The Serbian leader, who is often compared to Hungary’s Viktor Orban or America’s Donald Trump, lost in a landslide to a protest-backed student movement.
BELGRADE — President Aleksandar Vučić announced the end of his 12-year reign as the most powerful man in Serbia on Sunday following a pivotal election that swept the Student List protest movement to victory. Vučić said the Student List had secured between 135 and 140 mandates in the country’s 250-seat parliament, while his own party won 105.
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