Government of Serbia (2004-2007)
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The Government of Serbia
under Vojislav Koštunica
as the Prime Minister was formed on March 3, 2004. After 2007 Serbian parliamentary election
on 21 January, this cabinet served as a transitional government handling only technical issues until the new government was finally formed in May 2007.
This government of Serbia consisted of four political parties - DSS
(10 portfolios), G-17 Plus (4 portfolios), SPO
& NS
(7 portfolios and their subsidiary parties) with parliamentary support of the SPS
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Government of Serbia
Officially the Government of the Republic of Serbia is the executive branch of government in Serbia.-Current government:The current government was elected on 7 July 2008 by the majority vote in the National Assembly of Serbia and restructured on 14 March 2011...
under Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003...
as the Prime Minister was formed on March 3, 2004. After 2007 Serbian parliamentary election
Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007....
on 21 January, this cabinet served as a transitional government handling only technical issues until the new government was finally formed in May 2007.
This government of Serbia consisted of four political parties - DSS
Democratic Party of Serbia
The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
(10 portfolios), G-17 Plus (4 portfolios), SPO
Serbian Renewal Movement
The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia....
& NS
New Serbia
New Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It was created in 1997 by a number of dissidents from the Serbian Renewal Movement....
(7 portfolios and their subsidiary parties) with parliamentary support of the SPS
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
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Composition
| Position | Portfolio | Name | Party |
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| Prime Minister | Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003... |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | Miroljub Labus Miroljub Labus Miroljub Labus is a Serbian economist and politician. Currently he's a University of Belgrade professor, lecturing political economy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law... (2004-2006) Ivana Dulić-Marković Ivana Dulic-Markovic Dr Ivana Dulić-Marković is Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity. She was the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia.... (2006) |
G17+ G17 Plus G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party... |
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| Secretary-General | Dejan Mihajlov Dejan Mihajlov Dejan Mihajlov is the former Secretary-General of the Government of Serbia.He was born in 1972 in Pančevo. He graduated from the Faculty of Law... |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
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| Minister | Foreign Affairs | Vuk Drašković Vuk Draškovic Vuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968... |
SPO Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia.... |
| Minister | Internal Affairs | Dragan Jočić Dragan Jocic Dragan Jočić is the former Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica. He was born in Belgrade in 1960.... |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Defence | Zoran Stanković Zoran Stankovic Zoran Stanković is a former Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia. He served as the Minister of Defence in the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro until the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro... |
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| Minister | Finance | Mlađan Dinkić | G17+ G17 Plus G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party... |
| Minister | Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management | Ivana Dulić-Marković Ivana Dulic-Markovic Dr Ivana Dulić-Marković is Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity. She was the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia.... (2004-2006) Goran Živkov Goran Živkov Goran Živkov was appointed on June 20, 2006 as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Government of Serbia and resigned on October 1 same year... (2006) |
G17+ G17 Plus G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party... |
| Minister | Justice | Zoran Stojković Zoran Stojkovic Zoran Stojković was Serbian Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica.... |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Labour, Employment, and Social Affairs | Slobodan Lalović Slobodan Lalović Slobodan Lalović is a former Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Policy in Serbia, where he served from 2004-2007.... |
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| Minister | Health | Tomica Milosavljević Tomica Milosavljevic Tomica Milosavljević, Prof Dr sci is Serbian politician. He was Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia until January 28, 2011... (2004-2006) |
G17+ G17 Plus G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party... |
| Minister | Capital Investment | Velimir Ilić Velimir Ilic Velimir "Velja" Ilić is Serbian politician and a former Minister of Capital Investments in the Serbian government in the cabinet of Vojislav Koštunica.- Biography :... |
NS New Serbia New Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It was created in 1997 by a number of dissidents from the Serbian Renewal Movement.... |
| Minister | International Economic Relations | Predrag Bubalo Predrag Bubalo Predrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations.... (2004) Milan Parivodić Milan Parivodic Milan Parivodić Serbian Cyrillic Милан Париводић was the Minister of International Economic Relations in the Government of Serbia and also for a short period the acting Minister of Finance in 2006-07. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. His Ph.D... (2004-2006) |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Culture | Dragan Kojadinović Dragan Kojadinovic Dragan Kojadinović was the Serbian Minister of Culture. He graduated from the Department of Yugoslav Literature and Serbian Language at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. For almost thirty years he has worked as a journalist, and was the first director of the Studio B independent... |
SPO Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia.... |
| Minister | Energy and Mining | Radomir Naumov | DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Education and Sport | Ljiljana Čolić Ljiljana Colic Ljiljana Čolić, Ph.D. is a former Minister for Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia.-Personal life and achievements:... (2004) Slobodan Vuksanović Slobodan Vuksanovic Slobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist and translator who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007.... (2004-2007) |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Trade Tourism and Services | Bojan Dimitrijević | SPO Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia.... |
| Minister | Religion | Milan Radulović Milan Radulović Milan Radulović was the Serbian Minister of Religion. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo on the Faculty of Philosophy but he also received his MA and PhD from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology... |
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| Minister | Economy Industry and Privatization |
Dragan Maršićanin Dragan Maršicanin Dragan Maršićanin is a Serbian politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, serving from 2004 to 2009. He was also Serbian Minister of Economy, but his position was put on hold when he decided to run for president in 2004... (2004) Predrag Bubalo Predrag Bubalo Predrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations.... (2004-2007) |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Science and Environmental Protection | Aleksandar Popović | DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Public Administration and Local Self-Government | Zoran Lončar Zoran Loncar Zoran Lončar is the former Serbian Minister of Education and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. He holds a PhD in Law. In 2000 he joined the Democratic Party of Serbia... |
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
| Minister | Diaspora | Vojislav Vukčević Vojislav Vukcevic Vojislav Vukčević was Serbian Minister of the Diaspora.Vukčević was born in 1938 in Osijek in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , his father being from Montenegro. He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School and has received a doctoral degree from the University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Law,... |
SPO Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia.... |
Changes
- Dragan MaršićaninDragan MaršicaninDragan Maršićanin is a Serbian politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, serving from 2004 to 2009. He was also Serbian Minister of Economy, but his position was put on hold when he decided to run for president in 2004...
