Serbia

Serbia, 2006 to today. Draft, not yet reviewed

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, it formed a union with Montenegro, which was dissolved in 2006, subsequently restoring Serbia's independence. In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, receiving mixed responses from the international community, while Serbia continues to regard it as part of its sovereign territory. Serbia is a parliamentary republic, with its constitution ensuring the separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches.

Seat of power: Belgrade

Rulers

Boris Tadić

President of Serbia, 2004–2012

Boris Tadić served as president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. He stood as a candidate for DS in the 2004 presidential elections, which he won after beating Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Radical Party in the second round. He successfully ran for re-election in 2008 after again beating Nikolić in the second round.

Portrait of Boris Tadić: European Commission, CC BY 4.0, file

Tomislav Nikolić

President of Serbia, 2012–2017

Tomislav Nikolić served as president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. In 2012, he won the run-off against Tadić to become President of Serbia. He disassociated himself from his party in 2008 and formed the Serbian Progressive Party, which he led until 2012.

Portrait of Tomislav Nikolić: General Secretariat of the President of the Republic of Serbia, CC BY-SA 3.0, file

Slavica Đukić Dejanović

President of Serbia, 2012–2012

Slavica Đukić Dejanović was president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and acting president of Serbia after the resignation of Boris Tadić. She was also the first and to date, only woman, to hold the post of head of state of Serbia since independence in 2006.

Portrait of Slavica Đukić Dejanović: Congress of local and regional authorities from Strasbourg, France, CC BY 2.0, file

Aleksandar Vučić

President of Serbia, 2017–2026

Aleksandar Vučić served as President of Serbia from 2017 to 2026. He previously served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014, and Prime Minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017. In 2026, he resigned as President to run as a prime ministerial candidate in the 2026 Serbian parliamentary election.

Portrait of Aleksandar Vučić: Oliver Bunic, CC BY 4.0, file

Ana Brnabić

President of Serbia, 2026 to today

Ana Brnabić has been acting President of Serbia since 28 September 2026 and president of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2024. She previously served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2017 to 2024. Brnabić and her cabinet were voted into office on 29 June 2017 by a majority of 157 out of 250 members of the National Assembly of Serbia.

Portrait of Ana Brnabić: Jennifer Jacquemart/Service audiovisuel, CC BY 4.0, file

Culture

Serbia has five World Heritage sites, among them the 12th-century Studenica Monastery and the 3rd-century Roman palace complex of Felix Romuliana.
The cultural identity of Serbia was shaped by centuries of historical divisions and overlapping influences as its territory successively formed the frontier between the Byzantine Empire and the Western Christianity, and later the Ottoman and Habsburg empires.

Picture

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia, located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.

Image: ZlatanJovanovic, CC BY 3.0, file

Sources

Text adapted from the Wikipedia articles listed as sources, CC BY-SA 4.0.