United Regions of Serbia
United Regions of Serbia Уједињени региони Србије Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije | |
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Founder | Mlađan Dinkić |
Founded | 16 May 2010 (as coalition) 20 April 2013 (as party) |
Dissolved | 13 November 2015 |
Preceded by | G17 Plus |
Headquarters | Belgrade |
Membership (2012) | 220,000[1] |
Ideology | Regionalism[2] Liberal conservatism[2] Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party (Associate) |
International affiliation | International Democrat Union (IDU) |
The United Regions of Serbia (Template:Lang-sr, УPC / Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije, URS) was a regionalist,[2] liberal-conservative[2] political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[3][4] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[5][6]
The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[7]
On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[8] [9]
The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[10]
Electoral results
Parliamentary elections
Election | # of votes | % of vote | # of seats | +/- | Notes | Government |
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2012 | 215,666 | 5.51% | 16 / 250
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16 | run as coalition | gov't. (–2013) |
opposition (2013–) | ||||||
2014 | 109,167 | 3.04% | 0 / 250
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16 | run as party | non-parliamentary |
Presidential elections
Election year | Candidate | # | 1st round votes | % of popular vote | # | 2nd round votes | % of popular vote |
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2012 | Zoran Stanković | 5th | 257,054 | 6.58% | — | — | — |
Leadership of the United Regions of Serbia
# | President | Born–Died | Term start | Term end | |
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style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" | 1 | Mlađan Dinkić | 1964– | 16 May 2010 | 18 March 2014 | |
style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" | a | Veroljub Stevanović | 1946– | 18 March 2014 (acting) |
13 November 2015 (acting) | |
style="background:Template:United Regions of Serbia/meta/color; color:white;" | a | Verica Kalanović | 1954– |
References
- ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
- ^ "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:446696-Vucic-i-Dacic--idu-dalje-nema-izbora
- ^ http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576070-URS-se-brise-iz-registra-politickih-partija
- ^ http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576535-Dinkic-ugasio-URS-ostao-dug-od-153-miliona
- ^ http://www.epp.eu/member-party-urs
External links
- 2010 establishments in Serbia
- Conservative parties in Serbia
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- International Democrat Union member parties
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- Pro-European political parties in Serbia