High representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina monitored since 1995 by the Resolution 1031 of the UN Security Council together with the subordinate office of the High Representative ( English Office of the High Representative , OHR, German and OHR ), the implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Agreement . The current incumbent is the German CSU politician Christian Schmidt .
government office
The High Representative represents the international community in the form of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The office of the High Representative is responsible every six months to representatives of the foreign ministries of more than 50 countries, the so-called Peace Implementation Council , which also formally appoints the High Representative. He has extensive powers, so he can dismiss democratically elected officials, pass laws and create new authorities. These powers are often Bonn Powers (English: Bonn Powers ) called because it during a meeting of the Peace Implementation Council in December 1997 in Bonn were adopted.
From 2002 to 2011 the High Representative was also the EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The power of the Office of the High Representative to outvote all democratic institutions was not restricted even after elections generally judged to be “free and fair”.
The headquarters of the High Representative is in Sarajevo .
High representatives
| No. | Official | Home state | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Term of office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Bildt |
 Sweden
|
December 14, 1995 | June 17, 1997 | 1 year, 6 months, 3 days |
| 2 | Carlos Westendorp |
 Spain
|
June 18, 1997 | August 17, 1999 | 2 years, 1 month, 30 days |
| 3 | Wolfgang Petritsch |
 Austria
|
August 18, 1999 | May 26, 2002 | 2 years, 9 months, 8 days |
| 4th | Paddy Ashdown |
 United Kingdom
|
May 27, 2002 | January 31, 2006 | 3 years, 8 months, 4 days |
| 5 | Christian Schwarz-Schilling |
 Germany
|
February 1, 2006 | June 30, 2007 | 1 year, 5 months |
| 6th | Miroslav Lajčák |
 Slovakia
|
July 1, 2007 | February 28, 2009 | 1 year, 8 months |
| 7th | Valentin Inzko |
Austria
|
March 1, 2009 | July 31, 2021 | 12 years, 5 months |
| 8th | Christian Schmidt |
Germany
|
August 1, 2021 | officiating |
See also
literature
- Dominik Tolksdorf: The EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Foreign policy in search of coherence , Baden-Baden 2012. ISBN 978-3-8329-7408-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The General Framework Agreement, Annex 10: Agreement on Civilian Implementation ( Memento of November 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), OHR website, December 14, 1995.
- ^ The Peace Implementation Council and its Steering Board ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), OHR website, November 29, 2006.
- ↑ a b The Mandate of the OHR , OHR website, November 5, 2006.
- ↑ Decision 2011/426 / CFSP of the Council of July 18, 2011 on the appointment of the European Union's Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina , accessed on November 23, 2012
