United Regions of Serbia
United Regions of Serbia Уједињени региони Србије | |
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Founder | Mlađan Dinkić |
Founded | 16 May 2010 (as coalition) 20 April 2013 (as party) |
Dissolved | 13 November 2015 |
Preceded by | G17 Plus |
Headquarters | Belgrade |
Membership (2012) | 220,000[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party (associate) |
International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
Website | |
ujedinjeniregionisrbije.rs (archived URL) | |
The United Regions of Serbia (Serbian: Уједињени региони Србије, romanized: Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije; abbr. УРС, URS) was a regionalist,[2] liberal-conservative[2] political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[3][4] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[5][6]
The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[7]
On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[8] [9] Even though the party has been long gone, it has remained in the party register of Serbia since then.[10]
The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[11] In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, URS was associated with the European People's Party.[12]
Electoral results
[edit]Parliamentary elections
[edit]Election | # of votes | % of vote | # of seats | +/- | Notes | Government |
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2012 | 215,666 | 5.51% | 16 / 250
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as coalition | government, 2012–2013 |
opposition, 2013–2014 | ||||||
2014 | 109,167 | 3.04% | 0 / 250
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as party | extra-parliamentary |
Presidential elections
[edit]Election year | Candidate | # | 1st round votes | % of popular vote | # | 2nd round votes | % of popular vote |
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2012 | Zoran Stanković | 5th | 257,054 | 6.58% | — | — | — |
Leadership of the United Regions of Serbia
[edit]# | President | Born–Died | Term start | Term end | |
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1 | Mlađan Dinkić | ![]() |
1964– | 16 May 2010 | 18 March 2014 |
a | Veroljub Stevanović | ![]() |
1946– | 18 March 2014 (acting) |
13 November 2015 (acting) |
a | Verica Kalanović | ![]() |
1954– |
References
[edit]- ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).
- ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
- ^ "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Vučić i Dačić idu dalje, nema izbora". Novosti.rs. 31 July 2013.
- ^ "URS se briše iz registra političkih partija". Novosti.rs. 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Dinkić ugasio URS, ostao dug od 153 miliona!". Novosti.rs. 13 November 2015.
- ^ "U Srbiji 113 partija, dve preregistrovane prošle godine, jedna nova". rs.n1info.com (in Serbian). N1. 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Member party: URS | EPP". www.epp.eu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Mr Vladimir ILIĆ (Serbia, NR)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
External links
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