Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees

Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministarstvo za ljudska prava i izbjeglice
Bosne i Hercegovine
Министарство за људска права и избеглице
Босне и Херцеговине
Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, seat of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Formed2000
HeadquartersSarajevo
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Websitehttp://www.mhrr.gov.ba
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The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo za ljudska prava i izbjeglice Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство за људска права и избеглице Босне и Херцеговине) is the governmental department which oversees the human rights of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and refugees.

History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees began to operate 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 Human Rights and Refugees of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of the Republika Srpska started functioning like the present-day national Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees.

In 2000, the both entity Ministries of Human Rights and Refugees merged into the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Martin Raguž becoming the first minister.[2]

Responsibilities

The main person in the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is entitled to one assistant and one secretary.

The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees has the authority to administer and oversee the following:

  • care for refugees, displaced persons, readmission and housing policy,
  • insuring human rights,
  • emigration,
  • reconstruction, development, monitoring and regional centers (RC).

List of ministers

Ministers of Human Rights and Refugees (2000–present)

Political parties:
  Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH)
  New Croatian Initiative (NHI)
  Party of Democratic Action (SDA)
  Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH)
  Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990)
  Democratic People's Alliance (DNS)
  Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens (BHZ)

No. Portrait Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Took office Left office Time in office Party
1
Martin Raguž
Raguž, MartinMartin Raguž
(born 1958)		22 June 200022 February 2001245 daysHDZ BiH
2
Krešimir Zubak
Zubak, KrešimirKrešimir Zubak
(born 1947)		22 February 200123 December 20021 year, 335 daysNHI
3
Mirsad Kebo
Kebo, MirsadMirsad Kebo
(born 1947)		23 December 200211 January 20074 years, 19 daysSDA
4
Safet Halilović
Halilović, SafetSafet Halilović
(1951–2017)		11 January 200712 January 20125 years, 1 daySBiH
5
Damir Ljubić
Ljubić, DamirDamir Ljubić
(born 1965)		12 January 201231 March 20153 years, 78 daysHDZ 1990
6
Semiha Borovac
Borovac, SemihaSemiha Borovac
(born 1955)		31 March 201523 December 20194 years, 267 daysSDA
7
Miloš Lučić
Lučić, MilošMiloš Lučić
(born 1986)		15 May 202012 December 20222 years, 211 daysDNS
8
Sevlid Hurtić
Hurtić, SevlidSevlid Hurtić
(born 1970)		25 January 2023Incumbent1 year, 330 daysBHZ

References

  1. ^ N.V. (25 January 2023). "BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Sazivi Vijeća ministara" (in Bosnian). Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine. Retrieved 12 November 2016.