The Student List, a political grouping with 250 representatives who just won parliamentary elections in Serbia, has deliberately avoided determining a leader.
While it is still not known who Serbia’s prime minister will be, below are some of the known personalities representing this movement.
Dejan Shoshkiq
Dejan Shoskiq is an economist and has served as governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2010 to 2012.
He is among the few members of the list of experience in top state posts.
Since his resignation from the National Bank, he has often denounced corruption in the country, which he has said is far more widespread [in Serbia] than in neighbouring countries.
Shoskiq, 59, has pledged that a government of the Student List would remove the bad team from state posts and launch investigations into property owned by public officials.
He has also pledged that the list would speed up reforms needed for Serbia’s membership in the European Union, while the final decision on membership would be made through the referendum.
Shoskiq has criticised Western sanctions against Russia and has asked Brussels to review its approach to the Kremlin.
Ilija Sardanovic
Ilija Srdanovic is a cardiologist and professor at Novi Sad University. He is 56 years old, and in September he was appointed student List bearer.
Srdanovic has not ruled out the possibility of taking over the prime minister, but has said the list has more than one candidate for each post.
According to him, political grouping will give priority to the fight against organised crime and corruption.
He has backed Serbia’s claims on Kosovo and said the decision on Serbia’s possible EU membership will be taken by citizens.
Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga, former basketball star, is currently president of the basketball Euroleague, headquartered in Spain.
Serbian media have named 53-year-old as the list’s best-known name, though its political stance remains unclear.
He has condemned the treatment of protesters students by the government and their presentation as terrorists.
During the protest rally, he has called on protesters to fight for freedom, for dignity, for a society where there will be no hatred or division, but mutual respect, justice and solidarity.
Estela Randojq Zivkov
Estela Randojq Zivkov is a cultural heritage expert who became one of the main figures of the scandal that erupted over plans to build a hotel with brand Trump at the site of the General Staff building in Belgrade, damaged by NATO bombings.
As deputy director of the Republican Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Serbia, Zivkov accused the government of violating the law on cultural heritage to pave the way for the project. Later, she was dismissed from the post of deputy director.
She has said her priority in a Student List government will be to bring independence and professional integrity into the institutions of protection of heredity, as well as ensure that experts can make decisions solely under law and professional rules, without political and economic pressures.
Zoran Gjajic
Engineer Zoran Gjajic was among the first to publicly blame corruption for the deadly collapse of the railway station’s shelter in Novi Sad.
During his commitment to this facility as a consultant for stone work, which ended in 2023 he photographed and reported what he considered to be the weak quality of the work that posed a danger.
Gjajic, 71, has voiced sharp criticism of former Serbian leader Aleksandar Vuciq.
He was arrested in April 2025, after urging people to vote for the then president’s death sentence.
After winning the Student List in the election, he vowed that Vuciq would face charges of high treason and wrote that the time of truth and justice is coming!
Tihomir Stanic
Tihomir Stanic is an actor born on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina today, which has played in more than 130 film and television productions.
In October 2025, the 65-year-old actor resigned from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, along with several colleagues, because of what he described as a serious violation of the practice and academic integrity, which culminated in threats against students.
The veteran actor has called for the removal of political influence from Serbia’s cultural institutions and has said that the Vuciqi government began to determine who would run the theatre, how it would work, who would work and who would not, who would be given an opportunity and who would be punished. /REL/