Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) Савезна Република Југославија Savezna Republika Jugoslavija State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) |
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Државна Заједница Србија и Црна Гора Državna Zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora |
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Anthem Хеј, Словени Hej, Sloveni Hey, Slavs |
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Capital | Belgrade | |||||||||||
Languages | Serbian language of the ekavian and ijekavian dialect | |||||||||||
Government |
Confederation (2003–2006) Federal republic (1992–2003) |
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President | ||||||||||||
• | 1992–1993 | Dobrica Ćosić | ||||||||||
• | 1993–1997 | Zoran Lilić | ||||||||||
• | 1997–2000 | Slobodan Milošević | ||||||||||
• | 2000–2003 | Vojislav Koštunica | ||||||||||
• | 2003–2006 | Svetozar Marović | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | ||||||||||||
• | 1992–1993 | Milan Panić | ||||||||||
• | 1993–1998 | Radoje Kontić | ||||||||||
• | 1998–2000 | Momir Bulatović | ||||||||||
• | 2000–2001 | Zoran Žižić | ||||||||||
• | 2001–2003 | Dragiša Pešić | ||||||||||
• | 2003–2006 | Svetozar Marović | ||||||||||
Historical era | Post–Cold War | |||||||||||
• | Constitution | 27 April 1992 | ||||||||||
• | Established | 28 April 1992 | ||||||||||
• | UN membership | 1 November 2000 | ||||||||||
• | State union | 4 February 2003 | ||||||||||
• | Dissolution | 3 June 2006 | ||||||||||
• | Independence of Kosovo | 17 February 2008 | ||||||||||
Area | ||||||||||||
• | 2006 | 102,350 km² (39,518 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | ||||||||||||
• | 2006 est. | 10,832,545 | ||||||||||
Density | 105.8 /km² (274.1 /sq mi) | |||||||||||
Currency | Serbia and Serbian parts of Kosovo • Yugoslav dinar (1992–2003) • Serbian dinar (2003–2006) Montenegro and Albanian parts of Kosovo • Yugoslav dinar (1992–1999) • Deutsche Mark (1999–2002) • Euro (2002–2006) |
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Internet TLD | .yu | |||||||||||
Calling code | +381 | |||||||||||
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Today part of |
Montenegro Serbia Kosovo |
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a. | ^ After 2003, no city was the official capital, but legislative and executive institutions remained located in Belgrade. Podgorica served as the seat of the Supreme Court. | |||||||||||
b. | ^ Membership as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; ISO 3166-1 = CS; UTC offset = +1. | |||||||||||
c. | ^ De facto currencies used in Montenegro and Albanian parts of Kosovo. | |||||||||||
d. | ^ Partially recognised state. |
Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Србија и Црна Гора (СЦГ) / Srbija i Crna Gora (SCG)), officially the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Државна Заједница Србија и Црна Гора / Državna Zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora), was a country in Southeast Europe, created from the two remaining republics of Yugoslavia after its breakup in 1992. The republics of Serbia and Montenegro together established a federation in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY or FR Yugoslavia; Serbian: Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija).
The FRY aspired to be a sole legal successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but those claims were opposed by other former republics. The United Nations also denied its request to automatically continue the membership of the former state. Eventually, after the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević from power as president of the federation in 2000, the country rescinded those aspirations and accepted the opinion of the Badinter Arbitration Committee about shared succession. It re-applied for UN membership on 27 October and was admitted on 1 November 2000.
The FRY was initially dominated by Slobodan Milošević as President of Serbia (1989–1997) and then President of Yugoslavia (1997–2000). Milošević installed and forced the removal of several federal presidents (such as Dobrica Ćosić) and prime ministers (Milan Panić). However, the Montenegrin government, initially enthusiastic supporters of Milošević, started gradually distancing themselves from his policies. That culminated in regime change in 1996–1998, when his former ally Milo Đukanović reversed his policies, became leader of Montenegro's ruling party and subsequently dismissed former Montenegrin leader Momir Bulatović, who remained loyal to the Milošević government. As Bulatović was given central positions in Belgrade from that time (as federal Prime Minister), Đukanović continued to govern Montenegro and further isolated it from Serbia, so that from 1996 to 2006, Montenegro and Serbia were only nominally one country—governance at every feasible level was conducted locally (Belgrade for Serbia and Podgorica for Montenegro).