President of Serbia - Definition and Overview

Seal of the President of Serbia

The current President of Serbia is Boris Tadić, who won a majority of votes in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004.

Authority, legal and constitutional rights

The Presidents can:

• preside in five year mandate
• be elected for president twice
• have an immunity granted by National Assembly
• disband National Assembly and Government
• declare state of emergency
• call for elections
• represent the country
• confer medals and awards
• veto a bill until the assemly have reconsidered it, and approved it a second time

The President is member of defence council of Serbia and Montenegro, whose head is President of Serbia and Montenegro.

The Speaker of the parliament serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office.

List of Presidents

• Elected presidents:

1. Slobodan Milošević (1991-1997)- two terms
2. Milan Milutinović (1997-2002) - admitted vote rigging
3. Boris Tadić (2004-present)

• Interim acting constitutional presidents serving presidential term as speakers of the National Assembly:

1. Dragan Tomić (1997)
2. Nataša Mićić (2002-2004)
3. Dragan Maršićanin (2004)
4. Vojislav Mihailović (2004)
5. Predrag Marković (2004)