The house endorsed the nomination of Mirsad Kebo of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) as the federal vice-president coming from the Muslim (Bosniak) people and Svetozar Pudaric of the SDP as the candidate for the post of the vice-president, designated for the Serbs.
Budimir, Kebo and Pudaric were immediately sworn in.
They announced that they would nominate Nermin Niksic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as the prime minister designate.
The lower house -- the House of Representatives -- is expected to discuss their motion later on Thursday.