Serbian president resigns to run for prime minister in October election

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned on Sunday to run for prime minister in an early election. He left office seven months before his term was due to end in May 2027. The constitution does not allow him to serve a third term as president, so he chose a different path to keep power.

Vučić has led Serbian politics for more than a decade. He will now lead his Serbian Progressive Party in a parliamentary election on 25 October. If his party wins and forms a government, he can become prime minister.

The early election was called after nearly two years of protests in Serbia. The protests began in November 2024, when a roof collapse at a train station in Novi Sad killed 16 people.