Democratic Party (Serbia)
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Democratic Party
Демократска странка Demokratska stranka |
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| President | Dragan Šutanovac |
| Founder | The Founding Committee of the Democratic Party |
| Founded | February 3, 1990 |
| Preceded by |
Democratic Party (Yugoslavia) (not legal predecessor) |
| Headquarters | Terazije 3/4, Belgrade |
| Youth wing | Democratic Youth |
| Membership (2016) | 18.459 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
| International affiliation |
Socialist International Progressive Alliance |
| Colours |
Yellow (official) Blue (customary) |
| National Assembly |
12 / 250
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| Assembly of Vojvodina |
9 / 120
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| City Assembly of Belgrade |
22 / 110
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Democratic Party (Serbian: Демократска странка, ДC / Demokratska stranka, DS, 
listen ) is a social-democratic and social-liberalpolitical party in Serbia. It is the major centre-left party in Serbia, and is the fifth largest party in the National Assembly. The Democratic Party is a full member of the Socialist International, the Progressive Alliance, and is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists.
The party was officially founded on February 3, 1990 by a group of Serbian intellectuals as a revival of the original Yugoslav Democratic Party. It was one of the main opposition parties to the presidency of Slobodan Milošević during the 1990s. Democratic Party joined the Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition in 2000, and became part of the new coalition government after the 2000 parliamentary election. Zoran Đinđić, then president of the Democratic Party, became the Prime Minister of Serbia in January 2001, but was assassinated in 2003, and the Party lost the power at the parliamentary election later that year. New president of the Democratic Party, Boris Tadić, won the 2004 presidential election, and the party returned to power after the 2007 and 2008 parliamentary elections. Tadić was reelected in 2008, but both him and the Party lost the 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections, so the Democratic party became opposition party once again. Dragan Đilas, then-Mayor of Belgrade was elected new party president after the 2012 elections. After the disappointing results in the 2014 election,Bojan Pajtić, then-President of the Government of Vojvodina replaced Đilas as the party president.
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