President of Serbia

President of Serbia
Standard of the President of Serbia Incumbent:
Boris Tadić ResidenceNovi Dvor Term length5 years, renewable once InauguralSlobodan Milošević Formation 8 May 1989Website www.predsednik.yu

Serbia

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Constitution
- 2006 referendum
President
- Boris Tadić
National Assembly
Government
- Prime Minister
  - Vojislav Koštunica
Political parties
Elections
- President: 2008
- Parliament: 2007, 2008
- Provincial: 2008
- Local: 2008
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- Districts
- Municipalities
Foreign relations
- EU accession

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The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia.

The current President of Serbia is Boris Tadić, who was reelected with 50.57% of the vote in the Serbian presidential election, 2008.

1 Authority, legal and constitutional rights
2 Symbols
3 Office
4 Presidents of the Republic of Serbia
5 Presidental election, 2008
6 See also
7 External links

Authority, legal and constitutional rights

The President can:

preside in five-year mandate
be elected for president twice
have immunity granted by National Assembly
disband National Assembly and Government
declare state of emergency
call for elections
represent the country
confer medals and awards
veto a bill until the assembly have reconsidered it, and approved it a second time

The Speaker of the Parliament serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office, or if his/her term expires and a new president is not elected.

Symbols

The President of Serbia has his own flag called Presidential Standard.

Office

The Presidential Office

The Presidential Office is located in Novi Dvor.

Current Advisors to the President are:

Trivo Inđić, political issues
Gordana Matković, general issues
Nebojša Krstić, public relations
Biserka Jevtimijević Drinjaković, economic affairs
Jovan Ratković, EU and NATO
Vladimir Cvijan, legal affairs

Secretary General of the Office is Branko Radujko.

Director of People's Office of the President is Tatjana Pašić.

Presidents of the Republic of Serbia

Main article: List of Presidents of Serbia

1. Slobodan Milošević1989 – 1997 2. Milan Milutinović1997 – 2002

Presidental election, 2008

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Summary of the 20 January and 3 February 2008 Serbian presidential electionresults Candidates Nominating parties Votes 1st round % Votes 2nd round % Boris Tadić Democratic Party1,457,030 35.39 2,304,467 51.19 Tomislav Nikolić Serbian Radical Party1,646,172 39.99 2,197,155 48.81 Velimir Ilić New Serbia305,828 7.43 Milutin Mrkonjić Socialist Party of Serbia245,889 5.97 Čedomir Jovanović Liberal Democratic Party219,689 5.34 Ištvan Pastor Hungarian Coalition93,039 2.26 Milanka Karić Serbian Strength Movement– Bogoljub Karić 40,332 0.98 Marijan RističevićCoalition People's Peasant Party–United Peasant Party 18,500 0.45 Jugoslav Dobričanin Reformist Party11,894 0.29 Total 100.0 100.0 Registered Voters 6,708,697 100.0 6,723,762 100.0 Total 4,116,844 61.25 4,580,428 68.12 Valid 4,007,953 97.35 4,501,622 98.28 Invalid 78,462 2.65 78,806 1.72