Liberalism in Serbia

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 ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

Background

Liberal parties were active in Kingdom of Serbia and later in Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

History

After the restoration of democracy in 1990 liberal factions became active again. Today, the only party with parliamentary representation is Liberal Democratic Party.

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

erbian Progressive Party

*1881: The Serbian Progressive Party ("Srpska napredna stranka") is founded
*1896: The party dissolved
*1906: The party is reestablished
*1914: A faction seceded as the Conservative Party ("Konzervativna stranka")
*1919: The party merged into the ⇒ Democratic Party

Democratic Party

*1919: The Independent Radical Party, the ⇒ Serbian Progressive Party, as well as Croatian and Slovenian parties, merged into the pan-Yugoslav "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: The party is reestablished.
*1990: A nationalist group seceded as the Serbian Liberal Party ("Srpska liberalna stranka")
*1992: Conservative 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 its ideology to social democracy
*2004: The ⇒ Democratic Centre merged into the Democratic Party
*2005: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party

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 Pribićević, mainly active in the Serbian population of Croatia
*1945: The party is banned

From Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia to Reformist Party

*1989: The pan-Yugoslav Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia ("Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije") is founded
*1991: The party is renamed in Serbia into the Reformist Party ("Reformska stranka")
*1992: The party merged with the Republican Club ("Republikanski klub") into the Civic Alliance of Serbia ("Građanski savez Srbije")

Civic Alliance of Serbia

*1992: The ⇒ Reformist Party merged with the Republican Club ("Republikanski klub") to form the Civic Alliance of Serbia ("Građanski savez Srbije")
*1996: A left wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Social Democratic Union ("Socijaldemokratska unija")
*2007: The party merged into the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party

*2005: A faction seceded from the ⇒ Democratic Party and formed the Liberal Democratic Party ("Liberalno-demokratska partija")
*2007: ⇒ Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal leaders

* Jevrem Grujić
* Jovan Ristić
* Čedomilj Mijatović
* Milutin Garašanin
* Ljubomir Davidović
* Milan Grol
* Čedomir Jovanović

ee also

* History of Serbia
* Politics of Serbia
* List of political parties in Serbia