Democratic Party of Serbia
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Democratic Party of Serbia
Демократска странка Србије Demokratska stranka Srbije |
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| Leader | Miloš Jovanović (Acting) |
| Founder | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Founded | July 26, 1992 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Pariska 13 Belgrade |
| Membership (2012) | 100,000 |
| Ideology |
National conservatism Christian democracy Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | None* |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Colours | Blue |
| National Assembly |
3 / 250
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| Assembly of Vojvodina |
0 / 120
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| City Assembly of Belgrade |
1 / 110
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*Formerly associate member of the European People's Party (until 2012). |
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The Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian: Демократска странка Србије / Demokratska stranka Srbije, pronounced [demǒkratskaː strânka sr̂bije], Serbian abbreviation: ДCC / DSS) is a national conservative and Christian democraticpolitical party in Serbia.
The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) was founded in 1992 by a breakaway nationalist faction of the Democratic Party (DS), which advocated involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia (DEPOS).
Founding members of the party were Vojislav Koštunica, Vladeta Janković, Đurđe Ninković, Draško Petrović, Mirko Petrović and Vladan Batić. The founding assembly was held on July 26, 1992 and elected Vojislav Koštunica as its first president. The first party assembly was held on December 5, 1992 and adopted the party's first manifesto.
The DSS first competed in the December 1992 parliamentary elections. As part of DEPOS, the DSS received 18 seats in the National Assembly of Serbia - which grew to 20 after non-party-aligned members of DEPOS decided to leave the Parliament. Soon, similar differences of opinion over ways in which to fight the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and the approach to national issue that led to division in DS, appeared in DEPOS too. The DSS left the coalition in mid-1993.
Next parliamentary elections in Serbia were called prematurely for December 19, 1993. This time DSS ran independently and received seven seats. This was a period of the party's political stagnation as it did not have enough seats to significantly influence matters in Serbia and was left without representation in the Federal Assembly.
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