President of Serbia and Montenegro

Not to be confused with President of Yugoslavia.

President of Serbia and Montenegro
Standard of the President of Serbia and Montenegro
Svetozar Marović
Formation	15 June 1992
First holder	Dobrica Ćosić
Final holder	Svetozar Marović
Abolished	3 June 2006
Succession	Boris Tadić Filip Vujanović

The President of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Predsednik Srbije i Crne Gore) 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 (Serbian: Predsednik Savezne Republike Jugoslavije). 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 (Serbian: Predsednik Srbije i Crne Gore i Predsednik Saveta ministara Srbije i Crne Gore). 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.

Elections

See also: Yugoslavian general election, 2000

From 1992 to 2000, the president was elected at the proposal of the President and Vice President of 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. After the constitutional reforms of 2003, 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:

Candidate	Nominator	Votes	%
Vojislav Koštunica	Democratic Opposition of Serbia	2,470,304	50.24
Slobodan Milošević	Socialist Party of Serbia	1,826,799	37.15
Tomislav Nikolić	Serbian Radical Party	289,013	5.88
Vojislav Mihailović	Serbian Renewal Movement	145,019	2.95
Miodrag Vidojković	Affirmative Party	45,964	0.93
Total (turnout 71.5%)		4,778,929	100.0
Invalid		137,991
Total votes		4,916,920
Eligible voters		6,871,595

Presidents

There were seven 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 2006. Svetozar Marović of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro was the only President of Serbia and Montenegro 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.

      Socialist Party of Serbia       Democratic Party of Serbia       Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro       Independent

No.	Head of State		Lifespan	Took office	Left office	Party	Representing	Note
Presidents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992-2003
1	Dobrica Ćosić	Dobrica Ćosić	1921–2014	15 June 1992	1 June 1993	Independent	Serbia
N/A		Miloš Radulović (acting)	1929–	1 June 1993	25 June 1993	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Montenegro	Acting
2		Zoran Lilić	1953–	25 June 1993	25 June 1997	Socialist Party of Serbia	Serbia
N/A		Srđa Božović (acting)	1955–	25 June 1997	23 July 1997	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Montenegro	Acting
3		Slobodan Milošević	1941–2006	23 July 1997	7 October 2000	Socialist Party of Serbia	Serbia	Forced to step down in the Bulldozer Revolution.
4		Vojislav Koštunica	1944–	7 October 2000	7 March 2003	Democratic Party of Serbia	Serbia
President of Serbia and Montenegro 2003-2006
5		Svetozar Marović	1955–	7 March 2003	3 June 2006	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Montenegro	Also head of government as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (offices merged).

Living former Presidents

Name	Term	Date of birth
Zoran Lilić	1993–1997	27 August 1953
Vojislav Koštunica	2000–2003	24 March 1944
Svetozar Marović	2003–2006	31 March 1955

See also

• Politics of Serbia and Montenegro
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro
• President of Montenegro
  • List of Presidents of Montenegro
• President of Serbia
  • List of Presidents of Serbia
• President of Kosovo