 When the latter resigned his office despite winning the election in 2006, Igor Lukšić was his first candidate as his successor (Đukanović remained the chairman of the Democratic Party of Socialists, so still had quite an influence over the nomination process).However, in the end the party nominated Željko Šturanović as Prime Minister, which was seen as a compromise between Đukanović and Svetozar Marović, another figurehead of their generation in the DPS.Igor Lukšić retained his office as Finance Minister in the new cabinet, and when Sturanovic resigned two years later due to health problems and Đukanović took over again, Lukšić was elevated to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister as well.