The Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian: ''Socijaldemokrate Bosne i Hercegovine'' (SD BiH) / Социјалдемократе Босне и Херцеговине) is a

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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 ...

History

The Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SD BiH) were formed in

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 September 2019. The party was formed after disagreements within the membership of the

Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian: ''Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine'' (SDP BiH) / Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине), also simply known as the S ...

. Founder Enver Bijedić was chosen as president of the party. The SD BiH currently have two seats in the Tuzla Cantonal Assembly.

Ideology

Much like the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, the Social Democrats are a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

democratic party. The program vision corresponds to values and ideas of

social democracy Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

in Europe and the world. The SD BiH is a

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party that is particularly interested in improving the

social status Social status is the level of social value a person is considered to possess. More specifically, it refers to the relative level of respect, honour, assumed competence, and deference accorded to people, groups, and organizations in a society. Stat ...

of workers, rural population, students, youth, veterans, women, pensioners and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the

diaspora A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. Historically, the word was used first in reference to the dispersion of Greeks in the Hellenic world, and later Jews after ...

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Cantonal elections

References

External links

Official website
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