Data code:
Serbia: SR
Montenegro: MW
Type of government: republic
Capital: Belgrade
Administrative divisions: 2 republics (pokajine, singular -
pokajina); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces*; Kosovo*,
Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*
Independence: 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed
as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia - SFRY)
National holiday: St. Vitus Day, 28 June
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) was
elected for a four-year term by the Federal Assembly; 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) was nominated by the president; Deputy Prime Ministers Jovan
ZEBIC (since NA March 1993), Uros KLIKOVAC (since 15 September
1994), and Nikola SAINOVIC (since 15 September 1995)
cabinet: Federal Executive Council