President of the National Assembly of Serbia

President of the National Assembly of Serbia
President of the National Assembly of Serbia
Председник Народне скупштине Србијe; Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije
	Standard of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia
	Incumbent; Maja Gojković; since 23 April 2014
Style	Mister/Madam President
Residence	No official residence
Seat	House of the National Assembly of Serbia
Appointer	National Assembly of Serbia
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Miša Anastasijević
Formation	30 November 1858

The President of the National Assembly of Serbia (Template:Lang-sr) is the presiding officer (speaker) of that legislature. The President's term lasts four years, and is elected by members of each new assembly.

The President of the National Assembly serves as interim President of Serbia if the elected President resigns from office, or if his/her term expires and a new President is not elected.

History of the office

Duties and competences

According to the article 104 of the Constitution of Serbia:

The National Assembly, by a majority vote of all deputies, elect President and one or more Vice Presidents of the National Assembly.
President of the National Assembly represents the National Assembly, convenes its meetings, presides over them and perform other duties stipulated by the Constitution, the law and the rules of the National Assembly.

List of Presidents

Principality

National Assembly	President	Term
St. Andrew’s Day Assembly	Miša Anastasijević	30 November 1858 – 31 January 1859
Nativity of Virgin Mary Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	8 September 1859 – 24 September 1859
Transfiguration Day Extraordinary Assembly	Todor Tucaković	6 August 1861 – 10 August 1861
Transfiguration Day Extraordinary Assembly	Mijalko Radenković	10 August 1861 – 20 August 1861
Assumption Day Assembly	Mijalko Radenković	16 August 1864 – 6 September 1864
Michaelmas Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	29 September 1867 – 13 October 1867
Great National Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	20 June 1868
Great Constitutional Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	10 June 1869 – 29 June 1869
National Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	14 September 1870 – 25 October 1870
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	5 September 1871 – 24 October 1871
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	24 September 1872 – 25 October 1872
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	15 November 1873 – 31 December 1873
Extraordinary legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	2 January 1874 – 27 January 1874
Regular legislature	Đorđe Topuzović	8 November 1874 – 13 March 1875
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Kaljević	15 August 1875 – 30 September 1875
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	30 September 1875 – 21 January 1876
Great National Assembly	Đorđe Topuzović	14 February 1877 – 16 February 1877
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	19 June 1877 – 24 July 1877
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Matić	24 June 1878 – 15 July 1878
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	21 November 1878 – 20 January 1879
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	1 November 1879 – 3 February 1880
Extraordinary legislature	Vuja Vasić	11 May 1880 – 24 May 1880
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	30 December 1880 – 22 May 1881
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	7 January 1882 – 6 March 1882

