The Committee on Health and the Family of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia held its first sitting on 21 July 2008, convened under article 26 of the National Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic.

Until the election of Chairman the sitting was chaired by the oldest committee member, deputy Dr Nikola Krpic.

Dr Paja Momcilov from the Serbian Radical Party Deputy Group was unanimously elected Committee Chairman, and Simo Vukovic from the G17 PLUS Deputy Group was elected Deputy Chairman.