Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia

Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Пот��редседник Владе Србије Potpredsednik Vlade Srbije
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Incumbent Zorana Mihajlović, Nebojša Stefanović, Branko Ružić, Maja Gojković and Branislav Nedimović since  27 April 2014 (Mihajlović) 11 August 2016 (Stefanović) 28 October 2020 (Ružić) 28 October 2020 (Gojković) 28 October 2020 (Nedimović)
Appointer	Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	, , and
Formation	11 February 1991
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The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (Serbian: Потпредседник Владе Србије / Potpredsednik Vlade Srbije, literally translated as Vice President of the Government of Serbia), is the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of Serbia.

According to convention, one deputy position is allocated to each junior partner in the coalition, being ranked according to the size of their respective parties.

History of the office[]

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia was established on 11 February 1991, during the government of Dragutin Zelenović. It was initially held by four people: , , and . Since then, the office was usually held simultaneously by several people at the same time (in the government of Zoran Đinđić there were eight Deputy Prime Ministers at one point). Also, Deputy Prime Ministers may or may not combine the post with another government portfolio.

The current Deputy Prime Ministers, by date of assuming office, are namely: Zorana Mihajlović (since 27 April 2014), Nebojša Stefanović (since 11 August 2016), Branko Ružić (since 28 October 2020), Maja Gojković (since 28 October 2020) and Branislav Nedimović (since 28 October 2020).^[1]

List of deputy prime ministers[]

Political Party:   SPS   n-s   ND/LS   SRS   SPO   DA   SD   DSS      SDP   SVM   RV   DS   G17+   PUPS   SNS   URS   SDPS

Name (Birth–Death)			Party	Term of office		Charge	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		(born 1943)	SPS	11 February 1991	31 July 1991		Zelenović (I)
		(born 1938)	SPS	11 February 1991	23 December 1991
		(born 1937)	SPS	11 February 1991	23 December 1991
		(1939–2007)	SPS	11 February 1991	10 February 1993		Zelenović (I) Božović (I)
		(born 1941)	SPS	31 July 1991	23 December 1991		Zelenović (I)
		(born 1954)	SPS	23 December 1991	10 February 1993		Božović (I)
		Nikola Šainović (born 1948)	SPS	23 December 1991	10 February 1993
		(born 1948)	SPS	23 December 1991	29 June 1993		Božović (I) Šainović (I)
		(born 1941)	SPS	23 December 1991	18 March 1994
		(1933–2018)	SPS	10 February 1993	18 March 1994		Šainović (I)
			SPS	10 February 1993	18 March 1994
		(born 1941)	SPS	14 July 1993	7 September 1993
		Slobodan Unković (born 1938)	SPS	18 March 1994	28 May 1996		Marjanović (I)
		(born 1946)	SPS	18 March 1994	11 February 1997
		(1943–2014)	n-p	18 March 1994	24 March 1998
			ND
		(born 1960)	SPS	18 March 1994	24 March 1998
		(1944–2021)	SPS	18 March 1994	24 October 2000		Marjanović (I • II)
		(born 1942)	SPS	28 May 1996	15 April 1997		Marjanović (I)
		(born 1942)	SPS	11 February 1997	24 March 1998
		Vlajko Stojiljković (1937–2002)	SPS	15 April 1997	24 March 1998	Internal Affairs
		Milovan Bojić (born 1955)	JUL	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	General Affairs	Marjanović (II)
		Dragan Tomić (born 1937)	SPS	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	General Affairs
		Vojislav Šešelj (born 1954)	SRS	24 March 1998	24 October 2000	General Affairs
		Tomislav Nikolić (born 1952)	SRS	24 March 1998	20 November 1999	General Affairs
		Dragan Todorović (born 1953)	SRS	24 March 1998	20 November 1999	General Affairs
		(1939–2020)	SPO	24 October 2000	25 January 2001	General Affairs	Minić (transitional)
		Nebojša Čović (born 1958)	DA (DOS)	24 October 2000	3 March 2004	General Affairs	Minić (transitional) Đinđić (I) Živković (I)
		Vuk Obradović (1947–2008)	SD (DOS)	25 January 2001	11 June 2001	General Affairs	Đinđić (I)
		Aleksandar Pravdić (born 1958)	DSS (DOS)	25 January 2001	22 October 2001	General Affairs
		Momčilo Perišić (born 1944)	(DOS)	25 January 2001	27 March 2002	General Affairs
		Dušan Mihajlović (born 1948)	ND/LS (DOS)	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	Internal Affairs	Đinđić (I) Živković (I)
		Žarko Korać (born 1947)	SDP (DOS)	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	General Affairs
		József Kasza (1945–2016)	SVM (DOS)	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	General Affairs
		Miodrag Isakov (born 1950)	RV (DOS)	25 January 2001	3 March 2004	General Affairs
		Čedomir Jovanović (born 1971)	DS (DOS)	18 March 2003	3 March 2004	General Affairs	Živković (I)
		Miroljub Labus (born 1947)	G17+	3 March 2004	3 May 2006	General Affairs	Koštunica (I)
		Ivana Dulić-Marković (born 1961)	G17+	20 June 2006	9 November 2006	General Affairs
		Božidar Đelić (born 1965)	DS	15 May 2007	15 December 2011	Deputy Prime Minister for European Integrations	Koštunica (II) Cvetković (I)
		Ivica Dačić (born 1966)	SPS	7 July 2008	27 July 2012	First Deputy Prime Minister Internal Affairs	Cvetković (I)
		Mlađan Dinkić (born 1964)	G17+	7 July 2008	21 February 2011	Economy and Regional Development
		Jovan Krkobabić (1930–2014)	PUPS	7 July 2008	22 April 2014†	Labour, Employment and Social Policy (from 27 July 2012)	Cvetković (I) Dačić (I)
		Verica Kalanović (born 1954)	G17+	14 March 2011	27 July 2012	Deputy Prime Minister for Economy	Cvetković (I)
		Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970)	SNS	27 July 2012	27 April 2014	First Deputy Prime Minister Defence (until 2 September 2013)	Dačić (I)
		Suzana Grubješić (born 1963)	G17+	27 July 2012	2 September 2013	Deputy Prime Minister for European Integrations
			URS
		Rasim Ljajić (born 1964)	SDPS	27 July 2012	28 October 2020	Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications	Dačić (I) Vučić (I • II) Brnabić (I)
		Ivica Dačić (born 1966)	SPS	27 April 2014	22 October 2020	First Deputy Prime Minister Foreign Affairs	Vučić (I • II) Brnabić (I)
		Kori Udovički (born 1961)	n-p	27 April 2014	11 August 2016	Public Administration and Local Self-Government	Vučić (I)
		Zorana Mihajlović (born 1970)	SNS	27 April 2014	Present	Construction, Transport and Infrastructure (until 28 October 2020) Mining and Energy (from 28 October 2020)	Vučić (I • II) Brnabić (I • II)
		Nebojša Stefanović (born 1976)	SNS	11 August 2016	Present	Internal Affairs (until 28 October 2020) Defence (from 28 October 2020)	Vučić (II) Brnabić (I • II)
		Branko Ružić (born 1975)	SPS	28 October 2020	Present	First Deputy Prime Minister Education, Science and Technological Development	Brnabić (II)
		Maja Gojković (born 1963)	SNS	28 October 2020	Present	Culture and Information
		Branislav Nedimović (born 1977)	SNS	28 October 2020	Present	Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy

See also[]

• Government of Serbia

References[]

External links[]

• Government of Serbia
• Serbian ministries, etc – Rulers.org