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 in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, active in the
Republika Srpska entity (one of two
entities
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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
Republika Srpska 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
The National Assembly of Republika Srpska (, abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current assembly is the ninth since the founding of the entity.
History
The Natio ...
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
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As a rhetorical term
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. 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
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, 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
See also
* Biljana Plavšić
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
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