Vladimir Đukić

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Vladimir Đukić (born 2 March 1957 in Belgrade) is a Serbian medical doctor, professor, administrator, and politician from the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS). He served in the National Assembly from August 2022 to February 2024.

Education and career
- He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine in 1981, completed postgraduate studies in 1986, and earned a doctorate in 1996.
- Đukić worked for many years at the University Clinical Center of Serbia and led its emergency ward from 1998 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
- During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he ran the emergency ward and spoke publicly about the hospital’s challenges, noting the proximity of government and military targets.
- In 2000 he sued RTV Studio B over a report about an Otpor! activist’s discharge and won the case.
- He was state secretary in Serbia’s Ministry of Health from 2012 to 2018, then became director of the University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović in Dedinje, which played a key role in treating COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic.
- Đukić is a full professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine and has published widely; he joined the American College of Surgeons in 2019.

Political career
- He joined the SPS executive committee in 2000 and ran for the Belgrade city assembly in 2000, but was defeated.
- After Milošević’s fall in 2000, he stepped back from direct political activity for several years.
- He appeared on SPS electoral lists in 2016, 2020, and 2018 but was not elected in those elections.
- In 2022 he was elected to the National Assembly (sixth on the SPS list, part of a coalition with the SNS) and served on the health and family committee, was a deputy member of the education committee, and led the parliamentary friendship group with Morocco while also being a member of several other friendship groups.
- There were rumors he would be appointed health minister in 2022, but this did not happen.
- In 2023 he appeared 110th on the SPS list for Belgrade city assembly and was not elected; in the same year he was 31st on the SPS list for the parliamentary election and was not re-elected as the list won fewer seats.
- His term ended in February 2024. He could return if another SPS member leaves the assembly.