Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro

Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro
Standard of the Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro
Svetozar Marović
Formation	14 July 1992
First holder	Milan Panić
Final holder	Svetozar Marović
Abolished	3 June 2006
Succession	Vojislav Koštunica Milo Đukanović

The Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro was the head of government of Serbia and Montenegro from its establishment in 1992 up until the state's dissolution in 2006. Between 1992-2003 the full name of the office was President of the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Predsednik Savezne Vlade Savezne Republike Jugoslavije), while after the constitutional reforms of 2003 the title was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Predsednik Saveta ministara Srbije i Crne Gore, literally translated as President of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro). The office was merged in 2003 with the head of state, providing for one person to hold both the office of President of Serbia and Montenegro and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro.

Prime Ministers

There were five President of the Federal Government of the FR Yugoslavia after its assertion of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in 1992 up until its dissolution in 2006. Svetozar Marović of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro was the only Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro after its constitutional reforms and reconstitution as a confederacy. He was inaugurated on March 7, 2003. After the declaration of independence of Montenegro, on June 3, 2006, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers announced on June 4, 2006 the termination of his office.^[1]

      Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro       Socialist People's Party of Montenegro       Independent

No.	Head of Government		Lifespan	Ethnicity	Term of office		Party	Note
Presidents of the Federal Government 1992-2003
1		Milan Panić	1929–	Serbian American	14 July 1992	9 February 1993	Independent
2		Radoje Kontić	1937–	Montenegrin	9 February 1993	19 May 1998	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
3		Momir Bulatović	1956–	Montenegrin	19 May 1998	4 November 2000	Socialist People's Party of Montenegro	Resigned on 9 October 2000, after the Bulldozer Revolution.
4		Zoran Žižić	1951–2013	Montenegrin	4 November 2000	24 July 2001	Socialist People's Party of Montenegro	Resigned on 29 June 2001, in protest over the extradition of Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY.
5		Dragiša Pešić	1954–	Montenegrin	24 July 2001	7 March 2003	Socialist People's Party of Montenegro
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 2003-2006
6		Svetozar Marović	1955–	Montenegrin	7 March 2003	3 June 2006	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Also head of state as President of Serbia and Montenegro (offices merged).

Living former Prime Ministers

See also

• Politics of Serbia and Montenegro
• Serbia and Montenegro
• President of Serbia and Montenegro
• Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Montenegro
• Prime Minister of Serbia
• Prime Minister of Kosovo

References