President of Republika Srpska

President of Republika Srpska
Предсједник Републике Српске
Standard of the president of Republika Srpska
Incumbent
Milorad Dodik
since 15 November 2022
TypeHead of state
ResidencePalace of the Republic
SeatBanja Luka
AppointerDirect popular vote
Term lengthFour years
renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderRadovan Karadžić
Formation7 April 1992
DeputyVice Presidents
Websitewww.predsjednikrs.net

The president of Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Предсједник Републике Српске, Serbian Latin: Predsjednik Republike Srpske; lit.'President of the Republic of Srpska/Serbs') is the highest executive authority in Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the executive authorities, along with the Government of Republika Srpska. The president of Republika Srpska is directly elected for a term of four years, along with two vice presidents from different constituent nations (Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks). None of them can be from a same constituent nation at the same time. The president's residence is in Banja Luka.

The first president was Radovan Karadžić of the Serb Democratic Party, elected to the post in 1992, who led Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War and who was later sentenced to 40 years in prison for Srebrenica genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.[1] Milorad Dodik of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats took the office in 2022.

  1. ^ "Radovan Karadzic, a Bosnian Serb, Gets 40 Years Over Genocide and War Crimes". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.