President of Serbia and Montenegro

The president of Serbia and Montenegro (Template:Langx) 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 (Template:Langx). 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 (Template:Langx). 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 elected at the proposal of the president and vice president of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro for a four-year term. 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.

The results of the direct presidential elections of 2000 were as follows:

Presidents

There were six presidents of FR Yugoslavia (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.<ref>http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=9489465&PageNum=0Template:Dead link</ref>

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Representing	Term of office			Party	Notes
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Presidents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 1		Dobrica Ćosić {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Serbia	15 June 1992	1 June 1993	Template:Age in years and days	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small		Miloš Radulović {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Montenegro	1 June 1993	25 June 1993	Template:Age in years and days	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	File:Lilic Zoran.jpg	Zoran Lilić {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Serbia	25 June 1993	25 June 1997	Template:Age in years years	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Template:Small		lang}} Template:Small	Montenegro	25 June 1997	23 July 1997	Template:Age in years and days	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3		Slobodan Milošević {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Serbia	23 July 1997	7 October 2000	Template:Age in years and days	Socialist Party of Serbia	Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4		Vojislav Koštunica {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Serbia	7 October 2000	7 March 2003	Template:Age in years and days	Democratic Party of Serbia	Template:Small
President of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5		Svetozar Marović {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Small	Montenegro	7 March 2003	3 June 2006	Template:Age in years and days	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Template:Small

Timeline

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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