President of Serbia
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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 won a majority of votes in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004.
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Latest election
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Authority, legal and constitutional rights
The Presidents can: Template:Politics of Serbia
- preside in five year mandate
- be elected for president twice
- have an 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 President is a member of Supreme Defence Council of Serbia and Montenegro, which is headed by the President of Serbia and Montenegro.
The Speaker of the parliament serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office.
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List of Presidents
- Elected presidents:
- Slobodan Milošević (1989-1997)- two terms
- Milan Milutinović (1997-2002) - one term
- Boris Tadić (2004-present)
- Interim acting constitutional presidents serving presidential term as speakers of the National Assembly:
- Dragan Tomić (1997)
- Nataša Mićić (2002-2004)
- Dragan Maršićanin (2004)
- Vojislav Mihailović (2004)
- Predrag Marković (2004)
- Unelected presidents during communism: