<text id=94CT1252><title>Serbia and Montenegro—Government</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Serbia and Montenegro<nl>Government</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation
<item><hi format=bold>Names:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional long form:</hi> none
<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional short form:</hi> Serbia and Montenegro
<item>• <hi format=ital>local long form:</hi> none
<item>• <hi format=ital>local short form:</hi> Srbija-Crna Gora
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia—SFRY)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> NA
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 27 April 1992
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on civil law system
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> Zoran LILIC (since 25 June 1993); note—Slobodan MILOSEVIC is president of Serbia (since 9 December 1990); Momir BULATOVIC is president of Montenegro (since 23 December 1990); Federal Assembly elected Zoran LILIC on 25 June 1993
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister Radoje KONTIC (since 29 December 1992); Deputy Prime Ministers Jovan ZEBIC (since NA March 1993), Asim TELACEVIC (since NA March 1993), Zeljko SIMIC (since NA 1993)
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Federal Executive Council
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<item><hi format=bold>Legislative branch:</hi> bicameral Federal Assembly
<item><hi format=bold>Chamber of Republics:</hi> elections last held 31 May 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(40 total; 20 Serbian, 20 Montenegrin)
<item><hi format=bold>Chamber of Citizens:</hi> elections last held 31 May 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results—percent of votes by party NA; seats (138 total; 108 Serbian, 30 Montenegrin)—SPS 73, SRS 33, DPSCG 23, SK-PJ 2, DZVM 2, independents 2, vacant 3
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Savezni Sud (Federal Court), Constitutional Court
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Serbian Socialist Party (SPS; former Communist Party), Slobodan MILOSEVIC; Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav SESELJ; Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Vuk DRASKOVIC, president; Democratic Party (DS), Zoran DJINDJIC; Democratic Party of Serbia, Vojlslav KOSTUNICA; Democratic Party of Socialists (DPSCG), Momir BULATOVIC, president; People's Party of Montenegro (NS), Novak KILIBARDA; Liberal Alliance of Montenegro, Slavko PEROVIC; Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians (DZVM), Agoston ANDRAS; League of Communists-Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ), Dragan ATANASOVSKI; Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK), Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA, president
<item><hi format=bold>Other political or pressure groups:</hi> Serbian Democratic Movement (DEPOS; coalition of opposition parties)
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi> US and Serbia and Montenegro do not maintain full diplomatic relations; the Embassy of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continues to function in the US
