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As of 1 January 2011, Serbia no longer practices mandatory military service. Prior to this, mandatory military service lasted 6 months for men. Conscientious objectors could however opt for 9 months of civil service instead.
On 15 December 2010, the National Assembly voted to suspend mandatory military service. The decision fully came into force on 1 January 2011. [1]
From 10–17 December 2016, sociologist Srećko Mihailović conducted a nationwide survey with a sample size of 1,200 adults on whether Serbia should return conscription, with the results being that 75% of respondents supported a return of conscription in Serbia. [2] A 2018 poll found support for Conscription at 74%, [3] while a 2021 poll found support at 75%. [4]
In August 2018, president Aleksandar Vučić said the country was considering the idea of reintroducing conscription from 2020, to help improve the combat readiness of the Serbian Army. [5]
On 4 January 2024, the Serbian General Staff proposed reintroduction of conscription to president Vučić. [6] On 13 September 2024, Vučić said that he had approved of the proposal. [7]
Boško Obradović, leader of Dveri, supports bringing back conscription in Serbia. [8]
Milan Stamatović, head of the Sovereignists, stated his support for the introduction of mandatory conscription into the army. [9]
Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s, where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime, so that men at a certain age would serve 1 to 8 years on active duty and then transfer to the reserve force.
The Serbian Armed Forces is the military of Serbia.
Military service is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, air forces, and naval forces, whether as a chosen job (volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
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