| Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building | |
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| Zgrada prijateljstva između Grčke i Bosne i Hercegovine (Bosnian) | |
The Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office tower |
| Location | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Address | TRG BiH 1, Sarajevo 71000, Bosna i Hercegovina |
| Completed | 1974 Initial 2007 Reconstructed |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Main contractor | Vranica d.d. (original construction) Domotechniki S.A. (reconstruction) |
The Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building (Bosnian: Zgrada prijateljstva između Grčke i Bosne i Hercegovine) is an office tower located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The building houses the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is often erroneously referred to as the Parliament building. This is due to its proximity to the actual 5 story parliament building which is adjacent to the Greek-Bosnian Friendship building.
The building was completed in 1974 and occupied by the government of the erstwhile Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was originally name the Executive Council Building (Zgrada Izvršnog Vijeća). It served as the principal government building in Bosnia and Herzegovina until it was extensively damaged by Serbian shelling in May 1992 during the first few weeks of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the end of the war the building was gutted and remained vacant until reconstruction began in 2006.
In 2006, the government of Greece provided 80% of the funding for the reconstruction of the building. The total cost of the project was 17,057,316 euros. Reconstruction was completed in just over one year and the building was opened on July 23, 2007.