The

Government of Serbia The government of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Governme ...

under

Zoran Đinđić Zoran Đinđić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђинђић, ; 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician and philosopher who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until Assassination of Zoran Đinđić, ...

as the

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

was formed on 25 January 2001. It is the first post-Milošević government formed after Serbian parliamentary elections held on 23 December 2000, when the

Democratic Opposition of Serbia The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Par ...

coalition (DOS) won 64.09% of the popular vote translating into 176 seats in the

Serbian National Assembly The National Assembly ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ), fully the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (), is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are ...

(out of 250 seats).

, the leader of the Democratic Party, was designated as prime minister and given the task of forming Serbia's first freely elected post-communist and post-Milošević Government. The Government was sworn in on 25 January 2001 and its term officially ended on March 3, 2004, when the new government under PM

Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica ( sr-cyrl, Војислав Коштуница, ; born 24 March 1944) is a Serbian former politician who served as the last President of Serbia and Montenegro, president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the Prime Min ...

was unveiled following the

2003 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly of Serbia, National Assembly. Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milo ...

held in late December. When PM Zoran Đinđić was

assassinated Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

on March 12, 2003, Nebojša Čović (one of the five deputy PMs at the time) became the acting PM for four days until Zoran Živković got named as the new prime minister on March 16, 2003. After Đinđić's assassination, the government also went through a slight reconfiguration as

Čedomir Jovanović Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Чеда Јовановић, ; born 13 April 1971) is a Serbian politician and businessman. During the presidency of Slobodan Milošević in Yugoslavia, Jovanović became one of the student ...

, up to that point DOS' parliamentary club chief, became deputy PM.

Composition

Deputy Ministers

The Deputy Ministers in the Serbian Government appointed in February 2001 were:Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia *

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 200 ...

, Deputy Minister of Economy and Privatisation (appointed

Prime Minister of Serbia The prime minister of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, премијер Србије, premijer Srbije; feminine gender, feminine: премијерка/premijerka), officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, председн ...

in July 2008) *

Dejan Popović Dejan Popović (born 1950 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professor of law and the former rector of Belgrade University between 2004 and 2006. In 2008 he was appointed Ambassador of Serbia to the United Kingdom. Popović graduated from the University of ...

, Deputy Minister of Finance *

Dragan Marković Dragan Marković ( sr-cyr, Драган Марковић; 2 May 1960 – 22 November 2024), commonly known as Palma ( sr-cyr, Палма, lit=palm tree), was a Serbian businessman and politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of ...

, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management * Đurđe Ninković, Deputy Minister of Justice * Dimitrije Vukčević, Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining * Zoran Radivojević, Deputy Minister of Transport and Telecommunications *

Radojko Obradović Radojko Obradović (born 1966) is a Vice-President of the Serbian National Assembly. He was appointed to this position in 2007. He is a long-standing MP for the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and represents the DSS in coalition with New Serbia ...

, Deputy Minister of Construction and Urban Planning * Ferenc Mokanj, Deputy Minister of Trade, Tourism and Services * Dobrosav Milovanović, Deputy Minister of International Economic Relations * Dušan Protić, Deputy Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government * Nebojša Miletić, Deputy Minister of Labour and Employment * Liljana Lučić, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs * Radojica Pešić, Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Development *

Vigor Majić Vigor Majić was the Deputy Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia (2001-2004) The government of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влад ...

, Deputy Minister of Education and Sport * Uroš Jovanović, Deputy Minister of Health and Environmental Protection, 2001-02 * Dragan Celiković, Deputy Minister of Health * Živojin Stjepić, Deputy Minister of Religion (The post of Deputy Minister has since 2004 been abolished and a new post of State Secretary (''državni sekretar'') has been instituted (of which there are several in each Ministry).

References

1. ^ Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No.14, 23 February 2001.

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Composition

Deputy Ministers

See also

References

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