Nermin Nikšić

He has led the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH) since 2014 and has been Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2023, having held that office also from 2011 to 2015. He is named among the possible contenders for Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Career

Nikšić graduated in law from the University of Mostar in 1986 and worked in Konjic's municipal administration from 1988, serving in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. He joined SDP BiH in 1993 and became its Konjic branch president in 1994. He was Konjic deputy mayor in 2000 and sat in the Federal House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011. He was Federation Prime Minister from March 2011 to March 2015, became SDP BiH president in December 2014, was elected to the state House of Representatives in 2018 and not re-elected in 2022. High Representative Christian Schmidt's intervention allowed his appointment as Federation Prime Minister again on 28 April 2023. In February 2026 he signed an agreement on a joint run in the 2026 general election.

Positions

Wikipedia places SDP BiH from centre-left to left-wing and describes it as social-democratic, committed to European integration, opposed to nationalism and in favour of a multi-ethnic state. Wikipedia lists the priorities Nikšić stated on taking office in 2023 as economic reform, infrastructure development and the fight against corruption.

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Photo: Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)