Vučić hands power to Brnabić as acting Serbian president

Vucic handed over the powers of the President of Serbia to Ana Brnabic.

Consensus

Alexander Vučić resigned as President of Serbia on September 27.
Ana Brnabić, Speaker of the National Assembly, assumed the role of acting president.
Brnabić will serve as acting president until new presidential elections take place.
Presidential elections must be held by December 27.
Vučić resigned to run in the early parliamentary elections on October 25.
Vučić will lead the Serbian Progressive Party's campaign and is expected to become prime minister if his party wins.
The transfer of presidential powers occurred on September 28 in a formal ceremony.
The National Assembly was dissolved on September 9.
The resignation was announced in a national address.

Vučić said he had only taken 15 days of vacation in the past 15 years and woke up at 4 a.m. on the day of his resignation. — kommersant
Vučić stated that Serbia is the only country in Europe with a unique position on the war in Ukraine, has maintained stable currency (dinar) for 14 years, and will have the fastest economic growth in Europe next year. — kommersant
Vučić's resignation occurred amid a prolonged domestic political crisis triggered by the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad in November 2024, which killed 16 people. — fontanka
Vučić stated he wanted to campaign as an ordinary citizen, not as an incumbent president. — fontanka
Brnabić was celebrating her 50th birthday on the day of the ceremony. — vesti
Brnabić is the first Serbian leader with a Croatian grandfather and the first openly LGBTQ+ head of state in Serbia. — vesti
Vučić announced his intention to step down as early as June, during a rally in Belgrade attended by about 207,000 people. — vm
Vučić informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about his resignation on September 26. — vedomosti