Liberalism in Serbia
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This article gives an overview of liberalism in Serbia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
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[edit] Introduction
Liberal parties were active in former Serbia and later in Yugoslavia. After the restoration of democracy liberal factions became active again.The main party is free market Liberal Democratic Party.
[edit] The timeline
[edit] From Liberals to National Party
- 1858: Liberals organised themselves though not yet as political party in the modern sense
- 1881: The party established the Society for the promotion of Serbian Literature (Družina za potmoganje srpske književnosti)
- 1883: The party is renamed Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka)
- 1904: A left-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party, the rest continues as the National Party (Narodna stranka)
- 1905: The ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party merged into the National Party
- 1919: The party merged into the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka)
[edit] Democratic Party
- 1919: The Independent Radical Party, the National Party, as well as Croatian and Slovenian parties, merged into the pan-Yugoslav liberal State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats (Državnotvorna stranka demokrata Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca)
- 1919: The party is renamed into the Democratic Community (Demokratska zajednica)
- 1920: The party is renamed into the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka)
- 1924: A faction formed the ⇒ Independent Democratic Party (Samostalna demokratska stranka)
- 1945: The party is banned
- 1990: Liberal intellectuals restored the party
- 1990: A nationalist group seceded as the ⇒ Serbian Liberal Party (Srpska liberalna stranka)
- 1992: A wing seceded as the ⇒ Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije)
- 1996: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Democratic Center (Demokratski centar)
- 2001: The party changed it’s ideology to social democracy
- 2004: The ⇒ Democratic Centre merged into the Democratic Party
- 2005: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno demokratska partija )
[edit] Independent Democratic Party
- 1924: The former Serbian Independent Party seceded from the ⇒ Democratic Party and constituted the Independent Democratic Party (Yugoslavia, 1924) (Samostalna Demokratska Stranka), led by Svetozar Pribičević, mainly active in the Serbian population of Croatia
- 1945: The party is banned
[edit] Liberal Democratic Party (2005)
- 2005: A faction seceded from the ⇒ Democratic Party and formed the Liberal Democratic Party (2005) (Liberalno-demokratska partija)
- 2007: Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski savez Srbije) merged into the Liberal Democratic Party
[edit] Liberal leaders
- Jevrem Grujić
- Jovan Ristić
- Ljubomir Davidović
- Milan Grol
