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| Country name |
conventional long form: serbia and montenegro conventional short form: none local short form: none former: federal republic of yugoslavia local long form: srbija i crna gora abbreviation: scg |
| Government type | republic |
| Capital | Belgrade |
| Administrative divisions | 2 republics (republike, singular - republika); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces* (autonomn pokrajine, singular - autonomna pokrajina); Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina* |
| Independence | 27 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY - now Serbia and Montenegro - formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY) |
| National holiday | National Day, 27 April |
| Constitution | 4 February 2003 |
| 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 svetozar marovic (since 7 march 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government elections: president elected by the parliament for a four-year term; election last held 7 march 2003 (next to be held na 2007); prime minister appointed by the president head of government: president svetozar marovic (since 7 march 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: federal ministries act as cabinet election results: svetozar marovic elected president by the parliament; vote was svetozar marovic 65, other 47 |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Parliament (126 seats - 91 Serbian, 35 Montenegrin - filled by nominees of the two state parliaments for the first two years, after which the president will call for public elections
election results: percent of vote by party - na; seats by party - dos 37, dlecg 19, dss 17, zp 14, sps 12, srs 8, sdp 5, ssj 5, other 9 elections: last held 25 february 2003 (next to be held na 2005) |
| Judicial branch | Federal Court or Savezni Sud; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts are elected by the Federal Assembly for nine-year terms note: since the promulgation of the 2003 constitution, the federal court has constitutional and administrative functions; it has an equal number of judges from each republic |
| Political parties and leaders | Democratic Opposition of Serbia or DOS (a coalition of many small parties including DSS; it disbanded in November 2003) [leader NA]; Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Jozsef KASZA]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA, president]; Democratic List for European Montenegro or DLECG [Milo DJUKANOVIC, Ranko KRIVOKAPIC]; Democratic Party or DS [Boris TADIC]; Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]; G17+ [Miroljub LABUS]; Party of Serb Unity or SSJ [Borislav PELEVIC]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Tomislav NIKOLIC]; Serbian Socialist Party or SPS (former Communist Party and party of Slobodan MILOSEVIC) [Zoran ANDJELKOVIC, general secretary]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Rasim LJAJIC] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | Otpor Student Resistance Movement [leader NA]; Political Council for Presevo, Meveda and Bujanovac or PCPMB [leader NA] |
| International organization participation | CE, CEI, EBRD, FAO, G- 9, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISET, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer) |
| Diplomatic representation in the US |
chief of mission: ambassador ivan vujacic chancery: 2134 kalorama road nw, washington, dc 20008 FAX: [1] (202) 332-3933 consulate(s) general: chicago telephone: [1] (202) 332-0333 |
| Diplomatic representation from the US |
chief of mission: ambassador (vacant); charge d'affaires roderick w. moore; note - michael c. polt to become ambassador embassy: kneza milosa 50, 11000 belgrade mailing address: 5070 belgrade place, washington, dc 20521-5070 telephone: [381] (11) 361-9344 FAX: [381] (11) 361-8230 consulate(s): podgornica |
| Flag description | three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and red |
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