Communist Party (Serbia)
{{Short description|Titoist political party in Serbia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Expand Serbian|topic=hist|Комунистичка партија (Србија)|date=May 2016}}
{{distinguish|League of Communists of Serbia}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Communist Party
| native_name = Комунистичка партија
Komunistička partija
| native_name_lang = sr
| logo = Communist Party (Serbia) logo.png
| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}
| abbreviation = KP
| president = Joška Broz
| secretary_general = Miroslav Jovanović
| founder = Joška Broz
| founded = {{Start date|2009|||df=y}}
| merger = New Communist Party of Serbia
Social Democrats of Novi Sad
| headquarters = Uralska 9
11060 Belgrade
| successor = Serbian Left
| youth_wing = Communist Youth (KO)
| ideology = {{plainlist|
}}
| position = Far-left
| european =
| international =
| dissolved = 23 January 2022
| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}}} {{colorbox|#CC7722}} Red and Ochre
| slogan = “Workers of the World, Unite!”
| website = {{Official URL}}
| country = Serbia
}}
The Communist Party ({{langx|sr|Комунистичка партија|Komunistička partija}}; {{abbr|abbr.|abbreviated}} {{lang|sr|КП}} or KP) was a Titoist political party in Serbia.
History
It was founded in Belgrade in November 2009,{{cite news |title=Tito's Grandson Elected Head Of Serbia's New Communist Party |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Titos_Grandson_Elected_Head_Of_Serbias_New_Communist_Party/1887793.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=25 November 2009}} after two smaller communist parties (the New Communist Party of Serbia (NKPS) and the Social Democrats from Novi Sad) united with a group of communists.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Josip Joška Broz (grandson of the former Yugoslav president and communist revolutionary Josip Broz Tito), was elected as its president. Its Secretary-General is Miroslav Jovanović.{{cite web |title=Communist Party of Serbia welcomes DPRK’s achievements |url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/07/01/communist-party-of-serbia-welcomes-dprks-achievements/ |website=plenglish.com |date=1 July 2023}}
The Communist Party competed in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently, receiving 28,977 votes or 0.74% of the popular vote, failing to enter parliament. A similar situation happened in the 2014 parliamentary elections when the Communist Party (in coalition with Montenegrin Party) received 6,388 votes or 0.18% of the popular vote and again failed to enter parliament. However, for the 2016 parliamentary elections, the Communist Party joined a coalition led by the Socialist Party of Serbia that received 413,770 votes or 10.95% of the popular vote and entered the Parliament of Serbia and also the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
In January 2022, it was announced that the Communist Party changed name to the Serbian Left, with Radoslav Milojičić being elected president.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-25|title=Radoslav Milojičić predsednik Srpske levice, u planu izlazak na izbore|url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/kena-predsednik-srpske-levice/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=N1|language=sr-RS}}
Organization
The head of the party is the President, next in the hierarchy is the Secretary-General and after him is the party's Central Committee. The party is split into committees led by committee secretaries and also into basic organizations led by commissioners.
Presidents
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!# ! colspan="2" |President !Born–Died !Term start !Term end |
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}; color:white;" |1
|1947– |2010 |2022 |
|---|
Electoral results
= Parliamentary elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%" |
| Year
! Leader ! Vote(s) ! % ! Seats ! ± ! Arrangements ! Status |
|---|
| 2012
| rowspan="4" align="center" |Joška Broz{{efn|Party leader. Coalition leader is Ivica Dačić.}} | 28,977 | 0.74% | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}}} | {{nochange}} | | style="background:#ddd;" align=center|N/A |
| 2014
| 6,388 | 0.18% | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}}} | {{nochange}} | With CP | style="background:#ddd;" align=center|N/A |
| 2016
| 413,770 | 10.95% | {{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}}} | {{increase}}1 | {{partial|Government support}} |
| 2020
| 334,333 | 10.38% | {{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|Communist Party (Serbia)}}}} | {{nochange}} | With SPS–JS–ZS | {{partial|Government support}} |
References
Notes
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Citations
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.kp.rs/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150205035521/http://www.mduls.gov.rs/doc/dokumenta/pstranke/IZVOD%20IZ%20REGISTRA%2003022015.pdf Excerpt from the register of political parties, which includes the Communist Party]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQGLpmHqL0 Video by the Communist Party]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82BzXrvQKk Speech of Joška Broz on 25 May]
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