“Serbia will never impose sanctions on the Russian Federation (in relation to the international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War)”
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Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician serving as President of Serbia since 2017. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as President of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, First Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014, and Prime Minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017.
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politics · President of Serbia since 2017 · politician · lawyer · head of government · also Aleksandar Vučić, Vučić
Born 5 March 1970 · Q222031
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2026· 31 entries
Demócrata: Vucic baraja el 18 o el 25 de octubre para las legislativas en Serbia
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Published video “Вучић: Очекујем одговор Рутеа наредних дана”.
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Published video “Вучић: Парламентарни избори у Србији одржаће се, како ствари стоје, или 18. или 25. октобра”.
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Published video “Вучић: Терор Аљбина Куртија и Приштине над српским становништвом мора да престане”.
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Published video “Вучић: Развијамо сваки део Србије због наше деце, због будућности Србије”.
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Published video “Вучић: И ја сам срећан што сам видео Вас”.
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Published video “Вучић: Ово је земља кошарке”.
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Published video “Вучић: Током НАТО бомбардовања протестовали смо заједно на мосту”.
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Published video “Вучић: Наћи ћемо начин ванинституционално да помогнемо”.
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Published video “Вучић: Највеће богатство су деца”.
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Published video “Вучић: Једна инвестиција мења све”.
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vreme.com: Vučić: On the one hand, all the blockaders and the SPS, and on the other, the United Serbia
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KoSSev: Vučić de nuevo: El día que no tengamos una lista serbia, tampoco habrá serbios en Kosovo
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BALK Magazin: Serbian Media: Will Vučić Silence Independent Media?
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vreme.com: Economist Milan Kovačević: By going around the village and giving what he needs, Vučić is spreading corruption
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vijesti.me: Marić: Vučić's messages to Montenegro look more like a political campaign than real influence
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vijesti.me: Stojiljković: Vučić's playing on the division between Mandić and Knežević could come back to haunt him like a boomerang
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vreme.com: Vučić visits the Expo: More Chinese workers and "handover of the keys" in three and a half months
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vreme.com: Desnica and Vučić: Caliph instead of Caliph
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EUalive: New war of words between Spajić and Vučić deepens Serbia-Montenegro rift
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KOHA.net: State Department on Vučić's statement on the Ibar River: Kosovo-Serbia normalization is necessary
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theins.press: Zelensky visits Serbia for first time as president, giving Vučić chance to signal openness to Europe, analyst says
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EUalive: Serbian President Vučić opposes KFOR withdrawal from sensitive Kosovo bridge
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Kyiv Post: OPINION: Zelensky in Belgrade: Vučić Refused to Let Serbia Foot Putin’s Bill
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Brussels Signal: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić sees world at ‘the beginning of a bigger war’
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EUalive: Kosovo and Albania react to Zelenskyy-Vučić reaffirmation of mutual territorial integrity support
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KoSSev: Kurti sobre los "objetivos hegemónicos" de Serbia, Vučić: Desarrollaremos el ejército; sobre el río Ibro: "No estoy amenazando, estoy lidiando con los cursos de agua en el territorio de Serbia".
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KoSSev: Pacoli reacted to Vučić's announcement about the Ibar: Water resources cannot be an instrument of threat and destabilization
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Public attention spiked: 6,288 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 892, with 9 article edits. Editors noted: Račak massacre
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Public attention spiked: 3,606 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 892, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Račak massacre fixed reference
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2024· 2 entries
Kosovo president Vjosa Osmani again criticized Vučić for denying the killings, with Prime Minister Albin Kurti criticizing Vučić for not apologizing for the massacre, either as Milosevic's minister of information or as t
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Vučić condemned the UN General Assembly's decision to adopt an annual commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (2022).
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Instagram: 223K followers (@avucic).
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2021· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (2021).
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky presented by Vladimir Putin (2019).
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Awarded Order of St. Sava (2019).
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Freedom House's report downgraded Serbia's status from Free to Partly Free due to the deterioration in the conduct of elections, continued attempts by the government and allied media outlets to undermine independent jour
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Republika Srpska presented by Milorad Dodik in Belgrade (2018).
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Awarded Dostyk Order of grade I presented by Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev in Astana (2018).
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International Research & Exchanges Board described the situation in the media in Serbia as the worst in recent history, and that Media Sustainability Index dropped because the most polarized media in almost 20 years, an
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The Independent Association of Serbian Journalists recorded the highest number of attacks against journalists in decade
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2017· 7 entries
Election won: 2017 presidential election.
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Awarded Order of Saint Mark of Alexandria (2017).
