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Liberalism in Serbia is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it is not necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

Introduction

Liberal parties were active in former Serbia and later in Yugoslavia. After the restoration of democracy liberal factions became active again.

The timeline

From Liberals to Nationalists

• 1848: Beginning of differentiating of political currents, liberals noticeable next to the conservatives
• 1858: Liberals organized themselves though not yet as political party in the modern sense
• 1881: The group established the Society for the promotion of Serbian Literature (Дружина за помагање српске књижевности) NGO
• 1883: The organization is formed into a political party: Liberal Party (Либерална странка)
• 1904: A left-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party (Либерално демократска странка) returning to original liberal ideas, the remainder continues as the National Party (Национална странка) straying far away from liberalism
• 1905: The ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party reunited the National Party into the People's Party (Народна странка) of the liberal center
• 1919: The party merged with the Independent Radical Party and the Serbian Progressive Party (among many others) into the ⇒ Yugoslav Democratic Party

Progressive Party

• 1842: The Constitution-defenders (Уставобранитељи) are organized, first forefathers of the progressives
• 1868: The Young Conservatives are organized, although not yet as a political party
• 1881: The Serbian Progressive Party (Српска напредна странка) is founded with many strong liberal ideas
• 1896: The party dissolved
• 1906: The party is reestablished, fully reformed
• 1914: The conservative faction seceded as the Serbian Conservative Party (Конзервативна странка)
• 1919: The party merged with the People's Party and the Independent Radical Party (along with many others) into the ⇒ Yugoslav Democratic Party
• 1920: The party is reestablished by the remainder that didn't join into the Democrats
• 1925: The party ceased to exist

Radical Party

• 1881: People's Radical Party (Народна радикална странка) was founded as a classical radical party.
• 1903: Liberal wing secedes from the People's Radical Party and forms the Independent Radical Party (Самостална радикална странка)
• 1919: The Independent Radical Party merges with the ⇒ Serbian Progressive Party and the People's Party, along with many other political forces from former Austria-Hungary into the pan-Yugoslav ⇒ State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats

From Democrats to Liberals

• 1919: The Independent Radical Party merges with the Serbian Progressive Party and the People's Party, along with many other political forces from former Austria-Hungary into the pan-Yugoslav State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats (Државотворна странка демократа Срба, Хрвата и Словенаца / Državnotvorna stranka demokrata Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca)
• 1919: A group of hard-core republicans secedes
• 1920: The republican dissidents form the Republican Democratic Party (Републиканска демократска странка / Republikanska demokratska stranka)
• 1921: Republican Party is renamed as Yugoslav Republican Party (Југословенска републиканска странка / Jugoslovenska republikanska stranka)
• 1921: The party is formally named as the Yugoslav Democratic Party (Југословенска демократска странка / Jugoslovenska demokratska stranka) gaining a statute
• 1924: A faction formed the ⇒ Independent Democratic Party (Самостална демократска странка / Samostalna demokratska stranka)
• 1929: monarchic dictatorship is established and parties are banned
• 1935: preserving structure, the Democrats return into politics with the reintroduction of multi-parliamentarism
• 1945: Parties are again banned, JDS goes into pacifist resistance to Communism
• 1948: JDS is destroyed by Communists, but "Our Word" (Naša reč) emigrant newspaper is organized maintaining Democrats' ideology
• 1963: emigrants reform the party as the Democratic Alternative (Demokratska alternativa) emigrant movement abroad
• 1968: student liberal demonstrations in Belgrade, opposition to Communist dictatorship formed => Committee for the Protection of Human Rights (Комитет за заштиту људских права / Komitet za zaštitu ljudskih prava), considered predecessor of the modern Democratic Party
• 1982: Democratic Alternative ceases to exist
• 1989: Reestablishment of the party declared (Democratic Party (Serbia)
• 1990: The party is reorganized as a political party, but just in Serbia
• 1990: "Our Word" stops editing
• 1991: A nationalist group seceded as the Serbian Liberal Party (Српска либерална странка / Srpska liberalna stranka)
• 1992: Conservative wing seceded as the Democratic Party of Serbia (Демократска странка Србије / Demokratska stranka Srbije)
• 1996: A faction seceded as the Democratic Center (Демократски центар / Demokratski centar)
• 2001: The party changed its ideology to social democracy
• 2004: The ⇒ Democratic Centre returned into the Democratic Party
• 2005: A faction led by Čedomir Jovanović seceded as the Liberal Democratic Party^[1]
• 2007: ⇒ Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the Liberal Democratic Party

From Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia to Reformist Party

• 1989: The pan-Yugoslav Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia (Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije) is founded
• 1991: The party is renamed in Serbia into the Reformist Party (Reformska stranka)
• 1992: The party merged with the Republican Club (Republikanski klub) into the Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski savez Srbije)

Civic Alliance of Serbia

• 1992: The ⇒ Reformist Party merged with the Republican Club (Republikanski klub) to form the Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski savez Srbije)
• 1996: A left wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Social Democratic Union (Socijaldemokratska unija)
• 2007: The party merged into the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal leaders

• Čedomilj Mijatović
• Milan Piroćanac
• Milutin Garašanin
• Stojan Novaković
• Ljubomir Davidović
• Milan Grol
• Zoran Đinđić

See also

• History of Serbia
• Politics of Serbia
• List of political parties in Serbia

References