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Head of Serbian Gov't Proposes Defense Minister Candidacy

© AFP 2023 / EMMANUEL DUNANDSerbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. - Sputnik International
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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has proposed to appoint a former deputy defense minister as the head of the ministry, the government's press service said in a statement.

A man walks past a poster with the reading “Ten years of NATO occupation of Serbia”, and displaying images from 1999 NATO air campaign against Serbia and Montenegro, in Belgrade on March 23, 2009. - Sputnik International
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BELGRADE (Sputnik) On February 5, the Serbian National Assembly voted at an extraordinary session for the dismissal of Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic for his offensive remarks toward a journalist.

"On the basis of the constitutional and legal powers, head of the Republic of Serbia's government Aleksandar Vucic proposed today…to appoint Zoran Djordjevic, the incumbent deputy minister, as the defense minister," the statement published Saturday read.

According to the statement, Djordjevic is due to be acting defense minister of Serbia until a new government is formed, which would follow the snap parliamentary elections in the country.

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