Ministry of Security (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ministry of Security of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ministarstvo sigurnosti Bosne i Hercegovine Министарство безбједности Босне и Херцеговине
Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, seat of the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department overview
Formed	2002
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Minister responsible	Nenad Nešić
Website	http://msb.gov.ba/

The Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo sigurnosti Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство безбједности Босне и Херцеговинe) is the governmental department in charge of organizing and coordinating the Bosnian police.

History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to operate at the level of the newly established Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Alija Delimustafić (SDA) as minister.[1]

After the end of the Bosnian War and the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995, the work of police bodies was shared between the Bosnia and Herzegovina entities Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which then formed their own ministries of interior, while the work of police bodies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was further shared between its cantons.

In 2002, the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed, with Bariša Čolak (HDZ BiH) being appointed the first Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Organization

The Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of nine sectors and one inspectorate.

• Protection and Rescue Sector
• Sector for legal, personnel, general and financial-material affairs
• Sector for International Cooperation and European Integration
• Immigration Sector
• Asylum Sector
• Sector for Combating Terrorism, Organized Crime, Corruption, War Crimes and Narcotics Abuse
• Sector for Informatics and Telecommunication Systems
• Sector for the Protection of Classified Information
• Sector for General and Border Security
• Inspectorate

List of ministers

Ministers of Interior of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–1996)

Political parties:
  Party of Democratic Action (SDA)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Delimustafić, AlijaAlija Delimustafić (born 1954)	20 December 1990	15 June 1992	1 year, 178 days	SDA
2		Pušina, JusufJusuf Pušina (born 1949)	15 June 1992	1 June 1993	351 days	SDA
3		Alispahić, BakirBakir Alispahić (born 1956)	1 June 1993	30 January 1996	2 years, 243 days	SDA

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

Political parties:
  Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH)
  Party of Democratic Action (SDA)
  Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH)
  Serb Democratic Party (SDS)
  Democratic People's Alliance (DNS)

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Čolak, BarišaBariša Čolak (born 1956)	23 December 2002	11 January 2007	4 years, 19 days	HDZ BiH
2		Sadiković, TarikTarik Sadović (born 1956)	11 January 2007	31 July 2009	2 years, 194 days	SDA
3		Ahmetović, SadikSadik Ahmetović (born 1969)	24 November 2009	22 October 2012	2 years, 333 days	SDA
4		Radončić, FahrudinFahrudin Radončić (born 1957)	22 November 2012	29 April 2014	1 year, 158 days	SBB
5		Mektić, DraganDragan Mektić (born 1956)	31 March 2015	23 December 2019	4 years, 267 days	SDS
(4)		Radončić, FahrudinFahrudin Radončić (born 1957)	23 December 2019	2 June 2020	162 days	SBB
6		Cikotić, SelmoSelmo Cikotić (born 1964)	23 July 2020	25 January 2023	2 years, 186 days	SDA
7		Nešić, NenadNenad Nešić (born 1978)	25 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 339 days	DNS

References

1. "Ko je uhapšeni Alija Delimustafić?". avaz.ba. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
2. "Sazivi vijeća ministara". vijeceministara.gov.ba. Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

External links

• Official website