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This is a list of the presidents of Serbia, including the heads of state of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent state within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and heads of state of the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), a constituent state within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Prior to 1974, Serbia's head of state was the speaker (president) of the Serbian parliament.[1][2][3][4]
The President of the Republic (Predsednik Republike, Председник Републике) is directly elected to a five-year term and is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of two terms. In addition to being the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the President has the procedural duty of appointing the Prime Minister with the consent of the National Assembly, and has some influence on foreign policy. The President's office is located in Novi dvor.
Serbia as part of Yugoslavia (until 1992)
[edit]Parties: Communist Party / League of Communists Socialist Party of Serbia
Status: Denotes Acting President
People's Republic of Serbia (1945–1963)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Serbia (ASNOS) 1944–1945 | ||||||
| – | Siniša Stanković (1892–1974) Leader of Serbian wartime assembly. | 12 November 1944 | 7 April 1945 | 146 days | SKJ | |
| Presidents of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1945–1953 | ||||||
| 1 | Siniša Stanković (1892–1974) | 7 April 1945 | 20 November 1946 | 1 year, 227 days | SKJ | |
| 2 | Aćim Grulović (1898–1948) | 20 November 1946 | 23 December 1948 | 2 years, 33 days | SKJ | |
| 3 | Isa Jovanović (1906–1983) [a] | 23 December 1948 | December 1953 | 4 years, 11 months | SKJ SKJ | |
| Presidents of the People's Assembly 1953–1974 | ||||||
| 4 | Petar Stambolić (1912–2007)  | December 1953 | April 1957 | 3 years, 4 months | SKJ | |
| 5 | Jovan Veselinov (1906–1982) | April 1957 | 26 June 1963 | 6 years, 2 months | SKJ | |
| 6 | Dušan Petrović Šane (1914–1977) | 26 June 1963 | 7 July 1963 | 11 days | SKJ | |
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Socialist Republic of Serbia (1963–1992)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| (6) | Dušan Petrović Šane (1914–1977) | 7 July 1963 | 6 May 1967 | 3 years, 283 days | SKJ | |
| 7 | Miloš Minić (1914–2003)  | 6 May 1967 | 6 May 1969 | 2 years | SKJ | |
| 8 | Dragoslav Marković (1920–2005) | 6 May 1969 | 19 April 1974 | 4 years, 348 days | SKJ | |
| 9 | Živan Vasiljević (1920–2007) | 19 April 1974 | 6 May 1974 | 17 days | SKJ | |
| Presidents of the Presidency 1974–1991 | ||||||
| (8) | Dragoslav Marković (1920–2005) | 6 May 1974 | 5 May 1978 | 3 years, 364 days | SKJ | |
| 10 | Dobrivoje Vidić (1918–1991) | 5 May 1978 | 5 May 1982 | 4 years | SKJ | |
| 11 | Nikola Ljubičić (1916–2005) | 5 May 1982 | 5 May 1984 | 2 years | SKJ | |
| 12 | Dušan Čkrebić (1927–2022)  | 5 May 1984 | 5 May 1985 | 1 years | SKJ | |
| 13 | Ivan Stambolić (1936–2000) | 5 May 1985 | 14 December 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | SKJ | |
| 14 | Petar Gračanin (1923–2004) | 14 December 1987 | 20 March 1989 | 1 year, 96 days | SKJ | |
| – | Ljubiša Igić (1941–2023) Acting | 20 March 1989 | 8 May 1989 | 49 days | SKJ | |
| 15 | Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006)  [b] | 8 May 1989 | 11 January 1991 | 1 year, 248 days | SKJ SPS | |
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Serbia as part of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
[edit]Parties: Socialist Party of Serbia Civic Alliance of Serbia Democratic Party of Serbia Serbian Renewal Movement G17 Plus Democratic Party
Status: Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006) | 11 January 1991 | 23 July 1997 | 6 years, 193 days | SPS | 1990 1992 | |
| – | Dragan Tomić (1935–2022) Acting | 23 July 1997 | 29 December 1997 | 159 days | SPS | − | |
| 2 | Milan Milutinović (1942–2023) | 29 December 1997 | 29 December 2002 | 5 years | SPS | 1997 | |
| – | Nataša Mićić (born 1965) Acting  | 29 December 2002 | 27 January 2004 | 1 year, 29 days | GSS | − | |
| – | Dragan Maršićanin (born 1950) Acting | 4 February 2004 | 3 March 2004 | 28 days | DSS | − | |
| – | Vojislav Mihailović (born 1951) Acting | 3 March 2004 | 4 March 2004 | 1 day | SPO | − | |
| – | Predrag Marković (born 1955) Acting | 4 March 2004 | 11 July 2004 | 129 days | G17+ | − | |
| 3 | Boris Tadić (born 1958)  | 11 July 2004 | 5 June 2006 | 1 year, 329 days | DS | 2004 | |
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Republic of Serbia (2006–present)
[edit]Serbia became independent on 5 June 2006.
Parties: Democratic Party Socialist Party of Serbia Serbian Progressive Party
Status: Denotes Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 (3) | Boris Tadić (born 1958) | 5 June 2006 | 5 April 2012 | 5 years, 312 days | DS | 2008 | |
| – | Slavica Đukić Dejanović (born 1951) Acting | 5 April 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 56 days | SPS | − | |
| 2 (4) | Tomislav Nikolić (born 1952)  | 31 May 2012 | 31 May 2017 | 5 years | SNS | 2012 | |
| 3 (5) | Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970)  | 31 May 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 158 days | SNS | 2017 2022 | |
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Timeline
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See also
[edit]- List of Serbian monarchs
- List of heads of state of Serbia, for a comprehensive list of Serbian heads of state since 1804
- President of Serbia
- President of the National Assembly of Serbia
- Prime Minister of Serbia
- President of Serbia and Montenegro
- List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
Notes
[edit]- ^ Communist Party of Yugoslavia reformed and renamed into the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
- ^ League of Communists of Serbia reformed and renamed into the Socialist Party of Serbia.
References
[edit]- ^ National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia: After Second World War
- ^ From the Great Anti-Fascist People’s Liberation Assembly of Serbia to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Serbia (November 1944–January 1947)
- ^ National Assembly of the People’s Republic of Serbia (1947-1963)
- ^ Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (1963-1974)
External links
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| Presidents of Presidency of SR Serbia (1974–1992) (within SFR Yugoslavia) | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006) (within FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro) | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Serbia (since 2006) | |
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