Serbia Politics and government

The politics of Serbia are defined by a unitary parliamentary framework that is defined by the Constitution of Serbia in which the President of the Republic is the head of state while the Prime Minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the Government (consisted of the cabinet that includes Prime Minister and ministers) and the President of the Republic. Legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Assembly which is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies. The judiciary is independent from the executive and the legislature and is headed by the Supreme Court, the highest court in the country. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Serbia as a "flawed democracy" in 2024 and ranked country 64th in the world on its Democracy Index. The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index 2025 report characterizes the country as a "moderate autocracy". Freedom House also considers Serbia to be "partly free" that is democratically backsliding as in recent years the ruling Serbian Progressive Party has steadily eroded political rights and civil liberties, that is also putting legal and extralegal pressure on independent media, political opposition, and civil society organizations in the country.