In government in crisis, women are leading the way: only a few departments remain vacant

Serbian politicians, Photo: Illustration

According to Prime Minister-designate Ana Brnabić, Serbia will know the names of all the ministers who will form the new government on October 28 at the latest, and a good part of the departments, the most important, are already divided. The spears are breaking for just a few more government seats, which are believed to be filled in the next few days.

Siniša Mali confirmed that he will be a minister in the new government and that he will continue to head the finance department as in the previous convocation of Ana Brnabić’s cabinet.

– I received an offer that was not rejected, to continue in charge of the finance department. That is a great honor and a great responsibility for me – Mali said yesterday on television “Prva”.

Branislav Nedimović will continue to head his current department, agriculture, and the Ministry of Health will remain in the hands of Zlatibor Lončar. Apart from them, only the socialist Branko Ruzic will keep his previous post and will remain Minister of State Administration and Local Autonomy. And all other personal solutions can be characterized as surprises or castles …

According to our information, Nikola Selaković, former Secretary General of the Head of State, will head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Interior Ministry will be taken over by Aleksandar Vulin, and the Defense Department will belong to the former Police Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic. The Ministry of Culture will be taken over by Maja Gojković, and a new person will take over as the Ministry of Justice: Maja Popović. The Ministry of Economy will take over “Dragon Woman”, as Andjelka Atanaskovic, the current director of “Petoletka” from Trstenik, is called. Most likely, Zorana Mihajlović will be the Minister of Energy, while her current department (construction, traffic, infrastructure) will be divided into two parts, one of which, probably traffic, will belong to Aleksandar Antić. However, it is not impossible for Antic to remain in the current department. Jadranka Joksimović will likely take over the Ministry of Labor, Veterans Affairs and Social Affairs, while Suzana Grubješić should take her place in the Ministry of European Integration.

Suzana Grubjesic, Photo: Tanjug / Filip Kraincanic

The department of commerce and telecommunications, which until now has been headed by Rasim Ljajic, will be entrusted to his party colleague Tatjana Matic, and the new ministry for family care to someone from Aleksandar Shapic’s party.

Irena Vujović, the current mayor of Savski venac, is one of the few on the Serbian political scene and in the SNS who did not run for a ministerial post. She told Vučić that she was not interested in a place in the new cabinet at Nemanjina 11, but that she was ready to help foreigners and Serbia in any place chosen by the president.