Agrarian Party (Yugoslavia)
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The Agrarian Party ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Земљорадничка странка, Zemljoradnička stranka) was an agrarian
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within the
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and later the
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. The party was founded in 1919, as the Alliance of Agrarians. It initially operated throughout the state, before merging in
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ian majority areas with the
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. A splinter party called the National Peasant Party of
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later emerged. The Agrarians officially dissolved in 1945 after the proclamation of the
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.


Literature

* Branislav Gligorijević, ''Zemljoradnička stranka'', ''Istorija 20. veka'', 1995, vol. 13, br. 2, str. 25-36. Defunct agrarian political parties Political parties in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Political parties established in 1919 Political parties disestablished in 1945 {{Yugoslavia-party-stub