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                                                        H.E. Vanja Bjelica-Prutina,
                                                            President, CIK BiH






                part i                                                 10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
                                                                             14 December 1995 (constitution included as part
                  CoUNtrY ProfiLE                                            of the Dayton Peace Accords); note - each of the

                                                                             political entities has its own constitution
                  1. Country Name
                      BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA                           11. Language (s)
                                                                             Bosnian  (official)  52.9%,  Serbian  (official)  30.8%,
                  2. Official Name                                           Croatian  (official)  14.6%,  other  1.6%,  no  answer
                      Bosnia and Herzegovina                                 0.2% (2013 est.)

                  3. Government                                        12. Literacy Levels
                      Parliamentary Republic                                 Male: (2015) 99.5% Female: (2015) 97.5%

                  4. Head of the Government                            part ii
                      Chairman  of  the  Council  of  Ministers  –  Zoran   LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
                      Tegeltija
                  5. Head of the State                                 LEGISLATURE
                      Presidency (The Presidency of Bosnia and Herze-
                      govina is the three-member body which collective-    1. Structure of National Legislature
                      ly serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegov-     Bicameral
                      ina.)
                                                                         2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
                      Šefik Džaferović Željko Komšić Milorad Dodik           The House of Representatives and The House of
                                                                             Peoples
                  6. Capital
                      Sarajevo                                           3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
                                                                           nominated
                  7. Currency                                                The House of Representatives of the Parliamentary
                      Bosnia  and  Herzegovina  convertible  mark.  (sign:   Assembly of BiH has 42 members, 28 of whom are
                      KM; code: BAM)                                         directly elected by voters registered to vote for the

                  8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)                    territory of the Federation of BiH, and 14 of whom
                      Bosniak  50.1%,  Serb  30.8%,  Croat  15.4%,  other    are directly elected by voters registered to vote for
                      2.7%, not declared/no answer 1% (2013 est.)            the territory of the Republika Srpska by proportion-
                                                                             al representation for a four-year term. The House
                  9. Date of Independence and from which Country             of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH
                      1  March  1992  (from  Yugoslavia);  note  -  referen-  consists of 15 Delegates, of whom two-thirds from
                      dum  for  independence  completed  on  1  March        the Federation (including five Croats and five Bos-
                      1992; independence declared on 3 March 1992            niaks)  and  one-third  from  the  Republika  Srpska

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