Progressives elect new leader, deputy leader

BELGRADE The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) elected Aleksandar Vucic as a new party leader and Jorgovanka Tabakovic as his deputy at an Assembly session on Saturday. Vucic was the only candidate for the position. Progressives elect new leader, deputy leader The SNS will also choose new members of the Presidency and the Main Board. The session began at 11:00 CET in Belgrade. Around 4,000 delegates will vote on the proposals and candidates. The new SNS leader said that the party faced a great responsibility and that it would lead Serbia in the next decade, pointing to an incredible success of the SNS in just four years. “We will have to change and improve in order to be able to do it successfully,” Vucic said and stressed that the SNS leadership would be changed and that young people would hold the top positions. The SNS was founded by Tomislav Nikolic in 2008. He resigned as a party leader after he won the presidential election in May. Aleksandar Vucic (Beta) B92 Beta Tanjug

Progressives elect new leader, deputy leader

The SNS will also choose new members of the Presidency and the Main Board.

The session began at 11:00 CET in Belgrade.

Around 4,000 delegates will vote on the proposals and candidates.

The new SNS leader said that the party faced a great responsibility and that it would lead Serbia in the next decade, pointing to an incredible success of the SNS in just four years.

“We will have to change and improve in order to be able to do it successfully,” Vučić said and stressed that the SNS leadership would be changed and that young people would hold the top positions.

The SNS was founded by Tomislav Nikolić in 2008. He resigned as a party leader after he won the presidential election in May.