Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro
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The Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (Savet Ministara Srbija i Crna Gora) was the federal executive
governing body of Serbia and Montenegro
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Secretary general: Igor Jovičić
The Council was composed of 5 ministries. Ministers at the moment of dissolution were:
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
governing body of Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
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Organization
Chairman of the Council: Svetozar MarovićSvetozar Marovic
Svetozar Marović ; born March 31, 1955) is a lawyer and a Montenegrin politician. He was the only president of Serbia and Montenegro...
Secretary general: Igor Jovičić
Igor Jovicic
Igor Jovičić was the first and the last Secretary General of Serbia and Montenegro. As of 2007 he is the Secretary of State in the Serbian Ministry of Defence....
The Council was composed of 5 ministries. Ministers at the moment of dissolution were:
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Vuk DraškovićVuk DraškovicVuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
(Preceded by: Goran SvilanovićGoran SvilanovicGoran Svilanović is a Serbian politician, the Chairman of Working Table I of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe....
) - Minister of Defense - Zoran StankovićZoran StankovicZoran Stanković is a former Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia. He served as the Minister of Defence in the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro until the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro...
(Preceded by: Prvoslav Davinić (11 July 2004 - 21 October 2005), Boris TadićBoris TadicBoris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
(17 March 2003 – 11 July 2004)) - Minister of International Economic Relations - Predrag Ivanović
- Minister of Internal Economic Relations - Amir Nurković
- Minister of Human and Minority Rights - Rasim LjajićRasim LjajicRasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party in the parliament, where it has three...
Responsibilities
The Council of Ministers duties were to:- Chart and pursue the policy of Serbia and Montenegro in tune with the jointly agreed policy and interests of the member states.
- Coordinate the work of the ministries, propose to the parliamentParliament of Serbia and MontenegroThe Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro was the legislative body of Serbia and Montenegro. The parliament was unicameral and was made up of 126 deputies, of which 91 were from Serbia and 35 were from Montenegro. The parliament was established in 2003, and was a replacement for the Federal...
the laws and other acts falling within the purview of the ministries. - Appoint and relieve of duty the heads of diplomatic-consular missions of Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
and other officials in line with the law. - Pass by-laws, decisions and other general enactments for enforcement of the laws of Serbia and Montenegro and to perform other executive duties in accordance with the present constitutional charter.
Terms
- Ministers of foreign affairs and defense served two-year terms.
- Ministers of International Economic Relations, Internal Economic Relations and Human and Minority Rights served four-year terms.