Serbia gets new Government, Đuro Macut Prime Minister

(Patria) - Đuro Macut is the new Prime Minister of Serbia.

The Serbian Parliament today elected a new Government with 153 votes "for", which will have 30 ministers, 10 of whom are new names.

199 MPs voted, and 46 voted against.

Presenting his exposé, Macut said that Serbia is tired of divisions and blockades, and that work must be done on harmonizing society.

He also stated that unity can be built through dialogue, tolerance, work, and building a value system.

He announced that his first priority will be the normal functioning of schools and universities.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić congratulated the citizens on the election of the new Government, and wished the new Prime Minister Macut and the members of his cabinet to "liberate the country from terror and return it to the path of success".

The cabinet of Đuro Macut includes the following ministers:

• Siniša Mali, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance;

• Ivica Dačić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs;

• Adrijana Mesarović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy;

• Dragan Glamočić, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management;

• Sara Pavkov, Minister of Environmental Protection;

• Aleksandra Sofronijević, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure;

• Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Minister of Mining and Energy;

• Jagoda Lazarević, Minister of Internal and External Trade;

• Nenad Vujić, Minister of Justice;

• Snežana Paunović, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government;

• Demo Beriša, Minister of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue;

• Bratislav Gašić, Minister of Defence;

• Marko Đurić, Minister of Foreign Affairs;

• Nemanja Starović, Minister of European Integration;

• Dejan Vuk Stanković, Minister of Education;

• Zlatibor Lončar, Minister of Health;

• Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs;

• Jelena Žarić Kovačević, Minister for Family Care and Demography;

• Zoran Gajić, Minister of Sports;

• Nikola Selaković, Minister of Culture;

• Milan Krkobabić, Minister for Village Care;

• Bela Balint, Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation;

• Husein Memić, Minister of Tourism and Youth;

• Boris Bratina, Minister of Information and Telecommunications;

• Darko Glišić, Minister for Public Investments; and

• Novica Tončev, Đorđe Milićević, Usame Zukorlić, Nenad Popović, and Tatjana Macura - Ministers without portfolio.

The Serbian Parliament noted the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević on March 19.

Vučević resigned on January 28, stating that he felt responsible because members of the Serbian Progressive Party, of which he is the president, had beaten a female student in Novi Sad the day before.

The fall of the Serbian Government occurred in the midst of anti-regime protests led by students who have been blocking dozens of faculties across Serbia since the end of November 2024, demanding accountability for the deaths of 16 people in the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad.