The Vojvodina's Party ( sr-cyrl, Војвођанска партија, Vojvođanska partija; , VP) is a

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that operates in

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Party platform

It calls for a change of the

Constitution of Serbia The current Constitution of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, / ), also known as Mitrovdan Constitution ( sr, / ) was adopted in 2006, replacing the previous constitution dating from 1990. The adoption of new constitution became necessary in 2006 ...

, which would reform the current republic with two autonomous provinces, into a state with at least two federal units,

and

Serbia Proper Central Serbia ( sr, централна Србија / centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper ( sr, link=no, ужа Србија / uža Srbija), is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the nort ...

. It supports renaming Vojvodina to Republic of Vojvodina. It has been accused of

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, although the party has denied the claims. It stated its support for the "Together for Vojvodina" ballot list in the 2022 general election.{{Cite web , date=2022-03-18 , title=Vojvođanska partija podržala listu "Zajedno za Vojvodinu - Vojvođani" , url=https://rs.n1info.com/izbori-2022/parlamentarni-izbori/vojvodjanska-partija-podrzala-listu-zajedno-za-vojvodinu-vojvodjani/ , access-date=2022-03-20 , website=N1 , language=sr-RS

History

The party was formed in 2005 by unifying several democratic autonomist political organizations and movements in Vojvodina (''Vojvodinian Civic Movement'',

Vojvodinian Movement The Vojvodina's Party ( sr-cyrl, Војвођанска партија, Vojvođanska partija; , VP) is a political party in Serbia that operates in Vojvodina. Party platform It calls for a change of the Constitution of Serbia, which would re ...

, and ''Autonomous Movement of Vojvodina''), as well as a group of former members of the

League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine, LSV) is an autonomist political party in Serbia. Its current leader since 19 November 2022 is Bo ...

, gathered around

Igor Kurjački Igor Kurjački ( sr-cyrl, Игор Курјачки; 1968–2020) was a Serbian politician and former regional agriculture secretary. He was the leader of the Vojvodina's Party and coalition " Vojvodina parties", which participated on 2007 Serbia ...

Party Structure

Overview

Unlike as is the case with most parties and other organizations in the region, bureaucracy is kept at such levels, as the organization and needs call for. The party follows a simple structure of a number of levels of organization. The core of the party, is based around
presidency
a number o
committees
and bodies. The rest of the party is based aroun
regional committees
that correspond to their local level of

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, within which they implement the party's goals. Just some of the other bodies are the Youth Organization Mlada Vojvodina (''eng. Vojvodina Youth'') and Women's Organization Forum Žena (''eng. Women's Forum'').

Party Leaders

_Current *

Aleksandar Odžić Aleksandar Odžić (; born 1968) is a Serbian politician who has been a member of the Assembly of Vojvodina since 31 July 2020. A Vojvodina autonomist, he has been the president of the Vojvodina's Party (VP) since 2009. Private career Odžić ...

(2009–present) _Previous *

(2005-2009)

References

External links

Official Website
Politics of Vojvodina Left-wing parties in Serbia Regionalist parties