Second cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić explained

Cabinet Name:Second cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić
Cabinet Number:14th
Jurisdiction:Republic of Serbia
Flag:Flag of Serbia.svg
Flag Border:true
Incumbent:2016–2017
Date Formed:11 August 2016
Date Dissolved:29 June 2017
Government Head:Aleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (Acting)
State Head:Tomislav Nikolić
Aleksandar Vučić
Political Parties:SNS,
SPS,
SDPS,
PS,
PUPS
Opposition Parties:-->
Opposition Leaders:-->
Election:24 April 2016
Previous:First cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić
Successor:First cabinet of Ana Brnabić

The Government of Serbia, the second one led by prime minister Aleksandar Vučić, was elected on 11 August 2016 by a majority vote in the National Assembly.[1] Parliamentary election was held on 24 April 2016, and the ruling coalition of the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia, running in separate lists, won the total of 160 out of 250 seats and retained its parliamentary majority. While the Vučić's Progressive party again won enough seats to form the government alone, he decided to continue cooperation with the Socialists.

The cabinet comprises ministers from the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS), Movement of Socialists (PS) and Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), as well as some without a party affiliation. Apart from the prime minister, the cabinet has 19 members: 16 with a ministry and 3 without portfolio. Eleven of them served in the previous cabinet and eight are new.[2]

On 30 May 2017 Vučić resigned the post of prime minister, having been elected as the President of Serbia on the April 2017 elections. First Deputy Ivica Dačić assumed the post of acting prime minister.[3] The new cabinet under prime minister Ana Brnabić, with a similar composition of ministers, was voted on 29 June.[4]

Supporting parties

PartyMain ideologyPolitical positionLeader
Government parties
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)PopulismBig tentAleksandar Vučić
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)Social democracyCentre-leftIvica Dačić
Movement of Socialists (PS)Left-wing nationalismCentre-leftAleksandar Vulin
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)Pensioners' interestsCentreMilan Krkobabić
Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS)Social democracyCentre-leftRasim Ljajić
Confidence and supply
United Serbia (JS)National conservatismRight-wingDragan Marković
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ)Hungarian minority interestsCentre-rightIstván Pásztor
Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak (BDZS)Bosniak minority interestsRight-wingJahja Fehratović

Cabinet members

PositionIncumbentImageSince
Prime MinisterAleksandar Vučić27 April 2014 –
30 May 2017
SNS
Prime Minister (acting)Ivica Dačić30 May 2017SPS
First Deputy Prime Minister (formerly) and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
27 April 2014
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure
Zorana Mihajlović27 April 2014SNS
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications
Rasim Ljajić27 April 2014SDPS
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Internal Affairs
Nebojša Stefanović27 April 2014
11 August 2016
SNS
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-GovernmentAna Brnabić11 August 2016Nonpartisan
Minister of FinanceDušan Vujović15 July 2014Nonpartisan
Minister of EconomyGoran Knežević11 August 2016SNS
Minister of Agriculture and Environmental ProtectionBranislav Nedimović11 August 2016SNS
Minister of Energy and MiningAleksandar Antić27 April 2014SPS
Minister of JusticeNela Kuburović11 August 2016SNS
Minister of DefenceZoran Đorđević2 March 2016SNS
Minister of Education, Science and Technological DevelopmentMladen Šarčević11 August 2016Nonpartisan
Minister of HealthZlatibor Lončar27 April 2014SNS
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social PolicyAleksandar Vulin27 April 2014PS
Minister of Youth and SportsVanja Udovičić2 September 2013SNS
Minister of Culture and InformationVladan Vukosavljević11 August 2016Nonpartisan
Minister without portfolio in charge of European IntegrationJadranka Joksimović27 April 2014SNS
Minister without portfolio in charge of Violence Prevention and Protection of Children and the DisabledSlavica Đukić Dejanović11 August 2016SPS
Minister without portfolio in charge of Regional DevelopmentMilan Krkobabić11 August 2016PUPS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Serbian government gets parliament approval . Reuters . 11 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Objavljen sastav nove Vlade, osam novih imena . N1 . 8 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Vucic takes oath of office, assumes Serbian presidency . B92 . 31 May 2017.
  4. Web site: SRBIJA DOBILA NOVU VLADU Premijerka Ana Brnabić i ministri položili zakletvu . Blic . 29 June 2017 . 30 June 2017.