2. Serbia’s politics take place in structure of
parliamentary democracy.
PM is head of government; President is head of
state.
Serbia is parliamentary democracy.
3. PM, who leads a cabinet, exercises executive
power.
National Assembly selects PM on president’s
suggestion; president appoints delegate after
discussions with all parliamentary leaders.
PM appoints cabinet members, who are validated
by National Assembly.
4. Legislative power rests in National Assembly, which
comprises 250 proportionally elected deputies by
secret ballot.
5. Much like other parliamentary democracies, Serbia is
multi-party system, with a number of political parties
where no single party of gaining power by
itself, resulting in creation of coalition governments.
Elections, held every four years, take place on
parliamentary, provincial and local level, and
presidential elections are held every five years.
6. Judiciary, dependent on neither executive nor legislative
power, is structure of courts that interprets and applies
law.
The structure contains local courts, Constitutional
Court, and Supreme Court of Classification.
7. Serbia is participant of UN, OSCE, Council of
State, BSEC, NATO Partnership for
Peace, CEFTA, ICC, IMF, World Bank, Southeast European
Cooperation Process, Stability Pact for Southeastern
Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, and
Central European Initiative.
Serbia is currently one of five official candidates for
membership in the EU.
It also a candidate for the WTO; it is expected to become a
member by 2013.
8. Capital (and largest city):
Belgrade
Official languages: Serbian*
Government: Parliamentary
republic
President: Tomislav Nikolić
Prime Minister: Ivica Dačić
Speaker of Parliament: Nebojša
Stefanović
Legislature: National Assembly
◦ *Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, R
usyn, and Albanian are official regional
languages in Vojvodina.
9.
10. Serbia’s unicameral legislature.
Made up of 250 proportionally elected deputies by
secret ballot, on four-year term.
Elects a president, or speaker, who directs the
meetings.
Current president is Nebojša Stefanović since 23
July 2012.
Exercises supreme legislative power.
Adopts and modifies Constitution, elects
Government, names and discharges Constitutional
Court judges, president of Supreme Court of
Cassation, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia
and other state officials.
Every decision is made by majority vote of
delegates at the meeting where most delegates are
present; this excludes revising the Constitution,
when two-thirds majority is required.
Convenes in House of the National Assembly in
Belgrade.
11.
12. Let’s Get Serbia Moving (Sky
Blue)
Choice for a Better Life (Yellow)
Socialist Party of Serbia, United
Pensioners of Serbia & United
Serbia (Red)
U-Turn (Orange)
Democratic Party of Serbia
(Blue)
United Regions of Serbia (Teal)
Ethnic Minorities (Green)
13. Born 15 February 1952 in Kragujevac.
President of Serbia since 31 May 2012.
Also founder of Serbian Progressive Party, and was its leader
until he was elected President.
Was elected to five-year term as President in runoff round of
2012 presidential election, having won against Boris Tadić.
Previously served as long-time member and MP of Serbian
Radical Party (SRS).
Was also Deputy PM of Serbia from 1998-1999 and Deputy
PM of FR Yugoslavia in coalition government, from 1999-
2000.
Was deputy leader of Radical Party from 2003.
Served briefly as President of the National Assembly of Serbia
in 2007; resigned in 2008 after disagreement with party
leader Vojislav Šešelj concerning Serbian relations with EU, as
Nikolić was in favor of Serbia’s candidacy for the
organization, an approach strongly opposed by Šešelj and his
group.
Subsequently created Serbian Progressive Party, which some
SRS affiliates joined.
Was candidate for President of Yugoslavia in 2000 election, in
which he came in third; also was a nominee for President of
Serbia four times (elections of 2003, 2004, 2008, and 2012).
Gathered most votes in 2003 election, but election was called
off due to low turnout, while he came in second in 2004 and
2008 behind Boris Tadić.
14. Born 1 January 1966 in Prizren.
PM of Serbia since 27 July 2012, and Minister
of Internal Affairs since 7 July 2008.
Leader of Socialist Party of Serbia.
Previously served as Deputy PM of Serbia from
2008-2012.
Graduated from University of Belgrade in
1989.
Joined Socialist Party in 1991, rapidly rising in
the party’s statuses; became its spokesman in
1992 under mentor and President of Serbia
and FR Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević.
Became associate of main board after
Bulldozer Revolution and Milošević’s ousting
(2000-2001), becoming party leader in 2006.
Has worked to change the party from its
previous nationalist policies; has declared a
path in favor of the EU.
15. Born 20 November 1976 in
Belgrade.
President of the National
Assembly of Serbia since 23 July
2012.
Member of Serbian Progressive
Party.
16. Right-wing political party.
Was created when a group of twenty-one MPs led by Tomislav
Nikolić of Serbian Radical Party (SRS), displeased with the
party’s direction, abandoned that party and established
Forward Serbia parliamentary group.
Was founded on and held its first congress meeting on 21
October 2008.
Of Serbian Radical Party’s envoys elected in 2008
parliamentary election, twenty-one moved to Serbian
Progressive Party; fifty-six stayed in SRS.
Created pre-election coalition with New Serbia, Strength of
Serbia Movement and Movement of Socialists to partake in
2012 election.
Directed Let’s Get Serbia Moving coalition in 2012
parliamentary election, taking fifty-five out of seventy-three
seats won by that coalition, in National Assembly.
Party chairman Tomislav Nikolić won against incumbent and
Democratic Party challenger Boris Tadić in 2012 presidential
election’s second round; Nikolić resigned as chairman on 24
May 2012, after his election as President of Serbia.
Deputy leader Aleksandar Vučić took over as acting chairman
and was elected chairman on 29 September 2012, with
Jorgavanka Tabaković as deputy; he will hold the post until
next party congress will elect new chairman.
Has special cooperation with Freedom Party of Austria and
United Russia; seeks membership in European People’s Party.
17. Democratic socialist political party.
Is also widely identified as a
nationalist party, but SPS itself does
not officially acknowledge this.
Founded on 16 June 1990 as merger
of League of Communists of Serbia
and Socialist Alliance of the Working
People of Serbia, led by Radmila
Anđelković.
Describes its political position as
centre-left, a position debated by
critics.
