Cabinet of Nikola Špirić I

First Špirić cabinet

9th Cabinet of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007–2008
Date formed11 January 2007 (2007-01-11)
Date dissolved20 February 2008 (2008-02-20)
People and organisations
Head of statePresidency
List
Head of governmentNikola Špirić
Deputy head of governmentDragan Vrankić
Tarik Sadović
No. of ministers9
Total no. of members10
Member partiesAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Croatian Democratic Union
Party of Democratic Action
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian Democratic Union 1990
Status in legislatureMajority coalition government
29 / 42
History
Election2006 general election
Legislature term2006–2010
PredecessorCabinet of Adnan Terzić
SuccessorCabinet of Nikola Špirić II

The Ninth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Croatian: Deveti saziv Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Девети сазив Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине / Deveti saziv Savjeta ministara Bosne i Hercegovine) was the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina cabinet formed on 11 January 2007, following the 2006 general election. It was led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić.[1] The cabinet was dissolved on 20 February 2008 and was succeeded by a new Council of Ministers presided over by Špirić.[2]

History

The First Špirić cabinet was formed on 11 January 2007, following the 2006 general election.[3] At the election, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), of which Špirić is part of, won the most parliamentary seats in Republika Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the third most seats in the whole country with 46.9% of the vote.[3] This secured the SNSD a part of a majority coalition government in the Council of Ministers.

Three months after the election, the new Council of Ministers was formed with Špirić presiding.[4]

Ten months after the government's formation, on 1 November, Špirić tendered his resignation in protest of parliamentary reforms imposed by High Representative Miroslav Lajčák. Špirić felt that the reforms would reduce the influence of Bosnia's Serb population. The resignation was deemed by some to be the country's most serious crisis since the end of the Bosnian War.[5] After the crisis was resolved, he was renominated for the chairman's post on 10 December 2007,[6] confirmed by the Presidency on 27 December 2007 and by Parliament a day later, on 28 December.[7] With Špirić's reappointment, a new cabinet presided by Špirić was officially formed in February 2008, but with little change.[8]

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:

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2
2
2
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.[9]

← Špirić I Cabinet →
(11 January 2007 – 20 February 2008)
Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić SNSD 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Finance and Treasury
Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers 		Dragan Vrankić HDZ BiH 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Security
Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers 		Tarik Sadović SDA 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Alkalaj SBiH 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Slobodan Puhalac SNSD 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Defence Selmo Cikotić SDA 22 April 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Justice Bariša Čolak HDZ BiH 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Civil Affairs Sredoje Nović SNSD 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Communication and Traffic Božo Ljubić HDZ 1990 11 January 2007 20 February 2008
Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Safet Halilović SBiH 11 January 2007 20 February 2008

References

  1. ^ Zoran Pirolić (4 January 2007). "Nikola Špirić novi predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). dw.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ Javno - World
  3. ^ a b Nicholas Walton, A house divided: Bosnia after the elections, openDemocracy, 3 October 2006, accessed 25 November 2006
  4. ^ "Potvrđeno imenovanje ministara i zamjenika u Vijeću ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Bosnian PM resigns over reforms
  6. ^ Girodivite: Centro Studi Europa dell'Est - news del 10.12.2007 - powered by www.seenews.com
  7. ^ Javno - World
  8. ^ "Špirić ponovno predsjedavajući ministara BH". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Bosnian). slobodnaevropa.org. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Ministarstva". vijeceministara.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 October 2021.