| G17 Plus Г17 Плус |
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| Leader | Mlađan Dinkić |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Trg Republike 5, Belgrade |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union (observer) |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| Official colours | Blue |
| National Assembly |  |
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| www.g17plus.rs | |
| Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections |
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G17 Plus (often referred to as G17+) is a liberal-conservative political party in Serbia.
The G17+ was originally formed, with support by the US government through the National Endowment for Democracy,[1] as a non-governmental organization in 1997 by a group of 17 free market economists. It was founded as a political party on December 16, 2002 after its first president Miroljub Labus left the Democratic Party.
At the Serbian parliamentary election, 2003, the party won 11.5% of the popular vote which translated into 34 seats (out of 250) in the Serbian parliament. Three of those seats went to the Social Democratic Party which competed on the G17 Plus' electoral list.
In March 2004, G17+ formed a minority government with Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and a 2-party pre-election coalition of Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and New Serbia (NS).
The former speaker of National Assembly of Serbia, Predrag Marković was a member of G17+. He was also constitutional interim acting president in 2004.
In May 2006 Miroljub Labus resigned from his position as party president. The new president is the former Serbian Finance Minister Mlađan Dinkić. Today, he is Minister of economy and regional development.
On October 1, 2006, G17 Plus announced that it was quitting the coalition government over the inability of the government at capturing the Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić.
At the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007, G17+ received 275,041 or 6.82% of the popular vote and 19 seats in the National Assembly. It formed its own parliamentary club, whose president is Mlađan Dinkić and Verica Kalanović as vice-president.
The party has also taken a seat in the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija.[2]
It will merge into a new party which is to be founded later in 2009 or in 2010, to be called Party of Regions.
References
- ^ "Hearing of the Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe "The Milosevic Regime Versus Serbian Democracy and Balkan Stability"". National Endowment for Democracy. 1998-12-10. http://www.ned.org/publications/staffDocs/MccarthyTestimony121098.html. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object". Southeast European Times. 2008-06-30. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/06/30/feature-01. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
External links
- G17 Plus official site
- G17 Plus Belgrade
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