National Assembly (Republika Srpska)

The National Assembly of Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Народна скупштина Републике Српске, romanized: Narodna skupština Republike Srpske, abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current assembly is the ninth since the founding of the entity.

"NSRS" redirects here. For the singular of NSRs, see NSR (disambiguation).

National Assembly

Народна скупштина
Narodna skupština
11th legislature
Type
Type
Established24 October 1991
Leadership
Nenad Stevandić, US
since 15 November 2022
Structure
Seats83
Political groups
Government (47)[1][2]
  •   SNSD (29)
  •   SP (5)
  •   DEMOS (5)
  •   US (4)
  •   NPS (3)
  •   BHZ (1)

Supported by (10)

Opposition (26)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
2 October 2022
Next election
4 October 2026
Meeting place
Dom Narodne Skupštine
2 Vuk Karadžić Street
Banja Luka
Website
www.narodnaskupstinars.net

History

The National Assembly of Republika Srpska was founded on 24 October 1991 as the Assembly of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with its administrative seat in Sarajevo. Due to the Bosnian War, the seat was moved to Pale, where it remained until 1998, when it was moved to Banja Luka, its current location.[3]

  • First Assembly (24 October 1991 to 14 September 1996)
  • Second Assembly (19 October 1996 to 27 December 1997) (election of 4 September 1996)
  • Third Assembly (27 December 1997 to 19 October 1998) (election of 14 September 1997)
  • Fourth Assembly (19 October 1998 to 16 December 2000) (election of 13 September 1998)
  • Fifth Assembly (16 December 2000 to 28 November 2002) (election of 11 September 2000)
  • Sixth Assembly (28 November 2002 to 9 November 2006) (election of 5 October 2002)
  • Seventh Assembly (9 November 2006 to 15 November 2010) (election of 1 October 2006)
  • Eighth Assembly (15 November 2010 to 24 November 2014) (election of 3 October 2010)
  • Ninth Assembly (24 November 2014 to 19 November 2018) (election of 12 October 2014)
  • Tenth Assembly (19 November 2018 to 15 November 2022) (election of 7 October 2018)
  • Eleventh Assembly (15 November 2022 to present) (election of 2 October 2022)

Current composition
Main article: 2022 Republika Srpska general election
Party Votes % Seats
Direct Comp. Total +/–
SNSD221,54934.6427229+1
SDS95,64014.9513013+3
PDP65,86110.30628–1
SP37,8815.92505–2
State Movement[lower-alpha 1]36,6525.73325New
DEMOS34,8965.46325New
US32,6965.11314+1
ZPR31,5514.93224New
DNS28,5034.46044–8
Source: Central Election Committee
  1. SDA–SDP–SBiH–DF–SBB–GS–SD–NES–PDA–BHZ

See also

References
  1. https://sarajevotimes.com/the-republika-srpska-national-assembly-elects-the-new-government/?amp=1
  2. https://www.danas.rs/svet/region/radovan-viskovic-predesnik-nove-vlade-republike-srpske/
  3. The National Assembly of Republika Srpska.
  • "About National Assembly". The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  • "National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska".
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