The Serbian People's Party ( sr, Српска народна партија, Srpska narodna partija, SNP) is a

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and

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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It was formed in 2014 by former members of the

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and is currently led by

Nenad Popović Nenad Popović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Поповић; born 30 September 1966) is a Serbian politician and businessman who served as Minister without portfolio (Serbia), minister without portfolio from 2017 to 2022. A long-time member of the Democ ...

History and ideology

The SNP was founded in September 2014 in the village of Kriva Reka in the

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region. Its founding members included Popović,

Jovan Palalić Jovan Palalić ( sr-cyr, Јован Палалић; born 26 April 1971) is a politician in Serbia. He has served several terms in the National Assembly of Serbia. Once a prominent member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (''Demokratska stranka Srbi ...

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(who left the party two years later), and the political philosopher Bogdana Koljević. The party favors closer ties between Serbia and

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and opposes Serbian membership in the

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. The party's first member of the assembly was Milan Petrić, who had been elected on the list of the

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in the 2014 election and joined the SNP in March 2015.SNP Nenada Popovića postala parlamentarna partija
''Politika'', 22 March 2015, accessed 9 May 2018. The SNP subsequently contested the 2016 election on the Progressive Party's ''

Aleksandar Vučić Aleksandar Vučić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Вучић, ; born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017, and as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2012. Vučić served ...

– Serbia Is Winning''

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and elected three members to the assembly:

Ognjen Pantović Ognjen Pantović ( sr-cyr, Огњен Пантовић; born July 16, 1989) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2020 as a member of the Serbian People's Party. Early life and private career Pantov ...

, and Snežana Petrović. Popović, who has been the SNP's leader since its founding, was appointed to a ministerial position on June 29, 2017.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

References

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