'President of the Republic of Srpska/Serbs') is the highest executive authority in Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
As Republika Srpska functions as a parliamentary system, the president has very limited powers.
The president does have the power to:[2] If the National Assembly is unable to make a session due to a state of emergency, the president, after obtaining an opinion from the Government, declares a state of emergency and orders measures for removing the state of emergency.