The Party of Serbian Unity ( sr, Странка српског јединства, Stranka srpskog jedinstva; abbr. ССЈ, SSJ) was a

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, founded by Željko Ražnatović "Arkan". It is today known as the Council of Serbian Unity, restored after seceding from the Serbian Radical Party. The key goals of the party were: *Unity of the Serbian people *Preserving the integrity and territory of Serbia *

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and Democracy *Preservation of tradition, family and the

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. Following the assassination of Željko Ražnatović Arkan in 2000,

Borislav Pelević Borislav Pelević ( sr-cyr, Борислав Пелевић; 22 November 1956 – 25 October 2018) was a Serbian politician. He was president of the nationalist Party of Serbian Unity (SSJ), a party with marginal importance in Serbian politics, u ...

became president of the party. At the last

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in 2003, the SSJ was a part of the For National Unity alliance, which failed to receive any seats. The SSJ merged into the

Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска радикална странка, Srpska radikalna stranka, ''SRS'') is an ultranationalist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1991, and its founder and current leader is Vojislav Še ...

in 2007. In 2013, the party was re-founded as the Council of Serbian Unity by Pelević. The new party took part in the 2014 parliamentary election as part of the Patriotic Front coalition, but failed to reach the threshold.

Electoral results

References

External links

Council of Serbian Unity official website
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