Yugoslav Left
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Yugoslav Left
Jugoslovenska Levica |
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| Leader | Mirjana Marković |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 2003 |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Socialism Serbian nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The Yugoslav Left (Serbo-Croatian: Југословенска Левица, ЈУЛ / Jugoslovenska Levica; JUL) was a left-wing political party in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was formed in 1994 by merging 19 left-wing parties, led by the League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ). It was led by Mirjana Marković, the wife of Slobodan Milošević. JUL declared itself to be a party of all "left-wing and progressive forces that believed that the general interest always comes above private interest", including communists, greens, social democrats and socialists. At its peak, the party had 20 seats in Republic of Serbia's National Assembly following the 1997 general election.
Unlike Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and its ally the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) which were direct descendants of the League of Communists of Serbia and Montenegro respectively, the Yugoslav Left was an all-Yugoslavian party with members from both constituent bodies.
Despite these differences, the JUL and the SPS collaborated closely. The JUL generally didn't take part in elections separately. Several members of the SPS crossed the floor to JUL at some stage.
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