Left Coalition (Serbia)
Left Coalition Лева коалицијa / Leva koalicija | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Slobodan Milošević |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism Serbian nationalism[1][2] Anti-Western sentiment[3] Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Left wing |
| National Assembly of Serbia (1997) | 110 / 250 |
The Left Coalition (Serbian: Лева коалиција, Leva koalicija) was a coalition of left-wing nationalist political parties in Serbia for the 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election and then for the 1997 Serbian general election.
History
The coalition was made up of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Yugoslav Left (JUL) and New Democracy (ND). It was led by Slobodan Milošević the leader of SPS, but also main actors were Mirjana Marković the leader of Yugoslav Left and Dušan Mihajlović the leader of New Democracy. Following the 1997 election, it formed a coalition government with the Serbian Radical Party (SRS). In 1998 ND left the coalition and after the defeat in the 2000 Yugoslavian general election the Left Coalition was disbanded.[4] [5] [6] [7]
References
- ^ RFE/RL Research Report: Weekly Analyses from the RFE/RL Research Institute, Volume 3. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 1994. p. 95.
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic , along with his Socialist Party of Serbia ( SPS ) , rose to prominence by promoting an aggressive brand of Serbian nationalism .
- ^ Robert Thomas, ed. (1999). Serbia Under Milošević: Politics in the 1990s. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 64.
The SPS marked its transition from communism to socialism symbolically by abandoning the fivepointed red star in favour of the red rose of European socialism.
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