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Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnian Serb political party

Summary

Bosnian Serb political party

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nameSerb Democratic Party
native_nameСрпска демократска странка
Srpska demokratska stranka
logoLogo of the Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina).svg
logo_size135px
flag[[File:Flag of the Serb Democratic Party.svg200pxborder]]
presidentBranko Blanuša
leader2_titleVice-President
abbreviationSDS (СДС)
founderRadovan Karadžić
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headquartersTrg Ilidžanske brigade, Pale, Istočno Sarajevo
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youth_wingYouth SDS
membership40,000
positionCentre-right to right-wing
regionalSerb Democratic Party (Croatia)
Serb Democratic Party (Serbia)
seats1_titleHoR BiH
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Srpska demokratska stranka |Serbian nationalism |Conservatism |Pro-Europeanism}} Serb Democratic Party (Serbia) The Serb Democratic Party (Српска демократска странка, СДС) is a Serb conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by Radovan Karadžić in 1990, ahead of the first multi-party Bosnian general election.

In the parliamentary elections of October 2006, the SDS lost its status as the leading party in Republika Srpska and the main Serb party in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), led by the president of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik. Despite making minor gains in the 2010 and 2014 elections, by 2018 the party had fallen to below 20% of the parliament, the lowest seat standing in its history.

The party is under sanctions from the United States for "failing to arrest and turn over war crimes suspects to an international tribunal." The sanctions prohibit any transfer of funds and material from the United States to the SDS and vice versa. The party is on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons by the Office of Foreign Assets Control U.S. agency. To avoid the sanctions, the SDS officials established a separate legal entity called SDS – The Will of the People () in 2020.

History

Establishment

Radovan Karadžić founded the Serb Democratic Party in July 1990. The party aimed at unifying the Bosnian Serb community, as Jovan Rašković's Serb Democratic Party did with the Serbs in Croatia, and staying part of Yugoslavia (as the "Third Yugoslavia" with Serbia and Montenegro) in the event of secession by those two republics from the federation.

1991

Throughout September 1991, the SDS began to establish various "Serb Autonomous Regions" throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Bosnian parliament voted on sovereignty on 15 October 1991, a separate Serb Assembly was founded on 24 October 1991 in Banja Luka, in order to exclusively represent the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The following month, Bosnian Serbs held a referendum which resulted in an overwhelming vote in favor of staying in a federal state with Serbia and Montenegro, as part of Yugoslavia. In December 1991, a top-secret document entitled ‘For the organization and activity of organs of the Serbs people in Bosnia-Herzegovina in extraordinary circumstances’ was drawn up by the SDS leadership. This was a centralized program for the takeover of each municipality in the country, through the creation of shadow governments and para-governmental structures through various "crisis headquarters", and by preparing loyal Serbs for the takeover in co-ordination with the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).

Ideology

Historically, the party had a strong ultranationalist, separatist and Islamophobic ideology.

List of presidents

No.Name
(Birth–Death)PortraitTerm of officeSerb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"1Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"2Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"3Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"4Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"5Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"6Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"7Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"8Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"—Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)}}; color:white;"9
Radovan Karadžić
(born 1945)[[File:Evstafiev-Radovan Karadzic 3MAR94.jpg80px]]12 July 199019 July 1996
Aleksa Buha
(born 1939)[[File:No image.png80px]]19 July 19961 July 1998
Dragan Kalinić
(born 1948)[[File:Dragan Kalinic crop.jpeg80px]]1 July 199820 July 2004
Dragan Čavić
(born 1958)[[File:Dragan Čavić cropped.jpg80px]]20 July 200415 December 2006
Mladen Bosić
(born 1961)[[File:Mladen Bosic-mc.rs.jpg80px]]15 December 20068 October 2016
Vukota Govedarica
(born 1976)[[File:No image.png80px]]23 October 201630 June 2019
Mirko Šarović
(born 1956)[[File:Mirko Šarović (cropped).jpg80px]]30 June 201912 November 2022
Milan Miličević
(born 1963)[[File:No image.png80px]]12 November 202213 July 2025
Jovica Radulović
(born 1983)
Acting[[File:No image.png80px]]13 July 202528 December 2025
Branko Blanuša
(born 1969)[[File:No image.png80px]]28 December 2025Incumbent

