Serbian People's Party (2014)
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The Serbian People's Party ( sr, Српска народна партија, Srpska narodna partija, SNP) is a
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and
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in
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
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...
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
Zlatibor Zlatibor ( sr-cyr, Златибoр ) is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia. Among the most popular places in Serbia for tourism, Zlatibor's main attractions include health tourism, skiing, and hiking and the longest p ...
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 ...
,
Milan Stamatović Milan Stamatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Стаматовић, , born 24 May 1960) is a Serbian politician who has been the President of the municipality of Čajetina since 2004. He was an independent candidate in the 2017 Serbian president ...
(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:
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 ...
,
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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