Ministry of Justice (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Serbian Latin: Ministarstvo pravde Bosne i Hercegovine Serbian Cyrillic: Министарство правде Босне и Херцеговине, Croatian: Ministarstvo pravde Bosne i Hercegovine) is the governmental department which oversees the judiciary body of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ministry of Justice of
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Ministarstvo pravde
Bosne i Hercegovine
Министарство правде
Босне и Херцеговине
Department overview
Formed2002
HeadquartersSarajevo
Ministers responsible
  • Josip Grubeša, Minister of Justice
  • Nezir Pivić, Deputy Minister of Justice
Websitehttp://mft.gov.ba/
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History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to operate from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) at the level of the newly established Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the end of the Bosnian War, and the signing of the Dayton Agreement, the Ministry of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Justice of the Republika Srpska started functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By 2008, the entitity Ministries of Justice were responsible for the jurisdiction of the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the 2006 Bosnian general election and the formation of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina began functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Responsibilities

The Ministry of Justice has the authority to administer the following judicial institutions at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina:[1]

List of ministers

Ministers of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–present)

Political parties:
  Serb Democratic Party (SDS)
  Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH)

No. Portrait Minister of DefenceTook officeLeft officeTime in officeParty
1
Kovač, SlobodanSlobodan Kovač
(1936–2017)		23 December 200211 January 20074 years, 19 daysSDS
2
Čolak, BarišaBariša Čolak
(born 1956)		11 January 200731 March 20158 years, 79 daysHDZ BiH
3
Grubeša, JosipJosip Grubeša
(born 1978)		31 March 2015Incumbent5 years, 128 daysHDZ BiH
Source: Rulers.org

See also

References
  1. "Nadležnosti". www.mpr.gov.ba. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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