Who is Ilija Srdanović? The doctor who took Serbia’s student movement to Macron and EU leaders

Euronews · Luca Bertuzzi · 2026-11-06 12:17 UTC

Cardiologist Ilija Srdanović has become the international face of Serbia’s Student List, fielding calls from Macron, Costa and Plenković. But it is still unclear whether he will emerge as the leader of the future Serbian government.

Cardiologist Ilija Srdanović has become the international face of Serbia’s Student List, fielding calls from Macron, Costa and Plenković. But it is still unclear whether he will emerge as the leader of the future Serbian government.

Serbia’s Student List is winning recognition from EU institutions and governments, and one man has become the face of that outreach: a cardiologist and university professor who might become the country’s new leader.

Until two years ago, Ilija Srdanović was a little-known professor at the University of Novi Sad. Now he is the international face of the movement that has transformed Serbia’s political landscape, and the first number foreign leaders dial.

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