Politics of Serbia

Serbia
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Serbia
Constitution Constitution 2006 referendum
Executive President (list) Tomislav Nikolić Prime Minister Ivica Dačić Deputy Prime Minister First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić Government
Legislature National Assembly Speaker Nebojša Stefanović List of MPs Opposition Dragan Đilas
Judiciary Supreme Court of Cassation Constitutional Court
Elections Elections in Serbia Presidential: 2008, 2012 Parliamentary: 2008, 2012 Provincial: 2008, 2012 Local: 2008, 2012 Political parties
Divisions Divisions Municipalities and cities Regions Districts
Foreign relations Foreign relations EU accession Diplomatic missions Political status of Kosovo
Other countries Atlas Politics portal

The politics of Serbia function within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. The prime minister is the head of government, while the president is the head of state. Serbia is a parliamentary republic.

Government

Executive power

Executive power is exercised by the prime minister, who heads a cabinet. The prime minister is chosen by the National Assembly on the proposal of the president, who names the designate after consultations with all parliamentary leaders. Cabinet ministers are nominated by the prime minister and confirmed by the National Assembly.

Legislative power

national Assembly of Serbia in Belgrad.

Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly, which is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies by secret ballot.

Current assembly (since July 23, 2012)

Parliamentary groups	Seats	Parties	Seats
Serbian Progressive Party	65	Serbian Progressive Party	55	Ruling coalition (144)	Majority (146)
		Serbian Strength Movement – BK	2
		Movement of Socialists	1
		Bosniak People's Party	1
		People's Peasant Party	1
		Roma Party	1
		Democratic Party of Macedonians	1
		Coalition of Refugee Associations in the Republic of Serbia	1
		Movement for Economic Revival of Serbia	1
		Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of Serbia	1
Socialist Party of Serbia	25	Socialist Party of Serbia	24
		Movement of Veterans of Serbia	1
United Regions of Serbia	15	G17 Plus	10
		Together for Šumadija	2
		Coalition for Pirot	1
		Movement "I Live for Krajina"	1
		independent (Nenad Kitanović)	1
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)	12	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	12
Social Democratic Party of Serbia	9	Social Democratic Party of Serbia	9
New Serbia	8	New Serbia	8
United Serbia	7	United Serbia	7
independent	5	Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak	2
		Rich Serbia	1
		People's Party	2	Support (2)
Democratic Party	47	Democratic Party	45	Opposition (104)
		Greens of Serbia	1
		Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina	1
Democratic Party of Serbia – Vojislav Koštunica	21	Democratic Party of Serbia	21
Liberal Democratic Party	14	Liberal Democratic Party	11
		Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions	1
		independent (Miljenko Dereta)	1
		Social Democratic Union	1
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina	5	League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina	5
Together for Serbia	6	independent fraction from DS	5
		independent (True SPO)	1
SPO – DHSS	5	Serbian Renewal Movement	4
		Christian Democratic Party of Serbia	1
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	5	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	5
independent	3	Bosniak Democratic Union (All Together minority coalition)	1
		None of the Above	1
		Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley	1

Elections

Main article: Elections in Serbia

Serbia uses the multi-party system, with numerous political parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, this results in the formation of coalition governments. Elections are held on the parliamentary, provincial and local level, and are scheduled every four years, while presidential elections are scheduled every five years.

Judiciary

The Judiciary is a system of courts that interprets and applies the law, and is independent from both executive and legislative power^{[citation needed]}. The system includes: local courts, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Cassation.

International Organizations

UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSEC, NATO Partnership for Peace, CEFTA, ICC, IMF, World Bank, Southeast European Cooperation Process, Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, Central European Initiative

Serbia is currently an official candidate for membership in the European Union, and also a candidate for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is expected to join by 2013.

See also

• Constitution of Serbia
• List of Ambassadors from Serbia
• List of political parties in Serbia