Cabinet of Miloš Vučević explained

Cabinet Name:Cabinet of Miloš Vučević
Cabinet Type:Government
Jurisdiction:Serbia
Flag:Flag of Serbia.svg
Incumbent:2024–present
Date Formed:2 May 2024
State Head:Aleksandar Vučić
State Head Title:President
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Deputy Government Head Title:Deputy Prime Ministers
Members Number:22
27
Total Number:32
Legislature Status:Coalition government
Election:2023 Serbian parliamentary election
Legislature Term:14th convocation of the National Assembly
Incoming Formation:2024 government formation
Predecessor:Brnabić III

The cabinet of Miloš Vučević was formed on 2 May 2024, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Serbia by the National Assembly on the same day. It succeeded the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić and it has been the incumbent government of Serbia since 2 May 2024.

The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power in 2012. After the 2023 parliamentary election, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, gave Vučević the mandate to form a government. The cabinet is composed of members of SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS), and Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP), Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ), Movement of Socialists (PS), and Serbian People's Party (SNP). With 32 ministers in total, it has the largest amount of ministers of any post-Milošević government.

Background

The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power after the 2012 parliamentary election, along with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).[1] In the 2023 parliamentary election, SNS won a majority of seats in the National Assembly of Serbia.[2] After the election, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, held negotiations with parliamentary parties from 26 February to 4 March.[3] [4] Vučić gave Miloš Vučević, the president of SNS, the mandate to form a government on 30 March.[5]

Investiture

The investiture vote occurred on 2 May 2024.[6]

Investiture
Miloš Vučević (SNS)
Ballot →2 May 2024
Required majority →126 out of 250
Abstentions
Source:[7]

Supporting parties

PartyMain ideologyPolitical positionLeader
Government parties
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)PopulismBig tentMiloš Vučević
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)Social democracyCentre-leftIvica Dačić
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV)Croat minority interestsCentreTomislav Žigmanov
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)Pensioners' interestsCentreMilan Krkobabić
Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS)Social democracyCentre-leftRasim Ljajić
Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP)Bosniak minority interestsCentre-rightUsame Zukorlić
Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ)UltranationalismFar-rightMilica Đurđević Stamenkovski
Movement of Socialists (PS)Left-wing nationalismCentre-leftBojan Torbica
Serbian People's Party (SNP)National conservatismRight-wingNenad Popović
Confidence and supply
United Serbia (JS)National conservatismRight-wingDragan Marković
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ)Hungarian minority interestsCentre-rightBálint Pásztor

Composition

The cabinet of Miloš Vučević is composed of 25 ministries. It has the largest amount of ministers of any post-Milošević government.

PortfolioNamePartyTook officeLeft office
Prime MinisterMiloš VučevićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent[8]
Deputy Prime MinistersSiniša MaliSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Ivica DačićSPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Irena VujovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Aleksandar VulinPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of FinanceSiniša MaliSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of EconomyAdrijana MesarovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water EconomyAleksandar MartinovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Environmental ProtectionIrena VujovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Construction, Transport and InfrastructureGoran VesićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Mining and EnergyDubravka ĐedovićIndependent2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Internal and Foreign TradeTomislav MomirovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of JusticeMaja PopovićIndependent2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-GovernmentJelena Žarić KovačevićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Human and Minority Rights and Social DialogueTomislav ŽigmanovDSHV2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Internal AffairsIvica DačićSPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of DefenceBratislav GašićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Foreign AffairsMarko ĐurićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of European IntegrationTanja MiščevićIndependent2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of EducationSlavica Đukić DejanovićSPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of HealthZlatibor LončarSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social PolicyNemanja StarovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Family Welfare and DemographyMilica Đurđević StamenkovskiSSZ2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of SportsZoran GajićIndependent2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of CultureNikola SelakovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Rural WelfareMilan KrkobabićPUPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Science, Technological Development and InnovationJelena BegovićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Tourism and YouthHusein MemićSDPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister of Information and TelecommunicationsDejan RistićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Minister for Public InvestmentsDarko GlišićSNS2 May 2024Incumbent
Ministers without portfolioNovica TončevSPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Đorđe MilićevićSPS2 May 2024Incumbent
Usame ZukorlićSPP2 May 2024Incumbent
Nenad PopovićSNP2 May 2024Incumbent
Tatjana MacuraIndependent2 May 2024Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 May 2012 . Izbori 2012: Rezultati i postizborna trgovina . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630232520/https://www.vreme.com/projekat/izbori-2012-rezultati-i-postizborna-trgovina/ . 30 June 2022 . 27 August 2022 . Vreme . sr-RS.
  2. Web site: 18 December 2023 . CeSID i IPSOS obradili 97,2 odsto uzorka – SNS-u 128 mandata, SPN-u 65 . CeSID and IPSOS processed 97.2 percent of the sample – SNS 128 mandates, SPN 65 . 18 December 2023 . N1 . sr.
  3. News: 2024-02-26 . Počele konsultacije o mandataru nove Vlade Srbije . Consultations on the mandate of the new Government of Serbia have begun . 2024-07-01 . Radio Free Europe . sr.
  4. Web site: Bulajić . Žana . 2024-03-04 . Konsultacije o Vladi završene, mandatara ne znamo: Većinu imaju, ali se naprednjacima tradicionalno ne žuri . The consultations on the government are over, we don't know the mandate holder: They have the majority, but the Progressives are traditionally not in a hurry . 2024-07-01 . N1 . sr.
  5. News: 2024-03-31 . Miloš Vučević mandatar za sastavljanje nove Vlade Srbije . Miloš Vučević, the mandate holder for forming the new Government of Serbia . 2024-07-01 . Radio Free Europe . sr.
  6. News: 2024-05-02 . Izglasana nova Vlada Srbije . The new Government of Serbia was voted in . 2024-07-01 . Radio Free Europe . sr.
  7. Web site: Detalji glasanja za Odluku o izboru Vlade Republike Srbije . Details of the vote for the decision on the election of the Government of Serbia . Otvoreni Parlament . 1 July 2024 . sr . 2 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Maričić . Slobodan . Anđelković . Nataša . Radenković Jeremić . Milica . Izabrana nova Vlada Srbije, Miloš Vučević premijer . New government has been elected, Miloš Vučević is the prime minister . 2024-05-06 . BBC News . sr.