Cabinet of Serbia (2007–2008)

Second Government under Vojislav Koštunica as the Prime Minister was formed on May 15, 2007. After Serbian parliamentary election, 2008 this cabinet served as a transitional government handling only technical issues until the new government was formed on July 7, 2008.

The Government of Serbia was formed on May 15, 2007 after three month long negotiations and fierce political scandals and fighting that much disturbed the population, and exactly 7 minutes before midnight when the three month constitutional deadline would pass. It is formed by the Democratic Party (including the minority Sanjak Democratic Party), the coalition of the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia, and G17 Plus. The DS, DSS-NS and G17+ parliamentary clubs elected the new cabinet proposed by Vojislav Koštunica (DSS), the previous Prime Minister, with the further support of some of the minorities (List for Sanjak and Roma Union of Serbia) votes accumulating 133 of the parliament's 250 seats. The Cabinet was sworn shortly before midnight, the deadline, in front of Milutin Mrkonjić (SPS), the temporary acting Speaker. The five new Ministers (Dragan Šutanovac, Božidar Đelić, Milan Marković, Mlađan Dinkić and Dušan Petrović) that were Deputies in the parliament have immediately filed their resignations, as per the Constitution which disables a Minister to be an active member in the National Assembly.

The Government collapsed on March 8, 2008. New parliamentary elections were held together with local elections on May 11, 2008. The new Government was formed on July 7, 2008.

Composition

Position Portfolio Name Party
Prime Minister General Affairs Vojislav Koštunica DSS
Deputy Prime Minister European Integrations Božidar Đelić DS
Secretary-General Dejan Mihajlov DSS
Minister Finance Mirko Cvetković
Minister Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Slobodan Milosavljević DS
Minister Defence Dragan Šutanovac DS
Minister Justice Dušan Petrović DS
Minister Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremić DS
Minister Labour and Social Policy Rasim Ljajić SDP
Minister Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Marković DS
Minister Environmental Protection Saša Dragin DS
Minister Telecommunications and Information Society Aleksandra Smiljanić DS
Minister Diaspora Milica Čubrilo DS
Minister Culture Vojislav Brajović DS
Minister without Portfolio National Investment Plan Dragan Đilas DS
Minister Interior Dragan Jočić DSS
Minister Energy and Mining Aleksandar Popović DSS
Minister Infrastructure Velimir Ilić NS
Minister Kosovo-Metohija Slobodan Samardžić DSS
Minister Education Zoran Lončar DSS
Minister Trade and Services Predrag Bubalo DSS
Minister Religion Radomir Naumov DSS
Minister Economy and Regional Development Mlađan Dinkić G17+
Minister Science Ana Pešikan G17+
Minister Health Tomica Milosavljević G17+
Minister Youth and Sports Snežana Samardžić-Marković G17+

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