President of Serbia

President of the Republic of Serbia
Председник Републике Србије
Predsednik Republike Srbije
since 31 May 2017
Office of the President of Serbia
StyleHis Excellency
StatusHead of state
Commander-in-chief
SeatNovi Dvor, 1 Andrićev Venac, Belgrade
NominatorPolitical parties represented in the National Assembly
AppointerDirect popular vote
Term lengthFive years
renewable once
Inaugural holderSiniša Stanković
(1945)
Boris Tadić
(5 June 2006; current constitution)
DeputyPresident of the National Assembly
Salary199,126.45 RSD[1]
Websitewww.predsednik.rs

The president of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Србије, romanizedPredsednik Srbije), officially styled as President of the Republic (Serbian: Председник Републике, romanizedPredsednik Republike)[2] is the head of state of Serbia.

The current office holder is Aleksandar Vučić. He was elected on 2 April 2017 and took office on 31 May 2017. The list includes the heads of state of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and heads of state of the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), a constituent country of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Prior to 1974, Serbia's head of state was the speaker of the Serbian parliament.

The president 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 policy. The president's office is located in Novi Dvor.

  1. ^ "Otkrivena imovinska karta Vučića: Plata predsednika Srbije iznosi ovoliko". N1 (in Serbian). 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ The President of the Republic Wikisource

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