# Cabinet of Nikola Špirić II

The Tenth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Croatian: Deseti saziv Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Десети сазив Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине / Deseti saziv Savjeta ministara Bosne i Hercegovine) was the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina cabinet formed on 20 February 2008, following the resignation and later reappointment of Nikola Špirić. It was led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić. The cabinet was dissolved on 12 January 2012 and was succeeded by a new Council of Ministers presided over by Vjekoslav Bevanda.

## Investiture

Investiture Nikola Špirić (SNSD) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 20 February 2008 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 22 out of 42 Y |
| | Yes | 28 / 42 |
| | No | 8 / 42 |
| | Abstentions | 1 / 42 |
| | Absentees | 5 / 42 |
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## History

The Second Špirić cabinet was formed on 20 February 2008, following the resignation and later reappointment of Nikola Špirić. On 1 November 2007, 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.
After the crisis was resolved, he was renominated for the chairman's post on 10 December 2007, confirmed by the Presidency on 27 December 2007 and by Parliament a day later, on 28 December. With Špirić's reappointment, a new cabinet presided by Špirić was officially formed in February 2008, but with little change.

## Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 3 |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 2 |
| Party of Democratic Action | 2 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| Croatian Democratic Union 1990 | 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.
← Špirić II Cabinet → (20 February 2008 – 12 January 2012) :
| Portfolio | Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikola Špirić | SNSD | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Finance and Treasury Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Dragan Vrankić | HDZ BiH | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Security Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Sadik Ahmetović | SDA | 24 November 2009 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Sven Alkalaj | SBiH | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations | Mladen Zirojević | SNSD | 30 August 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Defence | Selmo Cikotić | SDA | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Justice | Bariša Čolak | HDZ BiH | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Civil Affairs | Sredoje Nović | SNSD | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Communication and Traffic | Rudo Vidović | HDZ 1990 | 23 June 2009 | 12 January 2012 |
| Minister of Human Rights and Refugees | Safet Halilović | SBiH | 20 February 2008 | 12 January 2012 |