Opposition (Serbia)

In Serbia, the Opposition (Serbian: Oпoзициja / Opozicija) is all of the political parties represented in the National Assembly that are not a part of the Government supported by the parliamentary majority.

Leader of the Opposition
'Incumbent TBD'
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government

The Leader of the Opposition (Serbian: Лидер опозиције / Lider opozicije) is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party of the opposition.

11th assembly of Serbian Parliament

In the 11th assembly of the Serbian Parliament (2016–2020), the parties in parliament that include the opposition are:

• Serbian Radical Party
• Enough is Enough
• Democratic Party
• Dveri Movement
• Democratic Party of Serbia
• Social Democratic Party
• Liberal Democratic Party
• League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

The leader of the opposition was Vojislav Šešelj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party.

List of leaders of the Opposition

No.	Leader		Political Party	Term of Office
1		Vuk Drašković	SPO	23 December 1990– 20 December 1992
2		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS	20 December 1992– 19 December 1993
(1)		Vuk Drašković	SPO	19 December 1993– 21 September 1997
(2)		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS	3 December 1997– 24 March 1998
(1)		Vuk Drašković	SPO	24 March 1998– 24 October 2000
(2)		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS	24 October 2000– 23 December 2000
3		Slobodan Milošević^[a]	SPS	23 December 2000– 28 December 2003
(2)		Vojislav Šešelj^[b]	SRS	28 December 2003– 6 May 2012
5		Boris Tadić	DS	6 May 2012– 25 November 2012
6		Dragan Đilas	DS	25 November 2012– 31 May 2014
7		Bojan Pajtić	DS	31 May 2014– 24 April 2016
(2)		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS	24 April 2016– 21 June 2020

Timeline

Date	Leader of Opposition			Head of Government
23 December 1990		Vuk Drašković	SPO		Dragutin Zelenović	SPS
23 December 1991					Radoman Božović
20 December 1992		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS
10 February 1993					Nikola Šainović
18 March 1994		Vuk Drašković	SPO		Mirko Marjanović
21 September 1997		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS
24 March 1998		Vuk Drašković	SPO
24 October 2000		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS		Milomir Minić
23 December 2000		Slobodan Milošević	SPS		Zoran Đinđić	DS
7 April 2001		Živadin Jovanović^[a]
24 December 2001		Mirko Marjanović^[a]
23 August 2002		Bogoljub Bjelica^[a]
18 January 2003		Ivica Dačić^[a]
12 March 2003					Zoran Živković
3 March 2004		Tomislav Nikolić^[b]	SRS		Vojislav Koštunica	DSS
7 July 2008					Mirko Cvetković	Ind.
21 October 2008			SNS
6 May 2012		Boris Tadić	DS		Ivica Dačić	SPS
25 November 2012		Dragan Đilas
27 April 2014					Aleksandar Vučić	SNS
31 May 2014		Bojan Pajtić
24 April 2016		Vojislav Šešelj	SRS
29 June 2017					Ana Brnabić	Ind.
10 October 2019						SNS

Notes

^A Acting Socialist Party president for Slobodan Milošević since 7 April 2001; Živadin Jovanović (April–December 2001), Mirko Marjanović (December 2001 – August 2002), Bogoljub Bjelica (August 2002 – January 2003) and Ivica Dačić (since January 2003)

^B Tomislav Nikolić and Dragan Todorović acting Radical Party presidents for Vojislav Šešelj (2003–2012)

See also

• Politics of Serbia