The Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement ( sr, Српски Демократски Покрет Обнове, СДПО / Srpski Demokratski Pokret Obnove, SDPO) was a
monarchist
Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...
.
The SDPO was formed in 2005, after a split in the
Serbian Renewal Movement
The Serbian Renewal Movement ( sr-cyrl, Српски покрет обнове, Srpski pokret obnove, SPO) is a liberal and monarchist political party in Serbia.
History
The Serbian Renewal Movement party was founded in 1990 through the merge ...
(SPO). The split was the result of major disagreements with the leadership of
Vuk Drašković
Vuk Drašković ( sr-cyrl, Вук Драшковић, ; born 29 November 1946) is a Serbian writer and politician. He is the leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, and served as the war-time Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugo ...
and his influential wife
Danica Drašković
Danica Drašković ( sr-Cyrl, Даница Драшковић, ; born 14 November 1945) is a Serbian lawyer, writer, and politician. She is the wife of Vuk Drašković, the president of the Serbian Renewal Movement and former minister of fore ...
.
The SDPO last participated in the
2007 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition o ...
in coalition with the
Democratic Party of Serbia
The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia.
Initially known and formed as Democ ...
and
New Serbia
New Serbia or Nova Srbija may refer to:
* New Serbia (political party), established in 1998
* New Serbia (historical province), in the 18th century Russian Empire
See also
* Serbia (disambiguation)
* Serbian (disambiguation)
Serbian may ref ...
. The SDPO ceased to exist in 2010, on the national level, after the new law on political parties was taken by the parliament demanding all parties to register again under new conditions.
References
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External links
Former official website
Conservative parties in Serbia
Defunct political parties in Serbia
Eastern Orthodox political parties
Monarchist parties in Serbia