President of the National Assembly of Serbia

President of the National Assembly of Serbia ; Председник Народне скупштине Србије; Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije
	Standard of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia
	Incumbent; Maja Gojković; since 23 April 2014
Style	Mister/Madam President
Residence	No official residence
Seat	House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Appointer	National Assembly of Serbia
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Miša Anastasijević
Formation	30 November 1858

The president of the National Assembly of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Народне скупштине Србије / Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Serbia. The president is elected by members of each new assembly for a term lasting four years

The president of the National Assembly serves as acting president of Serbia if the elected president vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to death, resignation or removal from office.

History of the office

Duties and competences

According to the article 104 of the Constitution of Serbia:

The National Assembly, by a majority vote of all deputies, elect the president and one or more vice presidents of the National Assembly.
President of the National Assembly represents the National Assembly, convenes its meetings, presides over them and perform other duties stipulated by the Constitution, the law and the rules of the National Assembly.

List of presidents

Principality of Serbia

National Assembly	President	Term
St. Andrew's Day Assembly	Miša Anastasijević	30 November 1858 – 31 January 1859
Nativity of Virgin Mary Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	8 September 1859 – 24 September 1859
Transfiguration Day Extraordinary Assembly	Todor Tucaković	6 August 1861 – 10 August 1861
Transfiguration Day Extraordinary Assembly	Mijalko Radenković	10 August 1861 – 20 August 1861
Assumption Day Assembly	Mijalko Radenković	16 August 1864 – 6 September 1864
Michaelmas Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	29 September 1867 – 13 October 1867
Great National Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	20 June 1868
Great Constitutional Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	10 June 1869 – 29 June 1869
National Assembly	Živko Karabiberović	14 September 1870 – 25 October 1870
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	5 September 1871 – 24 October 1871
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	24 September 1872 – 25 October 1872
Regular legislature	Živko Karabiberović	15 November 1873 – 31 December 1873
Extraordinary legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	2 January 1874 – 27 January 1874
Regular legislature	Đorđe Topuzović	8 November 1874 – 13 March 1875
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Kaljević	15 August 1875 – 30 September 1875
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	30 September 1875 – 21 January 1876
Great National Assembly	Đorđe Topuzović	14 February 1877 – 16 February 1877
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Jovanović	19 June 1877 – 24 July 1877
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Matić	24 June 1878 – 15 July 1878
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	21 November 1878 – 20 January 1879
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	1 November 1879 – 3 February 1880
Extraordinary legislature	Vuja Vasić	11 May 1880 – 24 May 1880
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	30 December 1880 – 22 May 1881
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	7 January 1882 – 6 March 1882

