National Assembly of Serbia

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National Assembly of Serbia Народна скупштина Србије Narodna skupština Srbije
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Slavica Đukić Dejanović since 25 June 2008
Structure
Members	250
Election
Last election	2008 parliamentary elections
Meeting place
Dom Narodne Skupštine, Belgrade
Website
parliament.gov.rs

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The National Assembly of Serbia (Serbian: Народна скупштина Србије / Narodna skupština Srbije) is the unicameral parliament of Serbia. The Assembly Speaker (officially President of the Assembly) is Slavica Đukić Dejanović since 25 June 2008.

Contents 1 History 2 Building 3 Current National Assembly 3.1 Organization 3.2 Parliamentary groups and parties 3.3 Parliamentary groups and parties – detailed table 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

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The first Act of the National Assembly of Serbia was passed on 28 October 1858. Based on this Act, the St. Andrew's Day Assembly was convened, and held from 30 November 1858 to 31 January 1859 in Belgrade. Thus the institution of the national assembly was made legal, and foundations were laid for a system of popular representation in Serbia.

Common-law assemblies were held from the beginning of the 19th century until 1858. They were convened either by the Prince or by the Council whenever they saw fit. They were also held during the First and Second Serbian Uprisings, from 1804 to 1815. The participants in these assemblies, except for a few rare cases, were invited by the Prince or by the Council, rather than elected by the people. Common-law assemblies were almost always held under the open sky, and thousands of people would attend. At one of them, the Sretenje Assembly, held on the day of the Serbian Orthodox Church religious holiday Sretenje (Presentation of Jesus), the first Serbian constitution – Sretenje Constitution – was ratified. In early September of 1842, the "Defenders of the Constitution" (ustavobranioci) headed by Toma Vučić-Perišić, aided by the assembly, deposed Prince Mihailo and put Aleksandar Karađorđević in his place. Sixteen years later, at the St. Andrew's Day Assembly, they performed a dynastic coup and returned the Obrenović dynasty to the throne.^[1]

[edit] Building

The Parliament building is located in the city center of Belgrade, on the Nikola Pašić Square, in front of Pioneer's Park. The building is shown on the five thousand Serbian dinar note. The Parliament of Serbia moved into this building on 23 July 2006, after the independence was regained. Prior to becoming the parliament of Serbia, it served as the seat of parliament for Yugoslavia (Kingdom, DFY, FPRY, SFRY and FRY) and Serbia and Montenegro. During the time of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, the parliament of Serbia convened in another building on Kralja Milana street.

Construction on the building started in 1907, with the cornerstone being laid by King Petar I. The building was based on a design made by Konstantin Jovanović in 1891; a variant of that design made by Jovan Ilkić, which won a competition in 1901. World War I delayed construction, and the original plans to the building were lost. Reconstruction of the plans were made by Ilkić's son Pavle. The interior was designed by Nikolaj Krasnov. It was designed in the manner of academic traditionalism.

A sculpture by Toma Rosandić, Igrali se konji vrani (Play of Black Horses), was placed in front of the building in 1939.

A clip of the parliament building burning (which happened during the October fifth Overthrow) can be seen in the 2008 movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[edit] Current National Assembly

[edit] Organization

• President of the Assembly (speaker): Slavica Đukić Dejanović (Socialist Party of Serbia)
• Vice-Presidents:

Nataša Jovanović (Serbian Radical Party)

Božidar Delić (Serbian Progressive Party)

Gordana Čomić (Democratic Party)

Nikola Novaković (G17 Plus)

Radojko Obradović (Democratic Party of Serbia)

Judita Popović (Liberal Democratic Party)

• Secretary: Veljko Odalović (Socialist Party of Serbia)

[edit] Parliamentary groups and parties

Parliamentary groups	Seats	Parties	Seats
For a European Serbia President: Nada Kolundžija Vice-president: Aleksandra Jerkov	78	Democratic Party (DS)	64
		Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV)	1
		Sanjak Democratic Party (SDP)	4
		League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV)	5
		Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)	4
Serbian Radical Party President: Dragan Todorović Vice-president: Aleksandar Martinović	56	Serbian Radical Party (SRS)	56
G17 Plus President: Suzana Grubješić Vice-president: Vlajko Senić	24	G17 Plus (G17+)	21
		Together for Šumadija (ZZS)	2
		Independent	1
Forward Serbia President: Tomislav Nikolić Vice-president: Jorgovanka Tabaković	21	Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	21
Democratic Party of Serbia – Vojislav Koštunica President: Miloš Aligrudić Vice-president: Radojko Obradović	21	Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS)	21
SPS – JS President: Branko Ružić Vice-president: Dragan Marković	15	Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)	11
		Movement of Veterans of Serbia (PVS)	1
		United Serbia (JS)	3
Liberal Democratic Party President: Čedomir Jovanović Vice-president: Nenad Milić	12	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	11
		Social Democratic Union (SDU)	1
New Serbia President: Velimir Ilić Vice-president: Miroslav Markićević	9	New Serbia (NS)	9
Ethnic Minorities Group President: Balint Pastor Vice-president: Bajram Omeragić	7	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM)	4
		Bosniac Democratic Party of Sanjak (BDSS)	1
		Social-Liberal Party of Sanjak (SLPS)	1
		Party for Democratic Action (PzDD)	1
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia – PUPS President: Momo Čolaković Vice-president: Konstantin Arsenović	5	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)	5
-	-	Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS)	1
		Democratic Left of the Roma (DLR)	1

[edit] Parliamentary groups and parties – detailed table

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	None	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	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
New Serbia	Nova Srbija	NS	Velimir Ilić	9	NS	DSS – NS	None	1998
Party for Democratic Action	Partia për Veprim Demokratik Partija za Demokratsko Delovanje	PVD PDD	Riza Halimi	1	SVM – LZS – KAPD	KAPD	Preševo Valley	1990
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije	PUPS	Jovan Krkobabić	5	PUPS	SPS – PUPS – JS	None	2005
Sandžak Democratic Party	Sandžačka demokratska partija	SDP	Rasim Ljajić	4	ZES	ZES	Sandžak	1993
Serbian Progressive Party	Srpska napredna stranka	SNS	Tomislav Nikolić	20	NS	SRS	None	2008
Serbian Renewal Movement	Srpski pokret obnove	SPO	Vuk Drašković	4	ZES	ZES	None	1990
Serbian Radical Party	Srpska radikalna stranka	SRS	Vojislav Šešelj	57	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 – JS	SPS – PUPS – JS	None	1990
Together for Šumadija	Zajedno za Šumadiju	ZZŠ	Veroljub Stevanović	2	G17+	None	Šumadija	2009
United Serbia	Jedinstvena Srbija	JS	Dragan Marković	3	SPS – JS	SPS – PUPS – JS	Pomoravlje	2004

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