Party of Democratic Progress

The Party of Democratic Progress (Serbian Cyrillic: Партија демократског прогреса (ПДП) РС / Serbian Latin: Partija demokratskog progresa (PDP) RS) is a Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded on 26 September 1999. It is the third-largest party in Republika Srpska.

Party of Democratic Progress

Партија демократског прогреса РС
Partija demokratskog progresa RS
LeaderBranislav Borenović
FounderMladen Ivanić
Founded26 September 1999
HeadquartersBanja Luka
IdeologyNational conservatism[1][2]
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right[3]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union (observer)
House of Representatives
2 / 42
House of Peoples
0 / 15
National Assembly of the Republika Srpska
9 / 83
Website
www.pdp.rs.ba
Mladen Ivanić, the founder and first president
of the Party of Democratic Progress

History

PDP was established in Banja Luka on 26 September 1999. During the founding assembly, Mladen Ivanić was elected as the president of the party, while Branko Dokić and Zoran Đerić were elected as vice presidents.[4] On 28 November 2015, Ivanić left the position of president after 16 years, after which Branislav Borenović became the new president of PDP.[5]

International Cooperation

The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) and International Democrat Union (IDU).

In terms of bilateral cooperation with other European parties, PDP maintains strong links with the Conservative Party (UK), Moderate Party (Sweden), Christian Democratic Union (Germany), SDKU (Slovakia), Austrian People's Party, New Democracy (Greece) and Democratic Party of Serbia and G17 Plus from Serbia.

PDP also has good relations with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Robert Schuman Institute and Democrat Youth Community of Europe.

Electoral results
National Assembly of the Republika Srpska
Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Government
2000 76,810 12.3%
11 / 83
 governmnent
2002 54,756 10.7%
9 / 83
 government
2006 38,681 6.86%
8 / 83
 opposition
2010 47,806 7.55%
7 / 83
 opposition
2014 48,845 7.38%
7 / 83
 opposition
2018 69,948 10.22%
9 / 83
 opposition

Positions held

Major positions held by Party of Democratic Progress members:

Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaYears
Mladen Ivanić 2014–2018
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina		Years
Dragan Mikerević 2002
Prime Minister of Republika SrpskaYears
Mladen Ivanić 2001–2003
Dragan Mikerević 2003–2005

References
  1. Bakke, Elisabeth (18 February 2010). "Party Systems since 1989". In Ramet, Sabrina P. (ed.). Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. "Serb, Bosniak nationalists, Croat center-left win Bosnia Herzegovina election". EFE. 8 October 2018.
  4. Glas Javnosti (Serbian)
  5. "Borenović izabran za novog predsjednika PDP-a, cilj preuzimanje Vlade RS" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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