Second Government under Vojislav Koštunica as the Prime Minister was formed on 15 May 2007. After Serbian parliamentary election, 2008 this cabinet served as a transitional government handling only technical issues until the new government was formed on 7 July 2008.
The Government of Serbia was formed on 15 May 2007 after three-month-long negotiations and fierce political scandals and fighting that much disturbed the population, and exactly seven 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 8 March 2008. New parliamentary elections were held together with local elections on 11 May 2008. The new Government was formed on 7 July 2008.
Composition Position Portfolio Name Image 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 Ind. 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+
See also Cabinet of Serbia (2000–01) Cabinet of Serbia (2001–04) Cabinet of Serbia (2004–07) Cabinet of Serbia (2008–12) Cabinet of Serbia (2012–14) Politics of Serbia
References
External links The Government of Serbia