The Government of Serbia under Zoran ÃÂinÃÂiàas the prime minister was formed on 25 January 2001. It is the first post-Miloà ¡eviàgovernment formed after Serbian parliamentary elections held on 23 December 2000, when the Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition (DOS) won 64.09% of the popular vote translating into 176 seats in the Serbian National Assembly (out of 250 seats).
Zoran ÃÂinÃÂiÃÂ, the leader of the Democratic Party, was designated as prime minister and given the task of forming Serbia's first freely elected post-communist and post-Miloà ¡eviàGovernment. The Government was sworn in on 25 January 2001 and its term officially ended on March 3, 2004, when the new government under PM Vojislav Koà ¡tunica was unveiled following the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election held in late December.
When PM Zoran ÃÂinÃÂiàwas assassinated on March 12, 2003, Nebojà ¡a ÃÂovià(one of the five deputy PMs at the time) became the acting PM for four days until Zoran à ½ivkoviàgot named as the new prime minister on March 16, 2003.
After ÃÂinÃÂiÃÂ's assassination, the government also went through a slight reconfiguration as ÃÂedomir JovanoviÃÂ, up to that point DOS' parliamentary club chief, became deputy PM.
The Deputy Ministers in the Serbian Government appointed in February 2001 were:
(The post of Deputy Minister has since 2004 been abolished and a new post of State Secretary (drà ¾avni sekretar) has been instituted (of which there are several in each Ministry).
1. ^ Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No.14, 23 February 2001.