# Cabinet of Zoran Tegeltija

The Thirteenth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Croatian: Trinaesti saziv Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine, Serbian: Тринаести сазив Савјета министара Босне и Херцеговине / Trinaesti saziv Savjeta ministara Bosne i Hercegovine) was the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina cabinet formed on 23 December 2019, following the 2018 general election. It was led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Zoran Tegeltija. The cabinet was dissolved on 25 January 2023 and was succeeded by a new Council of Ministers presided over by Borjana Krišto.

## Investiture

Investiture Zoran Tegeltija (SNSD) :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 23 December 2019 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 22 out of 42 Y |
| | Yes | 29 / 42 |
| | No | 8 / 42 |
| | Abstentions | 1 / 42 |
| | Absentees | 4 / 42 |
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## History

After a one year governmental formation crisis following the 2018 general election, on 5 December 2019, the national House of Representatives confirmed the appointment of Zoran Tegeltija as the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The whole government was confirmed by Parliament on 23 December 2019.
At a national House of Representatives session held on 11 January 2021, a vote of no confidence in Tegeltija took place, due to poor performance results during his term as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, but by the end of the voting, it was clear that Tegeltija was staying as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Three months later, on 28 April, another vote of no confidence in Tegeltija took place at a House of Representatives session, but again, Tegeltija continued serving as Chairman.
The cabinet was dissolved on 25 January 2023, following the appointment of a new cabinet headed by Borjana Krišto.

### Cabinet reshuffle

During the period from December 2019 until May 2020, the office of Minister of Human Rights and Refugees was vacant, with the leading parties in government not finding common ground on naming a new minister; eventually, DNS's Miloš Lučić was decided to take on the role of minister, getting confirmed by Parliament on 15 May 2020. Less than a month after Lučić's appointment, on 2 June 2020, Fahrudin Radončić resigned as Minister of Security over a migration dispute with other members of Tegeltija's government; Radončić proposed the deportation of 9,000 migrants which the cabinet, headed by Tegeltija, voted against. On 23 July 2020, Selmo Cikotić became the new Minister of Security in Tegeltija's cabinet, succeeding Radončić.
In February 2021, Josip Grubeša, the Minister of Justice in the government of Tegeltija, was almost released from his duties as minister after the House of Representatives was on verge of voting for his dismissal, but just narrowly, voted against.
On 12 March 2021, Tegeltija dismissed Miloš Lučić from his duties as Minister of Human Rights and Refugees, the reason being the abolishment of the coalition between Tegeltija's SNSD party and Lučić's DNS. Eighteen days later, on 30 March, the House of Representatives confirmed Lučić's dismissal, but the decision officially never took effect because the national House of Peoples, the upper house of the bicameral Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, never confirmed the dismissal.
In October 2021, the Minister of Defence in Tegeltija's cabinet, Sifet Podžić, canceled a military exercise between the Serbian Army and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to the "bad epidemiological situation in the country and because of the small number of vaccinated members of the Armed Forces." This was met with outrage by Tegeltija, who sent a request for the removal of Podžić as minister to the national Parliament. Some days later, he submitted the decision on the dismissal of Podžić to the House of Representatives. On 26 October, the majority of the House of Representatives members voted against Tegeltija's decision and did not support Podžić's dismissal.

## Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 3 |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 3 |
| Party of Democratic Action | 2 |
| Democratic Front | 1 |
| Democratic People's Alliance | 1 |

## Cabinet members

The Cabinet is structured into the offices for the chairman of the Council of Ministers, the two vice chairs and 9 ministries.
← Tegeltija Cabinet → (23 December 2019 – 25 January 2023) :
| Portfolio | Name | Party | Party | Took office | Left office |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Zoran Tegeltija | | SNSD | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | Bisera Turković | | SDA | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Finance and Treasury Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Vjekoslav Bevanda | | HDZ BiH | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations | Staša Košarac | | SNSD | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Defence | Sifet Podžić | | DF | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Security | Selmo Cikotić | | SDA | 23 July 2020 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Justice | Josip Grubeša | | HDZ BiH | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Civil Affairs | Ankica Gudeljević | | HDZ BiH | 23 December 2019 | 25 January 2023 |
| Minister of Communication and Traffic | Vojin Mitrović | | SNSD | 23 December 2019 | 23 December 2022 |
| Minister of Human Rights and Refugees | Miloš Lučić | | DNS | 15 May 2020 | 12 December 2022 |
| Changes June 2020 |||||||
| Portfolio | Name | Party | Party | Took office | Left office |
| Minister of Security | Fahrudin Radončić | | SBB | 23 December 2019 | 2 June 2020 |