Sarajevo City Council Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Deputy speakers | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 28 |
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Political groups | Majority (15) Minority (13) |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Proportional representation | |
Last election | 6 October 2024 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vijećnica,Sarajevo | |
| Website | |
| gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba | |
TheSarajevo City Council (Bosnian:Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva) is a 28-member elected body that scrutinises the activities of themayor of Sarajevo and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget and to reject the mayor's draft statutory strategies.[2]
The City Council meets atVijećnica on the bank of theMiljacka river. The council is also able to publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the mayor.
The City Council comprises 28 City Council Members, including a council speaker, two deputies, and a secretary, elected by each municipal council ofmunicipalities that make up theCity of Sarajevo, electing seven delegates to the council from among the municipal councilors, with 15 seats needed for a majority.[3] Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for therest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosniaks,Croats andSerbs, asconstituent peoples, are individually guaranteed a minimum of 20% of the seats in the City Council, while the group of Others are individually guaranteed at least two seats, regardless of all election results.[2]
| Political party | City Council members | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 / 28 | |||
| Our Party | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 / 28 | |||
| Party of Democratic Action | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 / 28 | |||
| People and Justice | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 / 28 | |||
| Democratic Front | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 / 28 | |||
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 / 28 | |||
| Bosnian Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
| People's European Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
| Alliance forStari Grad | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
| Union of Social Democrats | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
| Union for a Better Future | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
| Independent | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 28 | |||
The City Council is responsible for carrying out thepolicies and decisions:
The City Council supervises the work of the administrative bodies of the City of Sarajevo and has the right to gain insight into the implementation of its decisions, especially when it comes to city revenues and expenditures, and for this purpose the City Council can form a commission that can inspect the files in the premises of the City Administration and to submit a report to the City Council on the results of the inspection.[2]