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

YearLeaderPopular vote%# of seatsGovernment1990
Radovan Karadžić590,43126.14
YearLeaderPopular vote%HoRSeat changeHoPSeat changeGovernment199619982000200220062010201420182022
Aleksa Buha578,72324.11NewNew
Dragan Kalinić162,7219.4354
248,57916.6820
172,54414.0412
Dragan Čavić108,6167.6922
Mladen Bosić137,8448.4010
211,56212.9711
Vukota Govedarica162,4149.8021
Mirko Šarović112,2507.0710

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National Assembly of Republika Srpska

YearLeaderPopular vote% of popular vote# of seatsSeat changeCoalitionGovernment19911996199719982000200220062010201420182022
Radovan KaradžićMPs that left the Bosnian parliament—
Aleksa Buha568,98052.3%27—
209,76728.9%21—
Dragan Kalinić160,59421.7%5—
226,22636.1%12—
159,16431.2%5—
Dragan Čavić103,03518.27%9—
Mladen Bosić120,13618.97%1—
173,82426.26%3With
Vukota Govedarica123,51518.04%5With
Mirko Šarović95,64814.95 %3—

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Presidential elections

Election year#CandidateVotes%NoteElected?19961998200220062010201420182022
1stMomčilo Krajišnik690,64667.3%—
2ndMomčilo Krajišnik314,23644.7%—
1stMirko Šarović180,21235.5%—
2ndMladen Bosić130,82424.2%—
2ndMladen Ivanić285,95147.31%Support
1stMladen Ivanić318,19648.71%Support
2ndMladen Ivanić292,06542.74%Support
2ndMirko Šarović224,91235.45%—
Election year#CandidateVotes%NoteElected?19961998200020022006200720102014201820222025
1stBiljana Plavšić636.65459.2%—
1stNikola Poplašen322,68443.9%Support
1stMirko Šarović313,57249.8%—
1stDragan Čavić183,12135.9%—
2ndDragan Čavić163,04129.4%—
2ndOgnjen Tadić142,89833.8%—
2ndOgnjen Tadić227,23935.92%—
2ndOgnjen Tadić296,02144.28%—
2ndVukota Govedarica284,14041.81%—
2ndJelena Trivić273,24542.84%Support
2ndBranko Blanuša212,60548.22%—

Positions held

Major positions held by Serb Democratic Party members:

Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaYearsChairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and HerzegovinaYearsPresident of Republika SrpskaYearsPrime Minister of Republika SrpskaYearsPresident of Republika Srpska National AssemblyYears
Momčilo Krajišnik1996–1998
Mirko Šarović2002–2003
Borislav Paravac2003–2006
Boro Bosić1997–1999
Spasoje Tuševljak2000
Radovan Karadžić1992–1996
Biljana Plavšić1996–1998
Mirko Šarović2000–2002
Dragan Čavić2002–2006
Branko Đerić1992–1993
Vladimir Lukić1993–1994
Dušan Kozić1994–1995
Rajko Kasagić1995–1996
Gojko Kličković1996–1998
Pero Bukejlović2005–2006
Momčilo Krajišnik1992–1996
Dragan Kalinić1996–1998
2000–2004
Dušan Stojičić2004–2006

References

References

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  6. Gow, James. (2003). "The Serbian Project and Its Adversaries: A Strategy of War Crimes". McGill-Queen's University Press.
  7. (1997-07-21). "Bosnia Serbs Oust Leader From Her Party". The New York Times.
  8. "Holbooke to seek removal of Bosnian Serb leader". The Irish Times.
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