President of Serbia

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The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia.

The current President of Serbia is Boris Tadić, who won a majority of votes in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004.

1 Latest election
2 Authority, legal and constitutional rights
3 List of Presidents of Serbia (1944 - Present)
4 External links

[edit] Latest election

Main article: Serbian presidential election, 2004

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**Summary of the 13 and 27 June Serbian presidential election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Boris Tadić	Democratic Party	853,584	27.37	1,681,528	53.24
Tomislav Nikolić	Serbian Radical Party	954,339	30.6	1,434,068	45.4
Bogoljub Karić	none	568,691	18.23
Dragan Maršićanin	Democratic Party of Serbia, G17 Plus, Serbian Renewal Movement, New Serbia	414,971	13.3
Ivica Dačić	Socialist Party of Serbia	125,952	4.04
Jelisaveta Karađorđević	Initiative for Prettier Serbia	62,737	2.1
Milovan Drecun	Serbian Revival	16,907	0.54
Vladan Batić	Democratic Christian Party of Serbia	16,795	0.54
Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	14,317	0.46
Branislav Ivković	Socialist People's Party	12,672	0.4
Ljiljana Aranđelović	United Serbia	11,796	0.38
Marjan Rističević	People's Peasant Party	10,198	0.33
Dragan Đorđević	Party of Serbian Citizens	5,785	0.19
Mirko Jović	People's Radical Party, Serbia and Diaspora, European Bloc	5,546	0.18
Zoran Milinković	Patriotic Party of Diaspora	5,442	0.17
Total (turnout 47.75% and 48.7%)		3,117,339	100.0	3,115,596	100.0
Registered Voters		6,532,263		6,532,940
Total		3,119,087		3,159,194
Valid		3,081,040		3,115,596
Invalid		38,047		42,975
Source: Cesid

[edit] Authority, legal and constitutional rights

The Presidents can:


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preside in five year mandate
be elected for president twice
have an immunity granted by National Assembly
disband National Assembly and Government
declare state of emergency
call for elections
represent the country
confer medals and awards
veto a bill until the assembly have reconsidered it, and approved it a second time.

The Speaker of the parliament serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office, or if his/her term expires and new president is not elected.