President of Serbia and Montenegro | |
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Председник Србије и Црне Горе Predsednik Srbije i Crne Gore | |
Residence | White Palace, Belgrade |
Precursor | President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia |
Formation | 15 June 1992 |
First holder | Dobrica Ćosić |
Final holder | Svetozar Marović |
Abolished | 3 June 2006 |
Superseded by | President of Serbia President of Montenegro |
The President of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Председник Србије и Црне Горе, romanized: Predsednik Srbije i Crne Gore) was the head of state of Serbia and Montenegro. From its establishment in 1992 until 2003, when the country was reconstituted as a confederacy (state union) via constitutional reform, the head of state was known as the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Председник Савезне Републике Југославије, romanized: Predsednik Savezne Republike Jugoslavije). With the constitutional reforms of 2003 and the merging of the offices of head of government and head of state, the full title of the president was President of Serbia and Montenegro and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Председник Србије и Црне Горе / Председник Савета министара Србије и Црне Горе). In 2006 the office was abolished as the state union was dissolved, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries and was followed by Kosovo in 2008 although it received limited international recognition.