First cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić

The cabinet of the Government of Serbia, led by prime minister Aleksandar Vučić, was elected on 27 April 2014 by a majority vote in the National Assembly. It comprised ministers from the Serbian Progressive Party, Socialist Party of Serbia, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Movement of Socialists and New Serbia, as well as some independent ministers. The cabinet was voted in on April 28, 2014.^[1]

First cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić
13th Cabinet of Republic of Serbia
2014–2016
Date formed	27 April 2014
Date dissolved	11 August 2016
People and organisations
Head of state	Tomislav Nikolić
Head of government	Aleksandar Vučić
Member parties	SNS, SPS, SDPS, PS, NS
History
Election	16 March 2014
Predecessor	Cabinet of Ivica Dačić
Successor	Second cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić

On 17 January 2016 Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to join the European Union". The National Assembly was dissolved on 3 March, thus turning the cabinet into a caretaker government.^[2]

Parliamentary election was held on 24 April 2016,^[3] and Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition retained its majority, winning 131 of the 250 seats. Vučić announced the new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining the coalition with the Socialist Party.^[4] The new government was approved by the National Assembly on August 10.^[5]

Supporting parties

Party		Main ideology	Political position	Leader
Government parties
	Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)	Populism	Big tent	Aleksandar Vučić
	Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)	Social democracy	Centre-left	Ivica Dačić
	Movement of Socialists (PS)	Left-wing nationalism	Centre-left	Aleksandar Vulin
	Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS)	Social democracy	Centre-left	Rasim Ljajić
	New Serbia (NS)	Conservatism	Right-wing	Velimir Ilić
Confidence and supply
	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)	Pensioners' interests	Centre	Jovan Krkobabić
	United Serbia (JS)	National conservatism	Right-wing	Dragan Marković
	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ)	Hungarian minority interests	Centre-right	István Pásztor
	Party for Democratic Action (PVD)	Albanian minority interests	Centre-right	Riza Halimi

Cabinet members

Position	Portfolio	Name	Image	In Office	Party
Prime Minister	General Affairs	Aleksandar Vučić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
First Deputy Prime Minister	General Affairs	Ivica Dačić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SPS
Minister	Foreign Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister	General Affairs	Zorana Mihajlović		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Transportation, Construction and Infrastructure
Deputy Prime Minister	General Affairs	Rasim Ljajić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SDPS
Minister	Trade, Telecommunications and Tourism
Deputy Prime Minister	General Affairs	Kori Udovički		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		None
Minister	Public Administration and Local Self-Government
Minister	Finance	Lazar Krstić		27 April 2014 - 15 July 2014		None
		Dušan Vujović		15 July 2014 - 11 August 2016		None
Minister	Economy			27 April 2014 - 3 September 2014
		Željko Sertić		3 September 2014 - 11 August 2016		None
Minister	Agriculture and Environmental Protection	Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SPS
Minister	Energy and Mining	Aleksandar Antić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SPS
Minister	Justice	Nikola Selaković		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Internal Affairs	Nebojša Stefanović		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Defence	Bratislav Gašić		27 April 2014 - 05 February 2016		SNS
		Zoran Đorđević		2 March 2016 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Education and Science	Srđan Verbić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		None
Minister	Health	Zlatibor Lončar		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy	Aleksandar Vulin		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		PS
Minister	Youth and Sports	Vanja Udovičić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister	Culture and Information	Ivan Tasovac		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		None
Minister without portfolio	European Integration	Jadranka Joksimović		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		SNS
Minister without portfolio	Emergency Situations	Velimir Ilić		27 April 2014 - 11 August 2016		NS

See also

• Cabinet of Ivica Dačić
• List of prime ministers of Serbia
• Cabinet of Serbia

References

1. "Srbija ima novu vladu – DW – 28. 4. 2014". dw.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
2. "Završena sednica, usvojeno deset akata i za kraj - RASPUŠTENA SKUPŠTINA" (in Serbian). Blic. 3 March 2016.
3. "Nikolić raspisao izbore: Želim da pobedi SNS". B92. 4 March 2016.
4. "Objavljen sastav nove Vlade, osam novih imena". N1. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
5. "New Serbian government gets parliament approval". Reuters. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016.

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