Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia 2005)

Liberal Democratic Party
Либерално-демократска партија
Liberalno-demokratska partija
Leader	Čedomir Jovanović
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Simina 41, Belgrade
Political ideology	Social Liberalism, center-left
International affiliation	none
European affiliation	none
Colour(s)	Red, White
Website	www.ldp.org.yu
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The Liberal Democratic Party (Serbian: Либерално-демократска партија, Liberalno-demokratska partija) is a social liberal political party in Serbia.

History

It was founded on 5 November, 2005 by a fraction of the Democratic Party after their leader, former Deputy Prime Minister Čedomir Jovanović had been expelled in a party purge. The party was represented in the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro after Đorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party to the Liberal Democratic Party. The party also reached a coalition agreement for the 2007 parliamentary election with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, League of Vojvodina Social Democrats and the Social Democratic Union. The Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP on April 7, 2007 after long announcements, increasing the number of LDP's seats in the parliament from 6 to 9.

Participation in elections

In the 21 January 2007 parliamentary election in Serbia, the Liberal Democratic Party ran in a coalition with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, the Social Democratic Union and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina that won 15 seats with 5.3% of total vote. LDP itself got 6 seats and included GSS, SDU and DHSS on its parliamentary club. On December 2nd, 2007 the party board decided to present Čedomir Jovanović as a candidate for the next Serbian presidential election.

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Serbia
• Social liberalism

External links

• Liberal Democratic Party official site (in Serbian)
• Čedomir Jovanović
• Osnovan LDP, B92, November 5, 2005

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