List of presidents of Republika Srpska

This article lists the presidents of Republika Srpska.

• Top left: Radovan Karadžić was the first president of Republika Srpska.
• Top right: Biljana Plavšić was the first directly elected president and first female leader of any Serb entity.
• Bottom left: Željka Cvijanović was the second female president of Republika Srpska.
• Bottom right: Milorad Dodik has served as president the longest.

List of officeholders

  Serb Democratic Party   Serb National Alliance   Serbian Radical Party   Socialist Party   Alliance of Independent Social Democrats   United Srpska

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Time in office	Party		Election
1		Radovan Karadžić Радован Караџић (born 1945)	7 April 1992 – 19 July 1996	4 years, 103 days		Serb Democratic Party	—
2		Biljana Plavšić Биљана Плавшић (born 1930)	19 July 1996 – 4 November 1998	2 years, 108 days		Serb Democratic Party (until 1997)	1996
						Serb National Alliance (from 1997)
3		Nikola Poplašen Никола Поплашен (born 1951)	4 November 1998 – 2 September 1999[a]	302 days		Serbian Radical Party	1998
—		Petar Đokić [sr] Петар Ђокић (born 1961)	2 September 1999 – 26 January 2000	146 days		Socialist Party	Acting
4		Mirko Šarović Мирко Шаровић (born 1956)	26 January 2000[b] – 28 November 2002	2 years, 306 days		Serb Democratic Party	2000
5		Dragan Čavić Драган Чавић (born 1958)	28 November 2002 – 9 November 2006	3 years, 346 days		Serb Democratic Party	2002
6		Milan Jelić Милан Јелић (1956–2007)	9 November 2006 – 30 September 2007†[2]	325 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	2006
—		Igor Radojičić Игор Радојичић (born 1966)	30 September 2007 – 9 December 2007	70 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	Acting
7		Rajko Kuzmanović Рајко Кузмановић (born 1931)	9 December 2007 – 15 November 2010	2 years, 341 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	2007
8		Milorad Dodik Милорад Додик (born 1959)	15 November 2010 – 19 November 2018	8 years, 4 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	2010
							2014
9		Željka Cvijanović Жељка Цвијановић (born 1967)	19 November 2018 – 15 November 2022	3 years, 361 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	2018
(8)		Milorad Dodik Милорад Додик (born 1959)	15 November 2022 – 12 June 2025[c]	2 years, 276 days		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	2022
—		Nenad Stevandić Ненад Стевандић (born 1966)	18 August 2025 – incumbent[citation needed]	3 days		United Srpska	Acting

Timeline

Standards

• 
  Standard of the president of Republika Srpska (1995–2007).
• 
  Standard of the president of Republika Srpska since 2007.

See also

• List of vice presidents of Republika Srpska
• List of prime ministers of Republika Srpska
• List of speakers of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska

Notes

1. Removed by High Representative on 5 March 1999;^[1] removal enforced on 2 September 1999.
2. Not recognized as President by High Representative until 16 December 2000.
3. The Central Election Commission ordered Dodik's removal on 6 August 2025.^[3] On 18 August, his appeal against the decision of the Central Election Commission was rejected and his mandate as Republika Srpska president was officially terminated.^[4] The termination was marked as 12 June 2025, due to the Bosnian state court's verdict becoming legally binding on that day.^[5]