The People's Party ( sr, Народна странка, Narodna Stranka, abbr. НС/NS) was a

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History

The party was established in 1990, after a multi-party system was introduced in Montenegro, and was named after the historical People's Party. Notable party founders include

Novak Kilibarda Novak Kilibarda, PhD ( cyrl, Новак Килибарда; born 7 January 1934) is a Montenegrin former politician, professor, literary historian and writer. Early life and education Kilibarda was born on 7 January 1934 in the village of Tupan ...

, Matija Bećković, Božidar Bojović, Pavle Milić, Jovan Markuš, Dragan Šoć,

Momir Vojvodić Momir Vojvodić (; 18 February 193910 March 2014) was a Montenegrin Serb poet and politician. Born in 1939 in Ponoševac, near Đakovica, in Metohija, Vojvodić and his family were expelled from their village by the Bali Kombëtar and fled to ...

and Bogoljub Šijaković. The People's Party opposed

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

's regime in

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and his supporters in Montenegro during the 1990s. It joined DPS and SDP in 1998 election, and it participated in

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with the two until 2001. But, when DPS and SDP openly stated that they are proponents of full Montenegrin independence. People's Party of Montenegro left the coalition and the Government. Afterwards, it was mostly in coalition with pro-union with Serbia parties. After the referendum, the People's Party refused to acknowledge the result due to allegations of irregularities. After failing to achieve parliamentary status in

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and

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, People's Party activity significantly decreased, but it remained formally active until its dissolution in 2017.

Elections

Party leadership

, 1990–2000 * Dragan Šoć, 2000–2006 *

Predrag Popović Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved" ...

, 2006–2017 * Jovan Markuš, 2011–2016

References

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