SDSM
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Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија |
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| Leader | Zoran Zaev |
| General Secretary | Oliver Spasovski |
| Vice-president | Radmila Šekerinska |
| Founder | Branko Crvenkovski |
| Founded | April 20, 1991 |
| Headquarters | Skopje |
| Youth wing | Social Democratic Youth of Macedonia |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| Colours | Blue, red and yellow |
| Macedonian Parliament |
49 / 120
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| Mayors |
5 / 81
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| Website | |
| sdsm.org.mk | |
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија–СДСМ) is a social-democratic and main centre-left political party in Macedonia. The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia was founded on 20 April 1991 at the 11th Congress of SKM-PDP (SKM–Party for Democratic Changes). Branko Crvenkovski was elected as the party's first president. Its current leader is Zoran Zaev. The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia is a member of the Progressive Alliance and an associate affiliate of the Party of European Socialists (PES). SDSM is a centre-left positioned political party with social democratic ideology.
From September 1992 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2006 the SDSM was the largest party in the Macedonian parliament and the main party in the government, and has shown a moderate and re-conciliatory attitude towards ethnic minorities in Macedonia. On the first parliamentary elections in 1990, the party finished second behind VMRO-DPMNE and was part of the national unity government from 1991 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994 SDSM was in a coalition government with the Liberal Party and the Socialist Party. SDSM won the parliamentary elections in 1994 and 2002 and won the most municipalities at the local elections in 1996, 2000 and 2005. From September 2006 to December 2016 SDSM was the biggest opposition party in the parliament. On early parliamentary elections in late 2016, SDSM lead the center to left-wing coalition "For life in Macedonia" and won 440 000 votes and 49/120 MPs in the Macedonian assembly, the second best result in the party's history, after the win at the parliament elections in 2002.
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