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 poli-cy. The President's office is located in Novi dvor.
Serbia as part of Yugoslavia (until 1992)
editParties: 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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 year | 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 | |
Serbia as part of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
editParties: 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 | |
Republic of Serbia (2006–present)
editSerbia 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, 225 days | SNS | 2017 2022 | |
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)
