Civic Alliance of Serbia

The Civic Alliance of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Грађански савез Србије, romanized: Građanski savez Srbije, GSS) was a social liberal and pro-european political party in Serbia.

Civic Alliance of Serbia

Грађански савез Србије
LeaderVesna Pešić
Goran Svilanović
Nataša Mićić
FoundedFebruary 28, 1992 (1992-02-28)
DissolvedApril 7, 2007 (2007-04-07)
Merged intoLiberal Democratic Party
IdeologyLiberalism[1]
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Atlanticism
Anti-nationalism
Political positionCentre
European affiliationEuropean Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)

History

Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992.

In the 1992 election, the party was represented by Ratomir Tanić.[2]

Following the election, the Republican Club led by Nebojša Popov and the Reform Party of Serbia led by Vesna Pešić (Serbian successor to Ante Marković's SFR Yugoslavia-wide Union of Reform Forces party) merged into the party. Both had went in coalition with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.

In 1996 Žarko Korać left the GSS with a group of dissidents who opposed forming coalition with the right-wing Serbian Renewal Movement for the 1996 federal election and formed the Social Democratic Union (SDU).[3]

Notable members over the years included Goran Svilanović, former Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Nataša Mićić, former parliamentary president and acting president of Serbia, Gašo Knezević, former Serbian Minister of Education, and Vesna Pešić, the party founder and longtime leader.

The future of the party had been in doubt ever since it split into two wings. One part promoted a merger with Democratic Party, while the other part wanted to continue political existence as an independent party. The December 2004 party congress upheld the decision to remain an independent party and elected Nataša Mićić as the new leader. The party decided to apply for membership of the ELDR and the Liberal International. At its May 2004 council, ELDR, accepted GSS as an affiliate member.

However, GSS merged into Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on April 7, 2007. The party had three representatives in the National Assembly of Serbia in 2007 elected from the list of the LDP.

Presidents of the Civic Alliance of Serbia (1992–2007)
# President Born-Died Term start Term end
1 Vesna Pešić1940–28 February 19921 August 1999
2 Goran Svilanović1963–1 August 199912 December 2004
3 Nataša Mićić1965–12 December 20047 April 2007

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Status
1992 17,276 0.37%
0 / 250
 no seats
1993 715,564 16.64%
1 / 250
 1 DEPOS opposition
1997 Election boycott
0 / 250
 1 no seats
2000 2,402,387 64.09%
9 / 250
 9 DOS government
2003 481,249 12.58%
2 / 250
 7 With DS–DC–SDU–LZS opposition
2007 214,262 5.31%
3 / 250
 1 With LDP–SDU–LSV–DHSS opposition

Positions held

Major positions held by Civic Alliance of Serbia members:

President of the National Assembly of SerbiaYears
Nataša Mićić 2001–2004
Mayor of BelgradeYears
Radmila Hrustanović 2001–2004

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Fischer, Jeffrey; Finn, Daniel; Carlson, Jeffrey (1997). Republic of Serbia: pre-election technical assessment. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. p. 91.
  3. Milošević, Milan (2000). Politički vodič kroz Srbiju 2000. Belgrade: Medija centar. p. 101. ISBN 86-82827-13-1. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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