Kingdom of Serbia

National Assembly	President	Term
Regular legislature	Aleksa Popović	6 March 1882 – 22 June 1882
Regular legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	25 November 1882 – 31 December 1882
Extraordinary legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	1 January 1883 – 11 January 1883
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	15 September 1883 – 22 September 1883
Regular legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	6 May 1884 – 16 June 1884
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	3 April 1885 – 23 April 1885
Extraordinary legislature	Milan Kujunedžić	19 September 1885 – 23 September 1885
Extraordinary legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	30 June 1886 – 13 July 1886
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	15 July 1886 – 25 July 1886
Regular legislature	Đorđe Pavlović	5 October 1886 – 2 November 1886
Regular legislature	Todor Tucaković	15 November 1887 – 11 January 1888
Regular legislature	Rista Popović	16 March 1888 – 16 April 1888
Great (Constituent) Assembly	Kosta Taušanović	11 December 1888 – 22 December 1888
Extraordinary National Assembly	Nikola Pašić	1 October 1889 – 18 April 1890
Regular legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 November 1890 – 11 February 1891
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Katić	11 February 1891 – 31 March 1891
Regular legislature	Dimitrije Katić	28 December 1891 – 13 February 1892
Regular legislature	Pavle Vuković	13 February 1892 – 31 March 1892
National Assembly	Živan Živanović	29 March 1893 – 1 April 1893
Extraordinary legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 June 1893 – 9 August 1893
Regular legislature	Nikola Pašić	1 November 1893 – 12 January 1894
Regular legislature	Svetomir Nikolajević	10 April 1895 – 26 April 1895
Extraordinary legislature	Milutin Garašanin	24 June 1895 – 10 July 1895
Regular legislature	Milutin Garašanin	12 November 1895 – 8 February 1896
Regular legislature	Milutin Garašanin	5 October 1896 – 19 December 1896
Extraordinary legislature	Nikola Pašić	29 June 1897 – 12 July 1897
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	17 June 1898 – 15 July 1898
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	16 July 1898 – 11 January 1899
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	20 September 1899 – 29 January 1900
Regular legislature	Sima Nestorović	29 December 1900 – 31 December 1900
Extraordinary legislature	Sima Nestorović	1 January 1901 – 29 January 1901
People's Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Regular legislature	Rista Popović (National Assembly)	1 October 1901 – 11 May 1902
	Dimitrije Marinković (Senate)	1 October 1901 – 11 May 1902
People's Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Regular legislature	Rista Popović (National Assembly)	11 July 1902 – 25 July 1902
	Dimitrije Marinković (Senate)	11 July 1902 – 25 July 1902
People's Representative Body (Senate and National Assembly) Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević (National Assembly)	2 June 1903 – 17 June 1903
	Petar Velimirović (Senate)	2 June 1903 – 17 June 1903
National Assembly Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević	16 September 1903 – 30 September 1903
Regular legislature	Aca Stanojević	1 October 1903 – 25 March 1904
Regular legislature	Aca Stanojević	1 November 1904 – 3 March 1905
Extraordinary legislature (assembly dissolved)	Ignjat Lukić (temporary Speaker)	8 May 1905 – 17 May 1905
Extraordinary legislature	Ljubomir Davidović	25 July 1905 – 5 August 1905
Regular legislature	Nikola Nikolić	1 October 1905 – 19 April 1906
Extraordinary legislature	Aca Stanojević	25 June 1906 – 22 July 1906
Regular legislature	Mihailo A. Popović	1 October 1906 – 22 March 1907
Regular legislature	Milenko Vesnić	22 March 1907 – 7 July 1907
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	1 October 1907 – 31 March 1908
Extraordinary legislature	Stanojlo Vukčević	5 June 1908 – 7 August 1908
Extraordinary legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	27 September 1908 – 30 September 1908
Regular legislature	Ljubomir Jovanović	1 October 1908 – 20 April 1909
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1909 – 12 June 1910
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1910 – 19 May 1911
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1911 – 1 February 1912
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	19 April 1912 – 30 June 1912
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	20 September 1912 – 30 September 1912
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1912 – 30 September 1913
Regular legislature	Andra Nikolić	1 October 1913 – 19 June 1914
Extraordinary legislature	Andra Nikolić	14 July 1914 – October 1915
National Assembly (In exile on Corfu)	Andra Nikolić	28 August 1916 – 9 October 1916
National Assembly (In exile on Corfu)	Đoka Bračinac	12 February 1918 – 14 April 1918
National Assembly	Đoka Bračinac	14 December 1918 – 21 December 1918