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Campaign: 2017 presidential election.
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Career landmark: President of Serbia (2017).
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Vučić was elected president of Serbia
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Freedom House reported that Serbia posted one of the largest single-year declines in press freedom among all the countries and territories
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Vučić criticized the EU for "hypocrisy and double standards over its very different attitude towards separatist crises in Kosovo and Catalonia"
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2016· 2 entries
And 2018 stated that no progress was made to improve conditions for the full exercise of freedom of expression
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Campaign: 2016 parliamentary election.
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2015· 1 entry
Said that his statement from 1995 was "taken out of context" and "that was not the essence of that sentence
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2014· 9 entries
Election won: 2014 parliamentary election.
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Leading to the establishment of a dominant-party system
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Serbia (2014–2017).
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Campaign: 2014 parliamentary election.
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That he was wrong and had changed, stating "I was not ashamed to confess all my political mistakes"
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Vučić promoted austerity-based economic policies, whose aim was to reduce Serbia's budget deficit
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Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, wrote Vučić and made attention with the suppression of the media, which he denied and demanded an apology from OSCE
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Including the renowned political talk show Utisak nedelje by Olja Bećković, which had been running for 24 years and was well known for its critical scrutiny of all governments since it began
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Vučić apologized to the Ćuruvija family for having waited so long to bring the perpetrators to justice, and thanked everyone who was involved in solving the case for their work
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2012· 3 entries
Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (2012–2014).
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During the time he served as the secretary general of the Serbian Radical Party, the largest opposition party at the time, as well as during his position of the vice president of then newly formed Serbian Progressive Par
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Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Serbia (2012–2013).
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2010· 6 entries
Made statements such as a "horrible crime was committed in Srebrenica", saying he felt "ashamed" of the Serbs who did it
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“The Russians have their interests and we have ours.”
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“I didn’t really have a lot of achievements, and what I am proud of today is hard work. I am proud of never having been lazy. As far as results are concerned, I can tell you that the fight against corruption and the economic reforms are what I am most proud of now, but looking back at that period – it is most certain that I have never been lazy and have never acted against my country.”
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“Serbs are very much attracted by the Western living standards, the standards of people. That’s why they like Germans. Because they bring their factories, they bring their plants to this country. They respect them very much. And the way of living is something that is preferable in the West than in the East, no doubt.”
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“It is very difficult to tackle people’s sentiments and people’s emotions. But this is our job to do it, to do everything in a very rational and realistic way.”
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“The Russians have their interests and we have ours. The Russians don't make us any gifts, but they have given us a good price.”
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2009· 1 entry
And the first politician to guest-star on a late-night talk show Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem in 2010
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2008· 4 entries
Vučić was highly critical towards Koštunica and Cvetković's administrations, and offered a "reversal" of the agreements made by Borko Stefanović and the other officials during the negotiation process
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With the establishment of the Serbian Progressive Party, Vučić said that the goal of a Greater Serbia taking Croatian territory up to the proposed Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line "is unrealistic and silly"
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“What I'm wondering is this: Why did the West open a Pandora's box in 2008 by recognizing Kosovo?”
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Initially serving as its deputy president
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2007· 2 entries
While Mladić was still at large in Serbia, Vučić distributed posters with the declaration "Safe House for General Mladić"
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Vučić stated that the Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina is a branch of the Croatian Democratic Union
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2006· 2 entries
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2006–2007).
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Vučić became the winner of the first season of the Serbian version of The Pyramid, a talk show with a competitive element broadcast on Pink TV
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2000· 1 entry
Vučić introduced restrictive measures against journalists and banned foreign TV networks
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1999· 1 entry
Before the assassination took place, Vučić gave a front page interview to the tabloid Argument in which he stated "I will wreak vengeance upon Slavko Ćuruvija for all the lies published in Dnevni telegraf" (Ćuruvija's pa
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1998· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Information (1998–2000).
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The government adopted Europe's most restrictive media law by the end of the 20th century, which created a special misdemeanor court to try violations
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1996· 1 entry
Became the director of Pinki Hall, which was his first employment
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1995· 1 entry
During the Croatian War of Independence, Vučić said in Glina (which was at the time controlled by Serb rebels) that 'Serbian Krajina' and Glina would never be Croatian, Banovina would never be returned to Croatia, and th
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1994· 1 entry
Studied at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws (1988–1994).
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1993· 2 entries
A far-right party whose core ideology is based on Serbian nationalism and the goal of creating a Greater Serbia, and was elected to the National Assembly following the 1993 parliamentary election
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As a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in the National Assembly of Serbia
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1970· 1 entry
Born 1970-03-05.
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