Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigns to run for prime minister in October elections, according to France 24 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigns amid prolonged protests, according to Al Jazeera.
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What could happen next Under Serbia's constitution, outgoing parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic will serve as interim president until a new one is elected, according to France 24. Histor will keep updating this story.
✓ See how we verified it and its 2 sources✓ How we verified this storyConfirmed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigns to run for prime minister in October elections — confirmed by: France 24, Al Jazeera Attributed (not independently confirmed) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stepped down as the country's head of state Sunday, paving the way for him to run as his right-wing populist Serbian Progressive Party's candidate for prime… — France 24 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday ahead of the upcoming October 25 parliamentary elections — France 24 He is banned by the Serbian Constitution from seeking a third term Hundreds of Vucic's supporters cheered him in front of the Presidency building in Belgrade's city centre — France 24 The snap elections were a key demand of a student-led movement sparked by the November 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people and was widely blamed on corruption. — France 24 The tragedy triggered some of Serbia's largest protests since the fall of Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, at times drawing hundreds of thousands of people into the streets — France 24 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigns amid prolonged protests — Al Jazeera This story was checked against 2 independent sources. We only present as fact what reliable sources confirm; everything else is attributed.
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