# Ministry of Communication and Traffic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Ministry of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo komunikacija i prometa Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство комуникација и саобраћајa Босне и Херцеговине) is the governmental department which oversees the communication and traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## History

After the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, the 1996 Bosnian general election and the formation of the first post-war government in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communication of Bosnia and Herzegovina began working with Spasoje Albijanić (SDS) at the head, which is the predecessor of today's Ministry of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After the 2002 Bosnian general election and the formation of the new government of Bosnia and Herzegovina between the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), headed by Adnan Terzić (SDA), the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into the Ministry of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Branko Dokić (PDP) becoming Minister and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Safet Halilović (SBiH) as Minister.

## Organization

The Ministry of Communications and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of four sectors, one inspectorate, one directorate and one regulatory board.
* Sector for Legal and Financial Affairs
* Traffic Sector
* Sector for traffic infrastructure, project preparation and implementation
* Inspectorate
* Directorate of Civil Aviation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Regulatory Board of Rail transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina

## List of ministers
### Ministers of Civil Affairs and Communication (1997–2002)

Political parties:  Serb Democratic Party (SDS)  Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD)  Socialist Party (SP)
| No. | Minister of Civil Affairs and Communication | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Albijanić, SpasojeSpasoje Albijanić | 3 January 1997 | 3 February 1999 | 2 years, 31 days | SDS |
| 2 | Ašanin, MarkoMarko Ašanin (1955–2011) | 3 February 1999 | 22 June 2000 | 1 year, 140 days | SNSD |
| 3 | Gligorić, TihomirTihomir Gligorić | 22 June 2000 | 22 February 2001 | 245 days | SP |
| 4 | Mihajlović, SvetozarSvetozar Mihajlović (born 1949) | 22 February 2001 | 23 December 2002 | 1 year, 304 days | SP |

### Ministers of Communication and Traffic (2002–present)

Political parties:  Party of Democratic Progress (PDP)  Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990)  Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH)  Democratic Front (DF)  Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH)  Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD)  Our Party (NS)
| No. | Minister of Communication and Traffic | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 1 | Dokić, BrankoBranko Dokić (born 1949) | 23 December 2002 | 11 January 2007 | 4 years, 19 days | PDP |
| 2 | Ljubić, BožoBožo Ljubić (born 1949) | 11 January 2007 | 23 June 2009 | 2 years, 232 days | HDZ 1990 |
| 3 | Vidović, RudoRudo Vidović (born 1958) | 23 June 2009 | 12 January 2012 | 2 years, 203 days | HDZ 1990 |
| 4 | Hadžić, DamirDamir Hadžić (born 1976) | 12 January 2012 | 31 March 2015 | 3 years, 78 days | SDP BiH |
| 5 | Matanović, SlavkoSlavko Matanović (born 1958) | 31 March 2015 | 11 May 2016 | 1 year, 41 days | DF |
| 6 | Jusko, IsmirIsmir Jusko (born 1971) | 11 May 2016 | 26 December 2018 | 2 years, 229 days | SBB |
| 7 | Mitrović, VojinVojin Mitrović (born 1961) | 23 December 2019 | 23 December 2022 | 3 years, 0 days | SNSD |
| 8 | Forto, EdinEdin Forto (born 1972) | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 46 days | NS |