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The banker, the basketball star, the cardiologist and the chemist: meet Serbia's potential new leaders

Straits Times28 October 2026, 08:06 UTCSerbia

BELGRADE, Oct 28 - After a leaderless student-led protest movement swept Serbia's former President Aleksandar Vucic from power in a historic snap election on Sunday, the country is waiting to hear who it will appoint as prime minister and to other key ministerial positions as it forms a government.

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