Kingdom

National Assembly	President	Term
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	6 March 1882 – 22 June 1882
Regular legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	25 November 1882 – 31 December 1882
Extraordinary legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	1 January 1883 – 11 January 1883
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	15 September 1883 – 22 September 1883
Regular legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	6 May 1884 – 16 June 1884
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	3 April 1885 – 23 April 1885
Extraordinary legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	19 September 1885 – 23 September 1885
Extraordinary legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	30 June 1886 – 13 July 1886
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	15 July 1886 – 25 July 1886
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	5 October 1886 – 2 November 1886
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	15 November 1887 – 11 January 1888
Regular legislature	Rista Popović	16 March 1888 – 16 April 1888
Great (Constituent) Assembly	Kosta Taušanović	11 December 1888 – 22 December 1888
Extraordinary National Assembly	Nikola Pašić	1 October 1889 – 18 April 1890
Regular legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 November 1890 – 11 February 1891
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Katić	11 February 1891 – 31 March 1891
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Katić	28 December 1891 – 13 February 1892
Regular legislature	Pavle Vuković	13 February 1892 – 31 March 1892
National Assembly	Živan Živanović	29 March 1893 – 1 April 1893
Extraordinary legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 June 1893 – 9 August 1893
Regular legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 November 1893 – 12 January 1894
Regular legislature	Svetomir Nikolajević	10 April 1895 – 26 April 1895
Extraordinary legislature	Milutin Garašanin	24 June 1895 – 10 July 1895
Regular legislature	Milutin Garašanin	12 November 1895 – 8 February 1896
Regular legislature	Milutin Garašanin	5 October 1896 – 19 December 1896
Extraordinary legislature	Nikola Pašić	29 June 1897 – 12 July 1897
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	17 June 1898 – 15 July 1898
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	16 July 1898 – 11 January 1899
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	20 September 1899 – 29 January 1900
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	29 December 1900 – 31 December 1900
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	1 January 1901 – 29 January 1901
People’s Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Regular legislature	Rista Popović (National Assembly)	1 October 1901 – 11 May 1902
	Dimitrije Marinković (Senate)	1 October 1901 – 11 May 1902
People’s Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Regular legislature	Rista Popović (National Assembly)	11 July 1902 – 25 July 1902
	Dimitrije Marinković (Senate)	11 July 1902 – 25 July 1902
People’s Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević (National Assembly)	2 June 1903 – 17 June 1903
	Petar Velimirović (Senate)	2 June 1903 – 17 June 1903
National Assembly Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević	16 September 1903 – 30 September 1903
Regular legislature	Aca Stanojević	1 October 1903 – 25 March 1904
Regular legislature	Aca Stanojević	1 November 1904 – 3 March 1905
Extraordinary legislature (assembly dissolved)	Ignjat Lukić (temporary Speaker)	8 May 1905 – 17 May 1905
Extraordinary legislature	Ljubomir Davidović	25 July 1905 – 5 August 1905
Regular legislature	Nikola Nikolić	1 October 1905 – 19 April 1906
Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević	25 June 1906 – 22 July 1906
Regular legislature	Mihailo A. Popović	1 October 1906 – 22 March 1907
Regular legislature	Milenko Vesnić	22 March 1907 – 7 July 1907
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	1 October 1907 – 31 March 1908
Extraordinary legislature	Stanojlo Vukčević	5 June 1908 – 7 August 1908
Extraordinary legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	27 September 1908 – 30 September 1908
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	1 October 1908 – 20 April 1909
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1909 – 12 June 1910
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1910 – 19 May 1911
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1911 – 1 February 1912
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	19 April 1912 – 30 June 1912
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	20 September 1912 – 30 September 1912
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1912 – 30 September 1913
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1913 – 19 June 1914
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	14 July 1914 – October 1915
National Assembly (In exile on Corfu)	Andra Nikolić	28 August 1916 – 9 October 1916
National Assembly (In exile on Corfu)	Đoka Bračinac	12 February 1918 – 14 April 1918
National Assembly	Đoka Bračinac	14 December 1918 – 21 December 1918

Republic

Communist Party of Serbia / League of Communists of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia Democratic Party of Serbia Civic Alliance of Serbia Serbian Renewal Movement G17 Plus Serbian Radical Party Democratic Party Serbian Progressive Party

№	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office		Party
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 1		Siniša Stanković (1892–1974)	1944	1945	Communist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 2		Aćim Grulović (1898–1948)	1945	1948	Communist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 3		Isa Jovanović (1906–1983)	1951	1953	Communist Party of Serbia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 4		Petar Stambolić (1912–2007)	1953	1957	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 5		Jovan Veselinov (1906–1982)	1957	1963	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 6		Dušan Petrović (1914–1977)	1963	1967	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 7		Miloš Minić (1914–2003)	1967	1969	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 8		Dragoslav Marković (1920–2005)	1969	1974	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 9		Živan Vasiljević (1920–2007)	1974	1978	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 10		Dušan Čkrebić (1927– )	1978	1982	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 11	File:Branko Pešić photo from archive.jpg	Branko Pešić (1922–1986)	1982	1984	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 12		Slobodan Gligorijević (1920– )	1984	1986	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 13		Branislav Ikonić (1928–2002)	1986	1988	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 14		Borisav Jović (1928– )	1988	1989	League of Communists of Serbia
style="background:Template:League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color; color:white;"\| 15		Zoran Sokolović (1938–2001)	1989	1991	League of Communists of Serbia
Following the 1990 parliamentary election and constitutional reforms
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 1 (16)	File:Prof. dr Slobodan Unković crop.jpg	Slobodan Unković (1938– )	11 January 1991	5 June 1991	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 2 (17)		Aleksandar Bakočević (1928–2007)	5 June 1991	25 January 1993	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 3 (18)		Zoran Lilić (1953– )	25 January 1993	29 June 1993	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 4 (19)		Zoran Aranđelović (1948– )	29 June 1993	24 January 1994	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 5 (20)		Dragan Tomić (1936– )	1 February 1994	22 January 2001	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 6 (21)		Dragan Maršićanin (1950– )	22 January 2001	6 December 2001	Democratic Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Civic Alliance of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 7 (22)		Nataša Mićić (1965– )	6 December 2001	27 January 2004	Civic Alliance of Serbia
style="background:Template:Democratic Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 8 (23)		Dragan Maršićanin (1950– )	4 February 2004	3 March 2004	Democratic Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Serbian Renewal Movement/meta/color; color:white;" \| —		Vojislav Mihailović (1951– ) Acting President	3 March 2004	4 March 2004	Serbian Renewal Movement
style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 9 (24)		Predrag Marković (1955– )	4 March 2004	14 February 2007	G17 Plus
style="background:Template:Serbian Radical Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 10 (25)		Tomislav Nikolić (1952– )	8 May 2007	13 May 2007	Serbian Radical Party
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| —		Milutin Mrkonjić (1942– ) Acting President	13 May 2007	23 May 2007	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Serbia)/meta/color; color:black;" \| 11 (26)		Oliver Dulić (1975– )	23 May 2007	11 June 2008	Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Socialist Party of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 12 (27)		Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951– )	25 June 2008	31 May 2012	Socialist Party of Serbia
style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 13 (28)		Nebojša Stefanović (1976– )	23 July 2012	16 April 2014	Serbian Progressive Party
style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 14 (29)		Maja Gojković (1963– )	23 April 2014	Incumbent	Serbian Progressive Party

