Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has reportedly announced that he will step down on 27 September. He wants to run in the parliamentary elections due at the end of October, with the ambition of becoming Serbia's prime minister. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗ On Thursday, 24 September, Vučić specified the time from New York: he will submit his resignation on Sunday at around 20.00, and he also promised to explain his decision.
Vučić announced his decision on Monday, 14 September. After giving up the presidential mandate, he wants to join the race for a seat in parliament and then to seek the post of prime minister. idnes.cz ↗
He announced the exact time only ten days later. On Thursday, 24 September, during his stay in New York for the UN General Assembly, he said: "On Sunday evening, around 20.00, I am submitting my resignation." He added that he thinks it will be "around eight o'clock in the evening", and promised that he would then explain his decision to the public. N1 ↗ Nova ↗
His decision comes at a time of long-running protests against the Serbian government. The student movement is also preparing to enter the election race. In two days it collected signatures across the country in support of its own candidate list, which contains 250 candidates. svet.sme.sk ↗
The student protests broke out after a concrete canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad on 1 November 2024. Fourteen people died in the incident. Since then, the students have been criticising the conditions in the country and the government's conduct. teraz.sk ↗
Vučić criticised the students' candidate list and called it nameless. In the parliamentary elections, he may therefore face a movement that has been protesting against his power for more than a year. ta3.com ↗
That same evening, the electoral field narrowed. The Republic Electoral Commission adopted a decision to withdraw the candidate list "Izbor naroda", submitted by the Narodna Srbija coalition, that is, the National Movement of Serbia, New Face of Serbia and Ecological Uprising. The coalition explained that it wants to contribute to a "referendum atmosphere" and to direct its capacities towards monitoring the electoral process; according to the daily Danas, it thereby supported the student list. Tanasije Marinković, a professor of constitutional law and a member of the commission, pointed out a legal gap: it is not resolved what will happen to the ordinal number under which the withdrawn list had been declared, and a shift in the numbers could harm the campaigns of the other lists. N1 ↗ Danas ↗
On Thursday evening, the first pre-election debate also took place, on the N1 channel. Ana Brnabić appeared in it for the list "Aleksandar Vučić — United Serbia", and Mirjana Nikolić, rector of the University of Arts in Belgrade, for the "Student List — Students Win". In the studio, Brnabić attacked the channel itself, saying that it had refused to sell her coalition airtime for advertising spots and that for three years she had been listening to "constant lies". N1 ↗
The expected political developments will depend on the outcome of the October elections. Vučić's departure from the presidency may change the distribution of the top state offices, while his further role in politics is to continue through a candidacy for parliament.
Updated Aleksandar Vučić Announces Departure from the Presidency
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26.10.2026
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Srbskí študenti odovzdali úradom listinu volebných kandidátov
svet.sme.sk
| 22:13 14.09.
Študenti v Srbsku odovzdali kandidátnu listinu pre októbrové voľby
teraz.sk
| 22:04 14.09.
Srbský prezident Vučić skončí ve funkci, píší média. Chce se stát premiérem
forum24.cz
| 21:27 14.09.
Législatives en Serbie: le mouvement étudiant présente une liste de 250 candidats
Le Figaro
| 22:47 14.09.
Koniec jednej éry alebo nový manéver? Vučić ohlásil koniec v prezidentskom úrade, zuby si má mieriť na post premiéra
ta3.com
| 22:35 14.09.
Srbský prezident Vučić za 14 dní rezignuje, chce být premiérem
seznamzpravy.cz
| 21:58 14.09.
Srbský prezident Vučić řekl, kdy rezignuje. Usilovat chce o premiérský post
idnes.cz
| 21:43 14.09.
Vučić složí funkci srbského prezidenta. Po volbách chce být premiér
denik.cz
| 21:40 14.09.
Srbský prezident Vučić koncem září rezignuje, hodlá kandidovat na premiéra
blesk.cz
| 21:31 14.09.
Vučić oznámil rezignaci. V říjnových volbách chce kandidovat na premiéra
zpravy.aktualne.cz
| 21:30 14.09.
Srbský prezident Aleksandar Vučič podľa médií dnes oznámil, že rezignuje na prezidentský post 27. septembra.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 21:24 14.09.
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