Editing Serbia and Montenegro (section)

== Politics ==
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The Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia, representing FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003) was composed of two chambers: the Council of Citizens and the Council of Republics. Whereas the Council of Citizens served as an ordinary assembly, representing the people of FR Yugoslavia, the Council of Republics was made equally by representatives from the federation's constituent republics, to ensure federal equality between Serbia and Montenegro.

The first president from 1992 to 1993 was [[Dobrica Ćosić]], a former communist [[Yugoslav partisan]] during World War II and later one of the fringe contributors of the controversial [[Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]]. Despite being head of the country, Ćosić was forced out of office in 1993 due to his opposition to Serbian President [[Slobodan Milošević]]. Ćosić was replaced by [[Zoran Lilić]] who served from 1993 to 1997, and then followed by Milošević becoming Yugoslav President in 1997 after his last legal term as Serbian president ended in 1997. FR Yugoslavia was dominated by Milosevic and his allies, until the presidential election in 2000. There were accusations of vote fraud and Yugoslav citizens took to the streets and engaged in [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|riots in Belgrade]] demanding that Milošević be removed from power. Shortly afterwards Milošević resigned and [[Vojislav Koštunica]] took over as Yugoslav president and remained president until the state's reconstitution as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

Federal Prime Minister [[Milan Panić]] became frustrated with Milošević's domineering behaviour during diplomatic talks in 1992 and told Milošević to "shut up" because Milošević's position was officially subordinate to his position.<ref>James Gow. ''Triumph of the Lack of Will: International Diplomacy and the Yugoslav War'', Columbia University Press (1997). New York City. p. 228.</ref> Milošević later forced Panić to resign.<ref>Sabrina P. Ramet. ''Serbia Since 1989: Politics and Society Under Milošević and After''. University of Washington Press, 2005. p. 61.</ref> However, this situation changed after 1997 when Milošević's second and last legal term as Serbian President ended. He then had himself elected Federal President, thus entrenching the power that he already de facto held.<ref name="Sabrina P. Ramet 2005. Pp. 61">[[Sabrina P. Ramet]]. ''Serbia Since 1989: Politics and Society Under Milošević and After''. University of Washington Press, 2005. p. 61. (During Milošević's tenure as President of Serbia, the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was de facto subordinate to his government, with Milošević installing and forcing the removal of several Federal Presidents and Prime Ministers. However this changed after 1997 when Milošević's last legal term as Serbian President ended and he became Federal President that year, in which Milošević entrenched the power of the Federal Presidency.)</ref>

After the federation was reconstituted as a State Union, the new [[Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro|Assembly of the State Union]] was created. It was unicameral and was made up of 126 deputies, of which 91 were from Serbia and 35 were from Montenegro. The Assembly convened in the building of the old Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia, which now houses the [[National Assembly of Serbia]].

In 2003, after the constitutional changes and creation of the [[State Union of Serbia and Montenegro]], a new [[President of Serbia and Montenegro]] was elected. He was also president of the [[Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro]]. [[Svetozar Marović]] was the first and last President of Serbia and Montenegro until its breakup in 2006.

On April 12, 1999, the Federal Assembly of the [[FR Yugoslavia]] passed the "Decision on the accession of the FRY to the [[Union State|Union State of Russia and Belarus]]".<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Službeni list SRJ |url=https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/slsrj/skupstina/odluka/1999/25/1/reg |title=Одлука о приступању Савезне Републике Југославије Савезу Русије и Белорусије: 25/1999-1 |trans-title=Decision on the accession of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Alliance of Russia and Belarus: 25/1999-1 |issue=25 |date=12 April 1999 |publisher=Pravno informacioni sistem RS |location=Belgrade |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223062432/https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/slsrj/skupstina/odluka/1999/25/1/reg |url-status=live}}</ref> Although Serbia is, according to constitutional and international law, the successor state to this decision (as well as many others made during Milošević's regime), in practice, after the Bulldozer Revolution, nothing has been done in this direction, as the country is a candidate for the [[European Union]].