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The People's Democratic Party (, abbr. NDS) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
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led by
Slobodan Vuksanović Slobodan Vuksanović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Вуксановић, born in 1965 in Belgrade) is a poet, essayist, translator and former Serbian politician, who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to ...
.


History

Vukasnović was a high official in the Democratic Party until 2000, when he left the party and joined Otpor and subsequently the Movement for Democratic Serbia, led by
Momčilo Perišić Momčilo Perišić ( sr-Cyrl, Момчило Перишић; born 22 May 1944) is a Serbian former general and politician who served as the Chief of the General Staff (Serbia and Montenegro), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbi ...
. He was expelled from the party in 2001 and then formed NDS. In the 2003 parliamentary elections it was part of the
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia (, , abbr. NDSS), known as the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) until 2022, is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Miloš Jovanović serves as the current president of NDSS. DSS was formed as ...
-led coalition, winning three of the alliance's 53 seats. It merged into DSS in October 2004.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press


References

{{Serbian political parties Defunct political parties in Serbia Political parties disestablished in 2004 2004 disestablishments in Serbia Democratic Party (Serbia) breakaway groups Political parties established in 2001 2001 establishments in Serbia