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| SERBIAN GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Belgrade |
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Constitution
adopted 8 November 2006; effective 10 November 2006 |
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Corruption
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99 |
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[99th of 160]
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Executive branch > Cabinet
Federal Ministries act as cabinet; Kosovo - ministry heads act as cabinet; some ministry functions are controlled by the UNMIK |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Boris TADIC (since 11 July 2004); Kosovo - President Fatmir SEJDIU (since 10 February 2006) |
Executive branch > Election results
Boris TADIC elected president in the second round of voting; Boris TADIC received 53% of the vote |
Executive branch > Elections
president elected by direct vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 27 June 2004 (next to be held in 2007 due to constitutional changes); prime minister elected by the Assembly; Kosovo - president is elected by the Assembly for a three-year term; prime minister and proposed cabinet are elected by the Assembly |
Executive branch > Head of government
Prime Minister Vojislav KOSTUNICA (since 3 March 2004); Kosovo - Prime Minister Agim CEKU (since 10 March 2006) |
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Government type
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republic |
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Independence
5 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro) |
International organization participation
ABEDA, BIS, BSEC, CE, CEI, EBRD, FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD (suspended), IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) |
Judicial branch
Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (to become court of cassation under new constitution), appellate courts, district courts, municipal courts; Kosovo: Supreme Court, district courts, municipal courts, minor offense courts; note - Ministry of Justice was created on 20 December 2004; UNMIK appoints all judges and prosecutors; UNMIK is working on transferring competencies |
Legal origin
German |
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Legal system
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based on civil law system |
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Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly (250 seats; deputies elected by direct vote to serve four-year terms); Kosovo - unicameral Assembly (120 seats; 100 deputies elected by direct vote and 20 deputies from minority community members; to serve three-year terms) |
Legislative branch > Elections
last held on 21 January 2007 (next to be held in 2011); Kosovo - last held on 23 October 2004 (next to be held in 2007) |
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National holiday
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National Day, 15 February |
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Secession attempts
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Kosovo |
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Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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SOURCES: The location of the seat of government.; The dates of adoption, revisions, and major amendments to a nation's constitution
; A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes police corruption, business corruption, political corruption, etc. Data for 2005.; Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
; The name and title of any person or role roughly equivalent to a U.S. Chief of State. This means the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government
; Election results includes the percent of vote for each candidate in the last election (if any)
; Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
; Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
; A description of the basic form of government (e.g., republic, constitutional monarchy, federal republic, parliamentary democracy, military dictatorship).
; For most countries, this entry gives the date that sovereignty was achieved and from which nation, empire, or trusteeship. For the other countries, the date given may not represent "independence" in the strict sense, but rather some significant nationhood event such as the traditional founding date or the date of unification, federation, confederation, establishment, fundamental change in the form of government, or state succession. Dependent areas include the notation "none" followed by the nature of their dependency status. "
; This entry lists in alphabetical order by abbreviation those international organizations in which the subject country is a member or participates in some other way.
; The name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members.
; Legal origin identifies the origin of the Company Law or Commercial Code in each country; A brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
; This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
; The primary national day of celebration - often independence day.
; Lists groups or areas that have mounted major unilateral secession attempts in selected nations since 1945.; Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power
Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power
Transition State: a state with a transitional structure
Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship.; The age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Serbia and Montenegro, Srbija-Crna Gora, serbia and montenegro, serbia, Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia-Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro, Serbia-Montenegro, Serbia & Montenegro, FRY Serbia-Montenegro, FRY Serbia and Montenegro, FRY Serbia & Montenegro, FRY, Serbia and Montenegro, FRY, Serbia-Montenegro, FRY, Serbia & Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro, FRY, Serbia & Montenegro, FRY, Serbia-Montenegro, FRY
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