The Serbian Left ( sr, Левица србије, ЛС / Levica Srbije, LS) was a minor

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

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political party in

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. In April 2019 the Serbian Left merged into

Dragan Đilas Dragan Đilas ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђилас, , born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013. From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the ...

Party of Freedom and Justice The Party of Freedom and Justice ( sr, Странка слободе и правде, Stranka slobode i pravde, SSP) is a social-democratic political party in Serbia. It is led by Dragan Đilas. It was founded in April 2019 after a merger of ...

(SSP).

History

The Serbian Left was founded by

Borko Stefanović Borko Stefanović (born 5 February 1974, born as Borislav Stefanović) is a Serbian politician who was the leader of the Levica Srbije political party. Prior to founding Levica Srbije, he was active in the Democratic Party in Serbia, with whom ...

as a splinter from the

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. In the

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, the Serbian Left supported "either Janković or Jeremić". An attack on its leader Stefanović in late 2018 was instrumental in kicking off major protests around the country. It merged into the center-left

formed by former

Mayor of Belgrade The Mayor of Belgrade ( sr, Градоначелник Београда / ''Gradonačelnik Beograda'') is the head of the City of Belgrade (the capital and largest city of Serbia). The Mayor acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executiv ...

in April 2019.Formirana Stranka slobode i pravde
''Danas'', 19 April 2019, accessed 24 April 2019.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

References

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