Constitution: 27 April 1992
Legal system: based on civil law system
Suffrage: 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President 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
head of government: Prime Minister Radoje KONTIC (since 29 December
1992); Deputy Prime Ministers Jovan ZEBIC (since NA March 1993), Uros
KLIKOVAC (since 15 September 1994), Nikola SAINOVIC (since 15
September 1995)
cabinet: Federal Executive Council
Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly Chamber of Republics: elections last held 20 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (40 total, 20 Serbian, 20 Montenegrin) seats by party NA Chamber of Citizens: elections last held 20 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of votes by party NA; seats - (138 total, 108 Serbian, 30 Montenegrin) SPS 47, SRS 34, Depos 20, DPSCG 17, DS 5, SP 5, NS 4, DZVM 3, other 3
Judicial branch: Savezni Sud (Federal Court), Constitutional Court
Political parties and leaders: 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 (Depos), Vojlslav KOSTUNICA; Democratic Party of Socialists of
Montenegro (DPSCG), Momir BULATOVIC, president; People's Party of
Montenegro (NS), Milan PAROSKI; Liberal Alliance of Montenegro, Slavko
PEROVIC; Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians (DZVM), Andras
AGOSTON; League of Communists-Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ), Dragan
ATANASOVSKI; Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK), Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA,
president; Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Sulejman UGLJANIN; Civic
Alliance of Serbia (GSS), Vesna PESIC, chairman; Socialist Party of
Montenegro (SP), leader NA
Other political or pressure groups: NA
Diplomatic representation in US: 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
US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Rudolf V. PERINA embassy: address NA, Belgrade mailing address: Box 5070, Unit 1310, APO AE 09213-1310 telephone: [381] (11) 645655 FAX: [381] (11) 645221