Slovaks Forward
{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Slovaks Forward
| native_name = Словаци напред
Slovaci napred
Slováci vpred
| abbreviation = SV/SN
| logo = Slovaks Forward logo.svg
| colorcode = {{party color|Slovaks Forward}}
| president = Pavel Surovi
| foundation = 2015
| ideology = Slovak minority interests
| colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}|border=darkgray}} Light blue
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}}}
| seats2_title = Assembly of Vojvodina
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}}}
| country = Serbia
}}
Slovaks Forward ({{langx|sk|Slováci vpred}}, abbr. SV; {{langx|sr|Словаци напред|Slovaci napred}}, abbr. SN) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Slovak national minority in Vojvodina. Its leader is Pavel Surovi. The party is aligned with Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=Stranka "Slovaci napred" podržava Vučića |url=https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/izbori-2022/predsednicki-izbori/stranka-slovaci-napred-podrzava-vucica_1327957.html |access-date=30 March 2022 |website=Radio Television of Vojvodina |language=sr}}
Slovak National Council
Slovaks Forward won nine out of twenty-nine seats in Serbia's 2014 Slovak National Council election and eight seats in the 2018 election.[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/arhiva-izbori-za-nacionalne-savete-slovaci.php ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! - ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ) and РЕЗУЛТАТИ ИЗБОРА (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за чланове Националног савета словачке националне мањине)], Избори за чланове националног савета словачке националне мањине, одржани 26. октобра 2014. године (непосредни избори), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-nsnm-neposredni-2018-proglasene-liste.php Проглашене изборне листе – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Решење о проглашењу Изборне листе СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – PAVEL SUROVÝ)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-nsnm-neposredni-2018-ukupni-rezultati.php Укупни резултати избора за националне савете националних мањина – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021. Surovi was chosen as council vice-president after the 2018 election, although he was removed from this role in February 2021.[https://novimagazin.rs/vesti/239509-slobodna-vojvodina-smena-potpredsednika-nacionalnog-saveta-slovaka-obracun-struja-u-sns-u "Slobodna Vojvodina: Smena potpredsednika Nacionalnog saveta Slovaka obračun struja u SNS-u"], Novi Magazin, 5 February 2021, accessed 8 February 2021.
Vojvodina provincial politics
Slovaks Forward was registered as a political party in late 2015.[https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=96601 "Serbia's registered political party count reaches 107"], B92, 5 January 2016, accessed 8 February 2021. It joined the Serbian Progressive Party's electoral alliance for the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election; Surovi was included on the Progressive Party's electoral list in the thirty-third position and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates.[http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2016 Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа)], Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020. He was promoted to the fifteenth position on the Progressive list in the 2020 provincial election and was re-elected when the list won an increased majority with seventy-six mandates.[http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2020 Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – ЗА НАШУ ДЕЦУ.)], Izbori 2020, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 1 January 2021. As of 2021, Surovi is the sole representative of his party in the assembly. He sits in caucus with the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – For Our Children parliamentary group.[https://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Poslanici.aspx?id=1433&s=poslanici&j=EN Pavel Surový], Assembly of Vojvodina, accessed 8 February 2021.
Surovi was confirmed for a new term as party leader in December 2019.[https://www.dnevnik.rs/politika/stranka-slovaci-napred-surovi-ponovo-na-celu-partije-23-12-2019 СТРАНКА 'СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД!' Сурови поново на челу партије"], Dnevnik, 23 December 2019, accessed 8 February 2021.
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