fif th ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁list ; ▁the ▁list ▁won ▁thirty - se ven ▁seats , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁re - selected ▁for ▁its ▁deleg ation ▁on ▁this ▁occasion . ▁ ▁Sub sequ ent ▁career ▁The ▁government ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁appointed ▁ Ć iri ć ▁as ▁man aging ▁director ▁of ▁P TT ▁Sa ob ra ć aja ▁S rb ija ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁he ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁organization ▁would ▁become ▁a ▁closed ▁share hold ing ▁company ▁in ▁state ▁ownership . ▁He ▁stood ▁down ▁from ▁the ▁position ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁following ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁government ▁that ▁saw ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁move ▁into ▁opposition . ▁▁ Ć iri ć ▁was ▁elected ▁as ▁a ▁deput y ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Return ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Assembly ▁Ser bia ' s ▁elect oral ▁system ▁was ▁reform ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁such ▁that ▁parliament ary ▁mand ates ▁were ▁awarded ▁in ▁numerical ▁order ▁to ▁candidates ▁on ▁successful ▁lists . ▁ Ć iri ć ▁received ▁the ▁ele vent h ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ' s ▁elect oral ▁list ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Ser bian ▁parliament ary ▁election ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁assembly ▁after ▁an ▁eleven - year ▁absence ▁when ▁the ▁list ▁won ▁nin ete en ▁mand ates . ▁He ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁the ▁sevent h ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6