Republic within Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party	Legislature	Election
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Legislature	Election
Presidents of the People's Assembly of Serbia
1		Siniša Stanković (1892–1974)	1944	1945	0–1 years	Communist Party of Serbia
2		Aćim Grulović (1898–1948)	1945	1948	2–3 years	Communist Party of Serbia
3		Isa Jovanović (1906–1983)	1951	1953	1–2 years	Communist Party of Serbia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Serbia
4		Petar Stambolić (1912–2007)	1953	1957	3–4 years	League of Communists of Serbia
5		Jovan Veselinov (1906–1982)	1957	1963	5–6 years	League of Communists of Serbia
6		Dušan Petrović (1914–1977)	1963	1967	3–4 years	League of Communists of Serbia
7		Miloš Minić (1914–2003)	1967	1969	1–2 years	League of Communists of Serbia
8		Dragoslav Marković (1920–2005)	1969	1974	4–5 years	League of Communists of Serbia
9		Živan Vasiljević (1920–2007)	1974	1978	3–4 years	League of Communists of Serbia
10		Dušan Čkrebić (1927–)	1978	1982	3–4 years	League of Communists of Serbia
11		Branko Pešić (1922–1986)	1982	1984	1–2 years	League of Communists of Serbia
12		Slobodan Gligorijević (1920–)	1984	1986	1–2 years	League of Communists of Serbia
13		Branislav Ikonić (1928–2002)	1986	1988	1–2 years	League of Communists of Serbia
14		Borisav Jović (1928–)	1988	1989	0–1 years	League of Communists of Serbia
15		Zoran Sokolović (1938–2001)	1989	1991	1–2 years	League of Communists of Serbia
Presidents of the National Assembly of Serbia
1 (16)		Slobodan Unković (1938– )	11 January 1991	5 June 1991	145 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	1st National Assembly (1991–93)	1990
2 (17)		Aleksandar Bakočević (1928–2007)	5 June 1991	25 January 1993	1 year, 234 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	1st National Assembly (1991–93)	1990
3 (18)		Zoran Lilić (1953–)	25 January 1993	29 June 1993	155 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	2nd National Assembly (1993–94)	1992
4 (19)		Zoran Aranđelović (1948–)	29 June 1993	24 January 1994	209 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	2nd National Assembly (1993–94)	1992
5 (20)		Dragan Tomić (1936–)	1 February 1994	22 January 2001	6 years, 356 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	3rd National Assembly (1994–97)	1993
5 (20)		Dragan Tomić (1936–)	1 February 1994	22 January 2001	6 years, 356 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	4th National Assembly (1997–2001)	1997
6 (21)		Dragan Maršićanin (1950–)	22 January 2001	6 December 2001	318 days	Democratic Party of Serbia (Democratic Opposition of Serbia)	5th National Assembly (2001–04)	2000
7 (22)		Nataša Mićić (1965–)	6 December 2001	27 January 2004	2 years, 52 days	Civic Alliance of Serbia (Democratic Opposition of Serbia)	5th National Assembly (2001–04)	2000
8 (23)		Dragan Maršićanin (1950–)	4 February 2004	3 March 2004	28 days	Democratic Party of Serbia	6th National Assembly (2004–07)	2003
—		Vojislav Mihailović (1951–) Acting President	3 March 2004	4 March 2004	1 day	Serbian Renewal Movement
9 (24)		Predrag Marković (1955–)	4 March 2004	5 June 2006	2 years, 93 days	G17 Plus

Republic of Serbia

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party	Legislature	Election
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Legislature	Election
Presidents of the National Assembly of Serbia
9 (24)		Predrag Marković (1955–)	5 June 2006	14 February 2007	254 days	G17 Plus	6th National Assembly (2004–07)	2003
10 (25)		Tomislav Nikolić (1952–)	8 May 2007	13 May 2007	5 days	Serbian Radical Party	7th National Assembly (2007–08)	2007
—		Milutin Mrkonjić (1942–) Acting President	13 May 2007	23 May 2007	10 days	Socialist Party of Serbia
11 (26)		Oliver Dulić (1975–)	23 May 2007	11 June 2008	1 year, 19 days	Democratic Party
12 (27)		Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951–)	25 June 2008	31 May 2012	3 years, 341 days	Socialist Party of Serbia	8ht National Assembly (2008–12)	2008
13 (28)		Nebojša Stefanović (1976–)	23 July 2012	16 April 2014	1 year, 267 days	Serbian Progressive Party	9th National Assembly (2012–14)	2012
14 (29)		Maja Gojković (1963–)	23 April 2014	Incumbent	6 years, 62 days	Serbian Progressive Party	10th National Assembly (2014–16)	2014
14 (29)		Maja Gojković (1963–)	23 April 2014	Incumbent	6 years, 62 days	Serbian Progressive Party	11th National Assembly (2016–present)	2016

The fathers of the house who started the new legislatures

Traditionally when a new Serbian parliament is formed the eldest deputy opens and leads the first session until a speaker is elected. Since the 2000 parliamentary election these deputies were:

Year	Name (Birth–Death)
2001	Zaharije Trnavčević (1926–2016)	Democratic Party
2004	Velimir Simonović (1928–)	Democratic Party of Serbia
2007	Borka Vučić (1926–2009)	Socialist Party of Serbia
2008	Jovan Krkobabić (1930–2014)	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
2012	Zaharije Trnavčević (1926–2016)	Rich Serbia
2014	Milan Korać (1929–2015)	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
2016	Dragoljub Mićunović (1930–)	Democratic Party

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