jurišić(1st time)        (b. 1961)    HSP-BiH 27 Aug 2010 - 2 Sep 2010 Zdenko Ćosić(1st time) (b. 1961)    HDZ-BiH 2 Sep 2010 - 16 Sep 2010 Zvonko Jurišić(2nd time)          (s.a.)       HSP-BiH
16 Sep 2010 - 27 Mar 2023 Zdenko Ćosić(2nd time)            (s.a.) HDZ-BiH 27 Mar 2023 -              Predrag Čović                      (b. 1969)            HDZ-BiH

Zenica-Doboj


30 Jul 1997 - 21 Jun 2000


Adopted 21 Jun 2000

Governors
21 Sep 1995 - Feb 2001 Bedrudin Salčinović (b. 1947) SDA
Feb 2001 - 6 Oct 2002 Mugdin Herceg (b. 1951) SDP

Premiers
23 Dec 1996 - Feb 2001     Vehid Šahinović    (b. 1947)       SDA
Feb 2001 - 4 Sep 2001     Hamdija Kulović                    (b. 1948)    SBiH
4 Sep 2001 - 9 Jan 2003 Vahid Hećo                         (b. 1954)    SBiH
9 Jan 2003 - 19 Jan 2006 Nedžad Polić                       (b. 1969)    SDA
19 Jan 2006 - 28 Feb 2011 Miralem Galijašević(1st time) (b. 1955)    SDA 28 Feb 2011 - 20 Jun 2013 Fikret Plevljak (b. 1956)    SDP 20 Jun 2013 -11 Mar 2015 Munib Husejnagić                   (b. 1959)    SDP 11 Mar 2015 -27 Mar 2019 Miralem Galijašević (2nd time)     (s.a.)               SDA 27 Mar 2019 -24 Nov 2020 Mirza Ganić                        (b. 1981)            SDA 24 Nov 2020 – 23 Dec 2022 Mirnes Bašić                       (b. 1976)    SDA                              (acting to 29 Mar 2021) 23 Dec 2022 – 27 Oct 2023 Amra Mehmedić (f)                  (b. 1981)            SDA 27 Oct 2023 -              Nezir Pivić                        (b. 1983)            SDA