President Aleksandar Vučić Founder Tomislav Nikolić | Deputy president Jorgovanka Tabaković Split from Serbian Radical Party | |
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Founded October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) Headquarters Palmira Toljatija 5, Belgrade | ||
The Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Српска напредна странка, CHC / Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) is a populist conservative political party in Serbia.
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History
The Serbian Progressive Party was formed by a group of 21 former Serbian Radical Party (SRS) MPs led by Tomislav Nikolić. Disenchanted with the direction of the party, the pro-EU members left and formed the Forward Serbia parliamentary group. The SNS was founded and held its first congress meeting on 21 October 2008.
Of the Serbian Radical Party's representatives elected in the 2008 parliamentary election, 21 moved to the Serbian Progressive Party, while 57 remained in the SRS.
In 2011, the SNS formed a pre-election coalition with New Serbia, the Strength of Serbia Movement and the Movement of Socialists to participate in the 2012 election.
In the 2012 parliamentary election, the party led the "Let's Get Serbia Moving" coalition and gained 55 seats out of 73 won by the coalition in the National Assembly. Party leader Tomislav Nikolić defeated Boris Tadić of the Democratic Party in the second round of the 2012 presidential election.
Following his election as President of Serbia, Nikolić stepped down as leader of the party on 24 May 2012, leaving deputy president Aleksandar Vučić in charge until a successor was elected. Vučić was the only candidate who ran for the party leadership, and was elected on 29 September 2012, with Jorgovanka Tabaković as his deputy.
In December 2012, the People's Party led by ex-Mayor of Novi Sad Maja Gojković, merged into the SNS.
The Serbian Progressive Party maintains cooperation with the Freedom Party of Austria and United Russia party. On 24 April 2013 the SNS' representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe joined the Group of the European People's Party.
Positions held
Major positions held by Serbian Progressive Party members:
*Non-partisan but SNS nominated