President of the National Assembly of Serbia

Presiding officer of the National Assembly of Serbia

The president of the National Assembly of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Народне скупштине Србије, romanized: Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Serbia. The president is elected by members of each new assembly for a term lasting four years.

The president of the National Assembly serves as acting president of Serbia if the elected president vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to death, resignation or removal from 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 the 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

  Denotes Acting Head of the Parliament

Monarchy

Republic

Source:^[1]

Parties:  KPS/SKS  SPS  DSS  GSS  SPO  G17 Plus  SRS  DS  SNS

* Incumbent's time in office last updated: 24 July 2024.

Fathers of the House

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:

Timeline since 1945

See also

• President of Serbia
• Prime Minister of Serbia

Notes

1. First woman to hold this office.
2. First openly gay person to hold this office.

References

1. "National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | Multi-party National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (1991–2020)". www.parlament.rs.
2. "National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | From the Great Anti-Fascist People's Liberation Assembly of Serbia to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Serbia (November 1944 – January 1947)". www.parlament.rs.
3. "National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | National Assembly of the People's Republic of Serbia (1947–1963)". www.parlament.rs.
4. "National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (1963–1974)". www.parlament.rs.
5. "National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | Delegate Assembly (1974–1990)". www.parlament.rs.
6. Xinhua (8 May 2007). "Nikolic elected as Serbian parliament speaker". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
7. "Serb radical quits as speaker". Al Jazeera. 13 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2020.