United Srpska (

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: Уједињена Српска/''Ujedinjena Srpska'' or US) is a political party based in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

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. A Serb nationalist party, United Srpska was formed in December 2015 following a split from the Serb Democratic Party.

History

United Srpska president, Nenad Stevandić, formed the party after criticising the Serb Democratic Party for a perceived lack of sufficient

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, stating that its representatives on a national level have aimed to "destroy Republika Srpska". During the 9th convocation of the

National Assembly of Republika Srpska The People's Assembly of Republika Srpska ( Serbian: ''Народна скупштина Републике Српске''; Croatian: ''Narodna skupština Republike Srpske''; abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, on ...

, Stevandić was a part of the Free Democratic Serb Group, which comprised other right-wing SDS dissidents. At the 2018 general election, US gained representation within the

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in its own right for the first time. With 3.09% of the vote, the party had four deputies elected. In November 2018, it was announced that US would participate in the governing coalition, alongside SNSD,

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, SP and NDP. Natalija Trivić became the party's first minister appointed to the

Government of Republika Srpska Government of Republika Srpska ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Влада Републике Српске, Vlada Republika Srpske) is the executive authority of Republika Srpska, along with the President of Republika Srpska. The Prime Minister is ...

, serving as Minister for Education and Culture since December 2018.

List of presidents

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National Assembly of Republika Srpska

Positions held

Major positions held by United Srpska members:

References

External links

Official Website
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