Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina Government type: emerging democracy Administrative divisions: there are two first-order administrative divisions referred to as the Entities - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska See Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence: April 1992 (from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) National holiday: Bosnia and Herzegovina - BiH... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
The Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa RS ) is a Serbian political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the last legislativeelections, 5 october 2002, the party won 4.6 % of the popular vote and 2 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 9 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
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Official web site (http://www.pdprs.org)
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