Serbia and Montenegro Government 1997

Country name
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Serbia and Montenegro
local long form: none
local short form: Srbija-Crna Gora
note : Serbia and Montenegro has self-proclaimed itself the "Federal Republicof Yugoslavia," but the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic ofYugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation

Data code Serbia - SR; Montenegro - MW

Government type republic

National capital Belgrade

Administrative divisions 2 republics (pokajine, singular - pokajina); and 2 nominally autonomousprovinces*; Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*

Independence 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed as self-proclaimedsuccessor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - SFRY)

National holiday St. Vitus Day, 28 June

Constitution 27 April 1992

Legal system based on civil law system

Suffrage 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal

Executive branch
chief of state: President Zoran LILIC (since 25 June 1993); note - Slobodan MILOSEVICis president of Serbia (since 9 December 1990); Momir BULATOVIC is presidentof Montenegro (since 23 December 1990)
head of government: Prime Minister Radoje KONTIC (since 29 December 1992); Deputy PrimeMinisters Jovan ZEBIC (since NA March 1993), Uros KLIKOVAC (since 15 September1994), and Nikola SAINOVIC (since 15 September 1995)
cabinet: Federal Executive Council
elections: president elected by the Federal Assembly for a four-year term; electionlast held 25 June 1993 (next to be held NA 1997); prime minister nominated by the president
election results : Zoran LILIC elected president; percent of legislative vote - NA

Legislative branch bicameral Federal Assembly or Savezna Skupstina consists of the Chamberof Republics or Vece Republika (40 seats, 20 Serbian, 20 Montenegrin; membersdistributed on the basis of party representation in the republican assembliesto serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Citizens or Vece Gradjana (138seats, 108 Serbian with half elected by constituency majorities and half byproportional representation, 30 Montenegrin with six elected by constituencyand 24 proportionally; members serve four-year terms)
elections: Chamber of Republics - last held 24 December 1996 (next to be held NA2000); Chamber of Citizens - last held 3 November 1996 (next to be held NA 2000)
election results : Chamber of Republics - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party- NA; note - seats are filled on a proportional basis to reflect the compositionof the legislatures of the republics of Montenegro and Serbia; Chamber ofCitizens - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SPS/JUL/ND 64, Zajedno 22, DPSCG 20, SRS 16, NS 8, SVM 3, other 5; note - Zajedno coalitionincludes SPO, DS, GSS

Judicial branch Federal Court or Savezni Sud, judges are elected by the Federal Assembly;Constitutional Court, judges are elected by the Federal Assembly

Political parties and leaders Serbian Socialist Party or SPS (former Communist Party) [Slobodan MILOSEVIC];Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Vojislav SESELJ]; Serbian Renewal Movement orSPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC, president]; Democratic Party or DS [Zoran DJINDJIC]; DemocraticParty of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party of Socialistsof Montenegro or DPSCG [Momir BULATOVIC, president]; People's Party of Montenegroor NS [Milan PAROSKI]; Liberal Alliance of Montenegro [Slavko PEROVIC]; DemocraticCommunity of Vojvodina Hungarians or DZVM [Sandor PALL]; League of Communists-Movementfor Yugoslavia or SK-PJ [Dragan ATANASOVSKI]; Democratic Alliance of Kosovoor LDK [Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA, president]; Party of Democratic Action or SDA[Sulejman UGLJANIN]; Civic Alliance of Serbia or GSS [Vesna PESIC, chairman];Socialist Party of Montenegro or SP [leader NA]; Yugoslav United Left or JUL[Mirjana MARKOVIC (MILOSEVIC's wife)]; New Democracy or ND [Dusan MIHAJLOVIC];Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM

Political pressure groups and leaders NA

Diplomatic representation in the US the US and Serbia and Montenegro do not maintain full diplomatic relations;the Embassy of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continuesto function in the US
chief of mission : Ambassador (vacant); Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim NebojsaVUJOVIC
chancery: 2410 California St. NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 462-6566

Diplomatic representation from the US the US and Serbia and Montenegro do not maintain full diplomatic relations
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Chief of Mission Richard M. MILES
embassy: Kneza Milosa 50, 11000 Belgrade
mailing address : American Embassy, Belgrade, United States Department of State, Washington,DC 20521-5070
telephone: [381] (11) 645655
FAX: [381] (11) 645332

NOTE: The information regarding Serbia and Montenegro on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Serbia and Montenegro Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Serbia and Montenegro Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.