, Minister of Economy, resigned from his position in order to run at the presidentialSerbian presidential election, 2004Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday, 27 June 2004. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor...
elections in June 2004. After finishing in fourth place, he was sent to SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
as an ambassador. The Ministry of Economy was then restructured and renamed into the Ministry of Industry and Privatization. On October 19, 2004, Minister of International Economic Relations Predrag BubaloPredrag BubaloPredrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations....
became Maršićanin's replacement as the new Minster of Industry and Privatization.
- Because Predrag BubaloPredrag BubaloPredrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations....
left his position as the Minister of International Economic Relations, that job went to Milan ParivodićMilan ParivodicMilan Parivodić Serbian Cyrillic Милан Париводић was the Minister of International Economic Relations in the Government of Serbia and also for a short period the acting Minister of Finance in 2006-07. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. His Ph.D...
on the same day October 19, 2004.
- Ljiljana ČolićLjiljana ColicLjiljana Čolić, Ph.D. is a former Minister for Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia.-Personal life and achievements:...
was forced to leave the position of Education and Sport Minister on September 16, 2004 after she made several controversial decisions. These decisions concerned her interference into the Biology schoolbook contents when she demanded evolutionEvolutionEvolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
part to be equalized with creationist theoryCreationismCreationism is the religious beliefthat humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic god. As science developed from the 18th century onwards, various views developed which aimed to reconcile science with the Genesis...
. On October 19, 2004 Slobodan VuksanovićSlobodan VuksanovicSlobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist and translator who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007....
was named as her replacement.
- Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub LabusMiroljub LabusMiroljub Labus is a Serbian economist and politician. Currently he's a University of Belgrade professor, lecturing political economy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law...
resigned on his position on May 3, 2006 after the EU froze talks with Serbia on accession. Labus was the head of the EU accession team but the government failed to arrest Ratko MladićRatko MladićRatko Mladić is an accused war criminal and a former Bosnian Serb military leader. On May 31, 2011, Mladić was extradited to The Hague, where he was processed at the detention center that holds suspects for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
, which was the principal condition of the EU to further pursue talks with Serbia.
- Ivana Dulić-MarkovićIvana Dulic-MarkovicDr Ivana Dulić-Marković is Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity. She was the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia....
had resigned from the position of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management on June 15, 2006, as she had been nominated to become the new Deputy Prime Minister, the position she was elected for on June 20, 2006.
- On the same day Dulic was named new Deputy PM, Goran ŽivkovGoran ŽivkovGoran Živkov was appointed on June 20, 2006 as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Government of Serbia and resigned on October 1 same year...
got named as her replacement as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management.
- All Ministers, members of G17+ party, resigned on October 1 due to the fact EU stopped the accession negotiations with Serbia. These ministers are Ivana Dulić-MarkovićIvana Dulic-MarkovicDr Ivana Dulić-Marković is Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity. She was the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia....
, Mlađan Dinkić, Goran ŽivkovGoran ŽivkovGoran Živkov was appointed on June 20, 2006 as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Government of Serbia and resigned on October 1 same year...
, Tomica MilosavljevićTomica MilosavljevicTomica Milosavljević, Prof Dr sci is Serbian politician. He was Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia until January 28, 2011...
. These resignations will be effective after the session of parliament and the parliament will probably not have any further sessions before elections, which are now inevitable as the Government does not have the support of the Parliament.
See also
- Cabinet of Serbia (2001–2004)
- Cabinet of Serbia (2007–2008)