Serbian Progressive Party

Serbian Progressive Party
Српска напредна странка
Srpska napredna stranka
President Aleksandar Vučić
Deputy president Jorgovanka Tabaković
Founder Tomislav Nikolić
Founded October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
Split from Serbian Radical Party
Headquarters Palmira Toljatija 5, Belgrade
Membership  (2011) Increase 300,000[1]
Ideology Conservatism[2]
National conservatism[3]
Populism[4][5]
Political position Centre-right[6][7][8]
Right-wing[9][10]
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
Colours Blue, Red
National Assembly
96 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
63 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
63 / 110
Website
www.sns.org.rs

The Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Српска напредна странка, CHC / Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) is a national conservative political party in Serbia.

History

Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić at the SNS founding convention on 21 October 2008.

The Serbian Progressive Party was formed by a group of 21 former Serbian Radical Party (SRS) MPs led by Tomislav Nikolić. Disenchanted with the direction of the party, the pro-EU members[11] left and formed the Forward Serbia parliamentary group. The SNS was founded and held its first congress meeting on 21 October 2008.[12]

Of the Serbian Radical Party's representatives elected in the Serbian parliamentary election, 2008, 21 moved to the Serbian Progressive Party, while 57 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.[13]

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.[14]

Following his election as President of Serbia, Nikolić stepped down as leader of the party on 24 May 2012, leaving deputy president Aleksandar Vučić in charge until a successor was elected.[15] Vučić was the only candidate who ran for party leadership, and was elected on 29 September 2012, with Jorgovanka Tabaković as his deputy.[16]

In December 2012, the People's Party led by ex-Mayor of Novi Sad Maja Gojković, merged into the SNS.[17]

The Serbian Progressive Party maintains cooperation with the Freedom Party of Austria[18] and United Russia party.[19] 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.[20]

Presidents of the Serbian Progressive Party (2008–Present)

# President Born-Died Term start Term end
1 Tomislav Nikolić 1952– 21 October 2008 24 May 2012
2 Aleksandar Vučić[nb 1] 1970– 29 September 2012[21] Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Notes Government
2012 940,659 24.05%
55 / 250
 Increase 34 PS coalition government
2014 1,736,920 48.35%
131 / 250
 Increase 76 In coalition government
2016 1,823,147 48.25%
96 / 250
 Decrease 35 In coalition government

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Election year Candidate 1st round votes % 2nd round votes %
2012 Tomislav Nikolić 979,216 25.05% 1,552,063 49.54%

Positions held

Major positions held by Serbian Progressive Party members:

President of Serbia Years
Tomislav Nikolić 2012–
President of the National Assembly of Serbia Years
Nebojša Stefanović 2012–2014
Maja Gojković 2014–
Prime Minister of Serbia Years
Aleksandar Vučić 2014–
Mayor of Belgrade Years
Siniša Mali* 2014–

*Non-partisan but SNS nominated

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Acting party leader until 29 September 2012
Footnotes
  1. ↑ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic Online. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Dawson, James (2014). Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria: How Ideas Shape Publics. Ashgate. p. 185.
  3. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Stojarová, Věra (2012). The extreme right in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe (Routledge). p. 155.
  5. ↑ Baskin, Mark; Pickering, Paula (2011). Former Yugoslavia and Its Successors. Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy (2nd ed.) (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 293.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Wayne C. (2013). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2013. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 444.
  7. ↑ Slavic, MIsha (2014). Serbia. Nations in Transit 2014: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 548.
  8. ↑ "Ruling Progressive Party 'wins majority in Serbia poll'". BBC News. 16 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Kleibrink, Alexander (2015). Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans: Regional patronage networks in Serbia and Croatia. Palgrave Macmillan.
  10. ↑ Blank, Stephen J. (2012). The Sacred Monster: Russia as a Foreign Policy Actor. Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy (Strategic Studies Institute). p. 80.
  11. ↑ "Poll: Progressive Party is pro-EU, but its voters are not". B92. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Nikolić party to be called "Serb Progressive"". B92. September 24, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008.
  13. ↑ http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/199240/Predsedni%C5%A1tvo+NS%3A+Nikoli%C4%87+nosilac+liste+SNS-NS-PSS-PS.html
  14. ↑ "Tomislav Nikolić wins in presidential runoff". B92. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Serbia's new president quits as party leader". B92. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "Progressives elect new leader, deputy leader". B92. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Maja Gojković: Narodna partija kolektivno prešla u SNS" (in Serbian). Blic. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Marcus Schneider (July 2011). "Tomislav Nikolic positioniert sich in Europa - Bündnis mit Österreichs Rechtspopulisten" (PDF) (in German). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  19. ↑ "Agreement for cooperation between SNS and United Russia". SNS website. September 2011.
  20. ↑ "SNS becomes member of European People's Party". B92. 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  21. ↑ http://www.naslovi.net/2012-09-29/press/novo-rukovodstvo-sns-vucic-predsednik-jorgovanka-zamenik/3908710

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