The Fathers of the house who started the new legislatures

Traditionally when a new Serbian parliament is formed the eldest deputy opens and leads the first session until a speaker is elected. Since the 2000 parliamentary election these deputies were:

Year	Name	Born-Died	Party
2001	Zaharije Trnavčević	1926–2016	Democratic Party
2004	Velimir Simonović	1928–	Democratic Party of Serbia
2007	Borka Vučić	1926–2009	Socialist Party of Serbia
2008	Jovan Krkobabić	1930–2014	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
2012	Zaharije Trnavčević	1926–2016	Rich Serbia
2014	Milan Korać	1929–2015	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia

Notes

v t e Presidents of the National Assembly of Serbia
Revolutionary Serbia (1804–1813)	Assembly of the elders People's assemblies
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	Miša Anastasijević Živko Karabiberović Todor Tucaković Mijalko Radenković Živko Karabiberović Dimitrije Jovanović Đorđe Topuzović Ljubomir Kaljević Dimitrije Jovanović Đorđe Topuzović Dimitrije Jovanović Dimitrije Matić Todor Tucaković Vuja Vasić Aleksa Popović
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Aleksa Popović Milan Kujunedžić Sima Nestorović Milan Kujundžić Aberdar Đorđe Pavlović Milan Kujundžić Aberdar Đorđe Pavlović Todor Tucaković Rista Popović Kosta Taušanović Nikola Pašić Dimitrije Katić Pavle Vuković Živan Živanović Nikola Pašić Svetomir Nikolajević Milutin Garašanin Nikola Pašić Sima Nestorović Rista Popović Dimitrije Marinković Aca Stanojević Petar Velimirović Aca Stanojević Ignjat Lukić Ljubomir Davidović Nikola Nikolić Aca Stanojević Mihailo A. Popović Milenko Vesnić Ljubomir Jovanović Stanojlo Vukčević Ljubomir Jovanović Andra Nikolić Đoka Bračinac
Socialist Republic of Serbia (1945–1992)	Siniša Stanković Aćim Grulović Isa Jovanović Petar Stambolić Jovan Veselinov Dušan Petrović Šane Miloš Minić Dragoslav Marković Živan Vasiljević Dušan Čkrebić Branko Pešić Slobodan Gligorijević Branislav Ikonić Borisav Jović Zoran Sokolović
Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)	Slobodan Unković (1991) Aleksandar Bakočević (1991–93) Zoran Lilić (1993) Zoran Aranđelović (1993–94) Dragan Tomić (1994–2001) Dragan Maršićanin (2001) Nataša Mićić (2001–04) Dragan Maršićanin (2004) Vojislav Mihailović (2004)* Predrag Marković (2004–07)
Republic of Serbia (2006–present)	Predrag Marković (2004–07) Tomislav Nikolić (2007) Milutin Mrkonjić (2007)* Oliver Dulić (2007–08) Slavica Đukić Dejanović (2008–12) Nebojša Stefanović (2012–14) Maja Gojković (2014–20) Ivica Dačić (2020–22) Vladimir Orlić (2022–24) Ana Brnabić (2024–present)
* acting