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
Department overview
Formed	2000
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Minister responsible	Sevlid Hurtić;
Website	http://www.mhrr.gov.ba

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.	Minister of Human Rights and Refugees	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1	Raguž, MartinMartin Raguž (born 1958)	22 June 2000	22 February 2001	245 days	HDZ BiH
2	Zubak, KrešimirKrešimir Zubak (born 1947)	22 February 2001	23 December 2002	1 year, 335 days	NHI
3	Kebo, MirsadMirsad Kebo (born 1947)	23 December 2002	11 January 2007	4 years, 19 days	SDA
4	Halilović, SafetSafet Halilović (1951–2017)	11 January 2007	12 January 2012	5 years, 1 day	SBiH
5	Ljubić, DamirDamir Ljubić (born 1965)	12 January 2012	31 March 2015	3 years, 78 days	HDZ 1990
6	Borovac, SemihaSemiha Borovac (born 1955)	31 March 2015	23 December 2019	4 years, 267 days	SDA
7	Lučić, MilošMiloš Lučić (born 1986)	15 May 2020	12 December 2022	2 years, 211 days	DNS
8	Hurtić, SevlidSevlid Hurtić (born 1970)	25 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 290 days	BHZ

References

^ 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.
^ "Sazivi Vijeća ministara" (in Bosnian). Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

External links

Official website

[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.

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