Dejan Shoshkiq is an economist who served as governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2010 to 2012. He is one of the few members of the list with experience in senior state positions. Since leaving the National Bank, he has often denounced corruption in the country, which he has said is “much more widespread [in Serbia] than in neighboring countries”.
Shoshkiq, 59, has pledged that a Student List government would remove “bad cadres” from state posts and launch investigations into property owned by public officials. He has also pledged that the list would speed up the reforms needed for Serbia’s EU membership, with the final decision on membership to be taken through a referendum.
Shoshkiq has criticized Western sanctions against Russia and called on Brussels to review its approach toward the Kremlin.
Ilija Srdanoviq is a cardiologist and professor at the University of Novi Sad. He is 56 years old and in September was named the leader of the Student List.
Srdanoviq has not ruled out the possibility of taking the post of prime minister, but has said the list has “more than one candidate for each post”. According to him, the political grouping will prioritize the fight against “organized crime and corruption”. He has backed Serbia’s claims against Kosovo and said the decision on Serbia’s possible EU membership “will be taken by the citizens”.
Dejan Bodiroga, former basketball player, is currently president of the EuroLeague Basketball, based in Spain.
Serbian media have described the 53-year-old as the “most recognizable name” on the list, although his political positions remain unclear. He has condemned the government’s treatment of student protesters and its portrayal of them as “terrorists”. During protest gatherings, he 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 Radonjiq Zhivkov is a cultural heritage expert who became one of the main figures in the scandal that erupted over plans to build a hotel bearing the Trump brand on the site of the General Staff building in Belgrade, which was damaged by NATO bombing.
As deputy director of the Republican Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Serbia, Zhivkov accused the government of violating the cultural heritage law to pave the way for the project. She was subsequently dismissed from her position as deputy director.
She has said that her priority in a government led by the Student List would be “the restoration of independence and professional integrity in heritage protection institutions”, as well as guaranteeing that experts can make decisions “solely on the basis of law and professional rules, without political and economic pressure”.
Engineer Zoran Gjajiq was among the first to publicly blame corruption for the deadly collapse of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad. During his involvement with this facility as a consultant for the stonework — which was completed in 2023 — he photographed and reported what he considered to be poor-quality work that posed a risk.
Djajic, 71, has made harsh criticisms of former Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić. He was arrested in April 2025, after he called on people to vote for the death penalty for the then-president. After the Student List won the election, he vowed that Vučić would face charges of high treason and wrote that “the time of truth and justice is coming!”.
Tihomir Stanić is an actor born in what is today the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has appeared 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, over what he described as “serious violations of academic practice and integrity, which culminated in threats against students”.
The veteran actor has called for political influence to be removed from Serbia’s cultural institutions and has said that Vučić’s government “began to determine who would run the theatre, how it would function, who would work and who would not, who would be given an opportunity and who would be punished”.