The president of the National Assembly of Serbia ('' sr, Председник Народне скупштине Србије / Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije'') is the presiding officer of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

. 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 The president of Serbia ( sr, Председник Србије, Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as the President of the Republic ( sr, Председник Републике, Predsednik Republike) is the head of state of Serbia. The cu ...

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 current Constitution of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, / ), also known as Mitrovdan Constitution ( sr, / ) was adopted in 2006, replacing the previous constitution dating from 1990. The adoption of new constitution became necessary in 2006 ...

: * 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

Monarchy

Republic

Source: * Incumbent's time in office last updated: . ;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 1991

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