President of the National Assembly of Serbia
President of the National Assembly of Serbia
Председник Народне скупштине Србијe Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije | |
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Standard of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia | |
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 |
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The President of the National Assembly of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Народне скупштине Србије / Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije) 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.
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 |
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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 |
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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) | ||
People’s Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Regular legislature | Rista Popović (National Assembly) | 11 July 1902 – 25 July 1902 |
Dimitrije Marinković (Senate) | ||
People’s Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Extraordinary legislature | Aca Stanojević (National Assembly) | 2 June 1903 – 17 June 1903 |
Petar Velimirović (Senate) | ||
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 (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Party | |
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1 | Siniša Stanković (1892–1974) | 1944 | 1945 | Communist Party of Serbia | |
2 | Aćim Grulović (1898–1948) | 1945 | 1948 | Communist Party of Serbia | |
3 | Isa Jovanović (1906–1983) | 1951 | 1953 | Communist Party of Serbia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Serbia | |
4 | Petar Stambolić (1912–2007) | 1953 | 1957 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
5 | Jovan Veselinov (1906–1982) | 1957 | 1963 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
6 | Dušan Petrović (1914–1977) | 1963 | 1967 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
7 | Miloš Minić (1914–2003) | 1967 | 1969 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
8 | Dragoslav Marković (1920–2005) | 1969 | 1974 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
9 | Živan Vasiljević (1920–2007) | 1974 | 1978 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
10 | Dušan Čkrebić (1927–) | 1978 | 1982 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
11 | Branko Pešić (1922–1986) | 1982 | 1984 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
12 | Slobodan Gligorijević (1920–) | 1984 | 1986 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
13 | Branislav Ikonić (1928–2002) | 1986 | 1988 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
14 | Borisav Jović (1928–) | 1988 | 1989 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
15 | Zoran Sokolović (1938–2001) | 1989 | 1991 | League of Communists of Serbia | |
Following the 1990 parliamentary election and constitutional reforms | |||||
1 (16) |
Slobodan Unković (1938– ) | 11 January 1991 | 5 June 1991 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
2 (17) |
Aleksandar Bakočević (1928–2007) | 5 June 1991 | 25 January 1993 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
3 (18) |
Zoran Lilić (1953–) | 25 January 1993 | 29 June 1993 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
4 (19) |
Zoran Aranđelović (1948–) | 29 June 1993 | 24 January 1994 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
5 (20) |
Dragan Tomić (1936–) | 1 February 1994 | 22 January 2001 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
6 (21) |
Dragan Maršićanin (1950–) | 22 January 2001 | 6 December 2001 | Democratic Party of Serbia | |
7 (22) |
Nataša Mićić (1965–) | 6 December 2001 | 27 January 2004 | Civic Alliance of Serbia | |
8 (23) |
Dragan Maršićanin (1950–) | 4 February 2004 | 3 March 2004 | Democratic Party of Serbia | |
— | Vojislav Mihailović (1951–) Acting President | 3 March 2004 | 4 March 2004 | Serbian Renewal Movement | |
9 (24) |
Predrag Marković (1955– ) | 4 March 2004 | 14 February 2007 | G17 Plus | |
10 (25) |
Tomislav Nikolić (1952–) | 8 May 2007 | 13 May 2007 | Serbian Radical Party | |
— | Milutin Mrkonjić (1942–) Acting President | 13 May 2007 | 23 May 2007 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
11 (26) |
Oliver Dulić (1975–) | 23 May 2007 | 11 June 2008 | Democratic Party | |
12 (27) |
Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951–) | 25 June 2008 | 31 May 2012 | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
13 (28) |
Nebojša Stefanović (1976–) | 23 July 2012 | 16 April 2014 | Serbian Progressive Party | |
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 |
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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 |
2016 | Dragoljub Mićunović | 1930– | Democratic Party |