President of the Republic of Serbia | |
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Председник Републике Србије Predsednik Republike Srbije | |
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since 31 May 2017 | |
Office of the President of Serbia | |
Style | His Excellency |
Status | Head of state Commander-in-chief |
Seat | Novi Dvor, 1 Andrićev Venac, Belgrade |
Nominator | political parties represented in the National Assembly |
Appointer | direct popular vote |
Term length | Five years renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Siniša Stanković (1945) Boris Tadić (5 June 2006; current constitution) |
Deputy | President of the National Assembly |
Salary | 199,126.45 RSD[1] |
Website | www.predsednik.rs |
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The president of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Србије, romanized: Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as President of the Republic (Serbian: Председник Републике, romanized: Predsednik Republike)[2] is the head of state of Serbia.
The current office holder is Aleksandar Vučić. He was elected on 2 April 2017 and took office on 31 May 2017. The list includes the heads of state of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and heads of state of the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), a constituent country of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Prior to 1974, Serbia's head of state was the speaker of the Serbian parliament.
The president is directly elected to a five-year term and is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of two terms. In addition to being the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the president has the procedural duty of appointing the prime minister with the consent of the National Assembly, and has some influence on foreign policy. The president's office is located in Novi Dvor.