| Country | Serbia |
|---|---|
| Native name | Странка српског јединства Stranka srpskog jedinstva |
| President | Borislav Pelević |
| Foundation | 1993 |
| Abbreviation | SSJ |
| Founder | Željko Ražnatović Arkan |
| Dissolution | 2007 |
| Predecessor | Civic Group – Željko Ražnatović Arkan |
| Merged | Serbian Radical Party |
| Successor | Council of Serbian Unity |
| Ideology | |
| Position | Far-right[1] |
| Military wing | Serb Volunteer Guard (1993–96) |
| Colours | Grey |
| Headquarters | Belgrade (1993–1998) Jagodina (1998–2007) |
| Website | www.strankasrpskogjedinstva.org (archived) |
The Party of Serbian Unity (Serbian: Странка српског јединства; abbr. SSJ) was a far-right, ultranationalist political party in Serbia founded by Željko Ražnatović.[4] After its merging into the Serbian Radical Party, the Council of Serbian Unity was the formed to be the party's successor in 2013.
Goals
The key goals of the party were:
- Unity of the Serbian people
- Preserving the integrity and territory of Serbia
- Parliamentarism and Democracy
- Preservation of tradition, family and the Cyrillic script
History
In 1992, a new party formed by Ražnatović called the Civic Group – Željko Ražnatović Arkan.[5] It gained five seats in the National Assembly during the 1992 general elections. After changing to the SSJ in 1993, the party lost its five seats for failing to receive the 5% threshold. In 1998, the party moved its headquarters from Belgrade to Jagodina.
Following the assassination of Ražnatović in 2000, Borislav Pelević became president of the party. At the last legislative election in 2003, the SSJ was a part of the For National Unity alliance. However, the coalition failed to receive any seats. The SSJ merged into the Serbian Radical Party in 2007.[4]
On 21 January 2013, the party was re-founded as the Council of Serbian Unity by Pelević, Slobodan Radosavljević and Jelena Kostić in Belgrade.[6] The new party took part in the 2014 parliamentary election as part of the Patriotic Front coalition, but failed to reach the 5% threshold.[7]
Electoral results
Parliamentary
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote |
| Seat change | Coalition | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Željko Ražnatović | 17,352 | 0.39% | 5 | — | ||
| 1993 | 41,632 | 1.00% | 5 | — | |||
| 1997 | 5,590 | 0.14% | 0 | — | |||
| 2000 | Borislav Pelević | 200,052 | 5.33% | 14 | — | ||
| 2003 | 68,537 | 1.82% | 14 | For National Unity | |||
| 2014 | 4,514 | 0.17% | 0 | Patriotic Front |
References
- ^ Wiesinger, Barbara (December 2008). "The Continuing Presence of the Extreme Right in Post-Milošević Serbia". Balkanologie. 11 (1–2). doi:10.4000/balkanologie.1363
- ^ "Warlord's party hopeful of winning seats". CNN. CNN. 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Željko Ražnatović". britannica.com. Britannica.
- ^ "Arkan radikal" (in Serbian). Kurir. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1992.". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Pelević obnavlja staru stranku" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Studio B :: Vesti :: Predata lista Patriotski front". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.