Serbia

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Serbia

Constitution Constitution President President Boris Tadić National Assembly National Assembly Speaker Slavica Đukić Dejanović Government Government Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković Political parties Political parties Elections President: 2008 Parliament: 2008 Provincial: 2008 Local: 2008 Subdivisions Subdivisions Districts Municipalities Foreign relations Foreign relations EU accession

Other countries · Atlas Politics portal view • talk • edit

Politics of Serbia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Serbia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly of Serbia. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

Contents 1 Executive branch 2 Legislative branch 3 Political parties and elections 4 Parliamentary groups and parties 5 Photo Gallery 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Executive branch

Main office holders

Office	Name	Party	Since
President	Boris Tadić	DS	11 July 2004
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković	Non-partisan	7 July 2008

The Government of the Republic of Serbia (Vlada Republike Srbije) is the main element of the executive branch of government in Serbia. It is led by the Prime Minister (Predsednik Vlade), commonly abbreviated to premier (premijer). The Prime Minister is chosen by the National Assembly on the proposal of the President who names the designate Prime Minister after talks with all parliamentary leaders. Ministers are nominated by the Prime Minister and confirmed by the Parliament.

[edit] Legislative branch

The National Assembly of Serbia (Narodna skupština Republike Srbije) has 250 members elected for a four year term. Serbia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

[edit] Political parties and elections

[edit] Parliamentary groups and parties

Name	Original name	Abbr.	Leader	Seats	Parliament group	Ran on ballot of (in coalition)	Ethnic or regional affiliation	Founded
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség Savez vojvođanskih Mađara	VMSZ SVM	István Pásztor	4	SVM - LZS - KAPD	MK	Hungarian Vojvodina	1994/1995
Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak	Bošnjačka demokratska stranka Sandžaka	BDSS	Esad Džudžević	1	SVM - LZS - KAPD	LZS	Bosniak Sandžak	1995
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia	Demohrišćanska stranka Srbije	DHSS	Vladan Batić	1	LDP	LDP	None	1997
Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina	Demokratski Savez Hrvata u Vojvodini	DSHV	Petar Kuntić	1	ZES	ZES	Croatian	1990
Democratic Party	Demokratska stranka	DS	Boris Tadić	64	ZES	ZES	None	1990
Democratic Party of Serbia	Demokratska stranka Srbije	DSS	Vojislav Koštunica	21	DSS - NS	DSS - NS	None	1992
G17 Plus	G17 plus	G17+	Mlađan Dinkić	21	G17+	ZES	None	1997/2002
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina	Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine	LSV	Nenad Čanak	5	ZES	ZES	Vojvodina	1990
Liberal Democratic Party	Liberalno demokratska partija	LDP	Čedomir Jovanović	10	LDP	Own	None	2005
Movement of Veterans of Serbia	Pokret veterana Srbije	PVS	Željko Vasiljević	1	SPS - PUPS - JS	SPS - PUPS - JS	None	2006
New Serbia	Nova Srbija	NS	Velimir Ilić	9	DSS - NS	DSS - NS	None	1998
Party for Democratic Action	Partia për bashkimin demokratik të shqiptarve Partija za demokratsko delovanje	PBDSh PDD	Riza Halimi	1	SVM - LZS - KAPD	KAPD	Albanian Preševo Valley	1990
Party of Serbian Unity	Stranka Srpskog Jedinstva	SSJ	Borislav Pelević	2	SRS	SRS	None	1993
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije	PUPS	Jovan Krkobabić	3	SPS - PUPS - JS	SPS - PUPS - JS	None	2005
Sandžak Democratic Party	Sandžačka demokratska partija	SDP	Rasim Ljajić	4	ZES	ZES	Sandžak	1993
Serbian Renewal Movement	Srpski pokret obnove	SPO	Vuk Drašković	4	ZES	ZES	None	1990
Serbian Radical Party	Srpska radikalna stranka	SRS	Vojislav Šešelj	76	SRS	Own	None	1991
Social Democratic Union	Socijaldemokratska unija	SDU	Žarko Korać	1	LDP	LDP	None	1996
Social-Liberal Party of Sandžak	Socijalno-liberalna stranka Sandžaka	SLSS	Bajram Omeragić	1	SVM - LZS - KAPD	LZS	Sandžak
Socialist Party of Serbia	Socijalistička partija Srbije	SPS	Ivica Dačić	11	SPS - PUPS - JS	SPS - PUPS - JS	None	1990
Together for Kragujevac	Zajedno za Kragujevac	ZZK	Veroljub Stevanović	2	G17+	ZES	Šumadija	2008
United Serbia	Jedinstvena Srbija	JS	Dragan Marković	3	SPS - PUPS - JS	SPS - PUPS - JS	Šumadija	2004
Serbian Progressive Party	Srpska Napredna Stranka	NS	Tomislav Nikolić	3	SNS - PUPS	Beograd	2008

[edit] Photo Gallery

National Assembly building

President's office

Main Government building

[edit] See also

• Conservatism in Serbia
• Liberalism in Serbia
• List of political parties in Serbia
• List of Ambassadors from Serbia

v • d • e Politics of Europe Sovereign states Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan2 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia2 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan3 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia3 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey3 · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · Vatican City States with limited recognition Abkhazia2 · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Northern Cyprus1 · South Ossetia2 · Transnistria Other entities European Union · Dependencies, autonomies, other territories Adjara1 · Adygea · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Bashkortostan · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Crimea · Dagestan · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Ingushetia · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Republic of Karelia · Komi Republic · Madeira · Isle of Man · Mari El · Mordovia · Nakhchivan1 · North Ossetia-Alania · Svalbard · Tatarstan · Udmurtia · Vojvodina 1 Geographically entirely in Asia, but nonetheless often considered European. 2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions. 3 Transcontinental country.

[edit] External links