# Zlatibor Lončar

He was reported to prosecutors over allegedly false data on COVID deaths, and he called the claim that three times as many people had died unfounded. He stayed on as minister after the crash of a helicopter carrying a baby, which killed seven people and whose landing he had been expected to attend.

## Affairs

- [Arrest of Ana Lalić over an article on the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/ana-lalic-hapsenje-2020): He admitted there had not been enough protective equipment at the start of the epidemic
- [COVID death data hidden ahead of the elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/kovid-skriveni-podaci): According to a criminal complaint, he gave false figures on the number of deaths, while the ministry received the real numbers every day
- [The “Helicopter” Case: Military Helicopter Crash near Surčin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pad-helikoptera-2015): According to General Bandić, he had announced he would attend the landing; he rejected claims that the operation was a publicity stunt
- [Police violence in Valjevo](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/policijsko-nasilje-valjevo-2025): Called the minor who was brutally beaten by police at the protest in Valjevo a “made-up patient”
- [Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pomilovanja-27-septembra-2026)
- [Dragana Sotirovski and the Niš Emergency Situations Headquarters](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/sotirovski-stab-nis)

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zlatibor-loncar  
As of: 8 Nov 2026  
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