United Srpska (

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: Уједињена Српска/''Ujedinjena Srpska'' or US) is a political party based in

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 ...

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. A Serbian nationalist party, United Srpska was formed in December 2015 following a split from the Serb Democratic Party.

History

United Srpska president, Nenad Stevandić, formed the party after criticising the Serb Democratic Party for a perceived lack of sufficient

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, stating that its representatives on a national level have aimed to "destroy Republika Srpska". During the 9th convocation of the

National Assembly of 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 Nation ...

, Stevandić was a part of the Free Democratic Serb Group, which comprised other right-wing SDS dissidents. At the 2018 general election, US gained representation within the

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in its own right for the first time. With 3.09% of the vote, the party had four deputies elected. In November 2018, it was announced that US would participate in the governing coalition, alongside SNSD,

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, SP and NDP. Natalija Trivić became the party's first minister appointed to the

Government of Republika Srpska Government of Republika Srpska ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Влада Републике Српске, Vlada Republika Srpske) is the executive authority of Republika Srpska, along with the President of Republika Srpska. The Prime Minister is ...

, serving as Minister for Education and Culture since December 2018.

List of presidents

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Positions held

Major positions held by United Srpska members:

References

External links

Official Website
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