The president of Serbia and Montenegro () was the head of state of Serbia and Montenegro. From its establishment in 1992 until 2003, when the country was reconstituted as a confederacy (state union) via constitutional reform, the head of state was known as the president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (). With the constitutional reforms of 2003 and the merging of the offices of head of government and head of state, the full title of the president was President of Serbia and Montenegro and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (). In 2006 the office was abolished as the state union was dissolved, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries.
Authority As head of state, the president had the power to
represent the country at home and abroad appoint and recall heads of diplomatic and consular missions receive letters of credence and recall from foreign diplomatic representatives confer medals and other decorations promulgate laws passed by the Parliament call for parliamentary elections
In 2003, the powers of the president were extended to include the right to chair the Council of Ministers and propose the composition of the Council of Ministers to the parliament, effectively merging the powers of the head of government into the office. However, although the president became de jure both head of state and head of government, his role was largely limited because all the institutions were indirectly elected by confederal parliament, which was itself elected by parliaments of member states.
Elections
Under the 1992 constitution, the president was elected by the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia for a four-year term. After the constitutional amendments of 2000, direct elections for the office of President were introduced. Under the 2003 constitution, the president was once again elected by the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro for a four-year term, this time at the proposal of the president and vice president of the assembly. The president of Serbia and Montenegro was a member of the Supreme Defence Council together with the president of Serbia and the president of Montenegro, and served automatically as chairman of the council of ministers. Previously, the president and the prime minister had to be from different republics; now, with the posts merged, the president of the assembly had to be from a different republic from the president of Serbia and Montenegro, who in turn could not come from the same republic for more than two consecutive terms of office.
The results of the direct presidential elections of 2000 were as follows:
Presidents There were five presidents of FR Yugoslavia (and two acting) after its assertion of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in 1992 up until its dissolution in 2003. Svetozar Marović of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro was the only President of the FR Yugoslavia after its constitutional reforms and reconstitution as a confederacy. He was inaugurated on March 7, 2003. After the declaration of independence of Montenegro, on June 3, 2006, the president announced on June 4, 2006 the termination of his office.http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=9489465&PageNum=0
Portrait Name Representing Term of office Party Notes Took office Left office Time in office Presidents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 Dobrica Ćosić Serbia 15 June 1992 1 June 1993 Independent Miloš Radulović Montenegro 1 June 1993 25 June 1993 Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro 2 Zoran Lilić Serbia 25 June 1993 25 June 1997 years Socialist Party of Serbia Srđa Božović Montenegro 25 June 1997 23 July 1997 Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro 3 Slobodan Milošević Serbia 23 July 1997 7 October 2000 Socialist Party of Serbia 4 Vojislav Koštunica Serbia 7 October 2000 7 March 2003 Democratic Party of Serbia President of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro 5 Svetozar Marović Montenegro 7 March 2003 3 June 2006 Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Timeline
See also Politics of Serbia and Montenegro Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro List of heads of state of Yugoslavia President of Montenegro List of presidents of Montenegro President of Serbia List of presidents of Serbia
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