The Party of Democratic Progress (, abbr. ПДП, PDP) is a centre to centre-right Serb

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founded on 26 September 1999. It is the third-largest party in the Republika Srpska entity.

History

The PDP was established in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

on 26 September 1999. During the founding assembly, Mladen Ivanić was elected as the president of the party, while Branko Dokić and Zoran Đerić were elected as vice presidents. On 28 November 2015, Ivanić left the position of president after 16 years, after which Branislav Borenović became the new president of the PDP. On 15 December 2024,

Draško Stanivuković Draško Stanivuković (; born 21 May 1993) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician serving as mayor of Banja Luka since December 2020. He is the current president of the Party of Democratic Progress. From 2018 to 2020, Stan ...

replaced Borenović as the new president of the party.

International Cooperation

The party is an observer member of the

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(EPP) and

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(IDU). In terms of bilateral cooperation with other European parties, the PDP maintains strong links with the Conservative Party ( UK),

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), Christian Democratic Union (

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), SDKU (

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, New Democracy (

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) and Democratic Party of Serbia from

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. The PDP also has good relations with

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, Robert Schuman Institute and Democrat Youth Community of Europe.

List of presidents

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National Assembly of Republika Srpska

Presidential elections

Positions held

Major positions held by Party of Democratic Progress members:

References

External links

Official website
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