The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the bicameral legislative body of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of the following two chambers.The House of Peoples has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of the entities: 5 members elected by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, 5 members - by the Bosniak club of the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 members - by the Croat club of the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The House of Representatives has 42 members, elected for a four-year terms by proportional representation.

The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly referred to as Socialist Bosnia or simply Bosnia, was one of the six constituent federal states forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was a predecessor of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, existing between 1945 and 1992, under a number of different formal names, including Democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943–1946) and People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946–1963).