Serbian Progressive Party
Serbian Progressive Party Српска напредна странка Srpska napredna stranka | |
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| President | Aleksandar Vučić |
| Deputy president | Jorgovanka Tabaković |
| Founder | Tomislav Nikolić |
| Founded | October 21, 2008 |
| Split from | Serbian Radical Party |
| Headquarters | Palmira Toljatija 5, Belgrade |
| Membership (2012) | 300,000[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red, Blue |
| National Assembly | 57 / 250
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| Assembly of Vojvodina | 23 / 120
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| Website | |
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The Serbian Progressive Party ([Српска напредна странка, CHC / Srpska napredna stranka, SNS] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Serbia.[2]
History
The Serbian Progressive Party was formed when a group of 21 MPs led by Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) disenchanted with the direction of the party, left and formed the Forward Serbia parliamentary group. The SNS was founded and held its first congress meeting on 21 October 2008.[3]
Of the Serbian Radical Party's representatives elected in the Serbian parliamentary election, 2008, 21 moved to the Serbian Progressive Party, while 56 remained in the SRS.
In 2011, the SNS formed a pre-election coalition with New Serbia, the Strength of Serbia Movement and the Movement of Socialists to participate in the 2012 election.[4]
In the Serbian parliamentary election, 2012, the party led the Let's Get Serbia Moving coalition and gained 55 seats out of 73 won by the coalition in the National Assembly. Party leader Tomislav Nikolić defeated Boris Tadić of the Democratic Party in the second round of the 2012 presidential election.[5]
Nikolić stepped down as party leader on May 24, 2012 following his election as President of Serbia. Deputy leader Aleksandar Vučić assumed leadership until the next party congress is held to elect a new leader.[6] On September 29, 2012 Vučić was elected as party leader, with Jorgovanka Tabaković as his deputy.[7]
In December 2012, the People's Party of ex Mayor of Novi Sad Maja Gojković, expelled from the United Regions of Serbia for individual negotiations, has merged with the SNS.
The Serbian Progressive Party maintains special cooperation with the Freedom Party of Austria[8] and United Russia.[9] On 24 April 2013 the SNS' representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe joined the Group of the European People's Party.[10]
Presidents of the Serbian Progressive Party (2008–Present)
| # | President | Born-Died | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 1 | Tomislav Nikolić |  |
1952– | 21 October 2008 | 24 May 2012 |
| style="background:Template:Serbian Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" | 2 | Aleksandar Vučić[11] |  |
1970– | 24 May 2012 | Incumbent |
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
| Election year | Total votes | % of overall vote | Seats won | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 940,659 | 24.04% | 73 | +73 
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Presidential elections
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | 2nd round votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tomislav Nikolić | 979,216 | 25.05% | 1,552,063 | 49.54% |
See also
References
- ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic Online. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ http://www.europeanforum.net/country/serbia
- ^ "Nikolić party to be called "Serb Progressive"". B92. September 24, 2008.
- ^ http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/199240/Predsedni%C5%A1tvo+NS%3A+Nikoli%C4%87+nosilac+liste+SNS-NS-PSS-PS.html
- ^ "Tomislav Nikolić wins in presidential runoff". B92. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Serbia's new president quits as party leader". B92. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Progressives elect new leader, deputy leader". B92. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ Marcus Schneider (July 2011). "Tomislav Nikolic positioniert sich in Europa - Bündnis mit Österreichs Rechtspopulisten" (PDF) (in German). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- ^ http://www.sns.org.rs/%D1%81%D1%80/important-documents/4303--srpska-napredna-stranka-documents.html
- ^ "SNS becomes member of European People's Party". B92. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Acting party leader until 29 September 2012
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