The Serb National Alliance or Serbian People's Alliance of Republika Srpska ( sr, Српски народни савез РС, ''Srpski narodni savez RS'') was a Serb

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

, active in the

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

entity (one of two

entities An entity is something that exists as itself, as a subject or as an object, actually or potentially, concretely or abstractly, physically or not. It need not be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually ...

comprising the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the majority of

Bosnian Serbs The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

live).

History

Establishment and early years

Due to a growing isolation of

after the peace was signed (14 December 1995), Biljana Plavšić severed her ties with the Serb Democratic Party and formed the ''Serb National Alliance'',Biografija Biljane Plavšić
Press, 15 September 2009 and nominated Milorad Dodik, then member of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska whose Alliance of Independent Social Democrats-party had only two MPs, for Prime Minister. This marked the beginning of political reform in Republika Srpska and the cooperation with the

International Community The international community is an imprecise phrase used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world. As a rhetorical term Aside from its use as a general descriptor, the term is ...

. She lost the 1998 election to the joint candidate of the Serb Democratic Party and the

Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska The Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska ( sr, Српска радикална странка Републике Српске/Srpska radikalna stranka Republike Srpske or СРС РС/SRS RS) was a Serb centre-right political party in Bosnia ...

, Nikola Poplašen. She was a candidate of the reform Sloga ("Solidarity" or "Unity") coalition. Her political career was in decline until the release of the indictment by the

ICTY The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

, after which it was completely terminated.

National Assembly of Republika Srpska membership

The National Assembly is the legislative body of Republika Srpska. The current assembly is the seventh since the founding of the entity.

Positions held

References

National Assembly of the Republika Srpska: ''O Nama''
Political parties in Republika Srpska Serb political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina Defunct political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-party-stub

History

Establishment and early years

National Assembly of Republika Srpska membership

Positions held

See also

References