Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees
| Ministarstvo za ljudska prava i izbjeglice Bosne i Hercegovine Министарство за људска права и избеглице Босне и Херцеговине | |
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 Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building, seat of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | http://www.mhrr.gov.ba |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina portal |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Ministers of Human Rights and Refugees (2000–present)
[edit]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 |
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| 1 | Martin Raguž (born 1958) | 22 June 2000 | 22 February 2001 | 245 days | HDZ BiH | |
| 2 | Krešimir Zubak (born 1947) | 22 February 2001 | 23 December 2002 | 1 year, 335 days | NHI | |
| 3 | Mirsad Kebo (born 1947) | 23 December 2002 | 11 January 2007 | 4 years, 19 days | SDA | |
| 4 | Safet Halilović (1951–2017) | 11 January 2007 | 12 January 2012 | 5 years, 1 day | SBiH | |
| 5 | Damir Ljubić (born 1965) | 12 January 2012 | 31 March 2015 | 3 years, 78 days | HDZ 1990 | |
| 6 | Semiha Borovac (born 1955) | 31 March 2015 | 23 December 2019 | 4 years, 267 days | SDA | |
| 7 | Miloš Lučić (born 1986) | 15 May 2020 | 12 December 2022 | 2 years, 211 days | DNS | |
| 8 | Sevlid Hurtić (born 1970) | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 288 days | BHZ |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.