Vjekoslav Bevanda

Vjekoslav Bevanda served as the prime minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a role he assumed in January 2012. He was chosen as a compromise candidate by the six major political parties, as the absence of a central government had threatened a financial crisis. Bevanda began working on a budget to enable the functioning of the new government. However, economic growth and political reform were hindered by persistent gridlock and the country's difficulty in coordinating policies and establishing effective institutions.1

Bosnia and Herzegovina's government structure, established by the Dayton Accords, consists of two highly autonomous entities: the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The central institutions are relatively weak, with most governmental powers residing in the entities. Efforts to create a more functional constitutional framework to facilitate integration into the European Union have been met with opposition from nationalist leaders.23