Country: | Serbia |
United Regions of Serbia | |
Native Name: | Уједињени региони Србије |
Founder: | Mlađan Dinkić |
Headquarters: | Belgrade |
Foundation: | (as party) |
Dissolved: | 13 November 2015 |
Predecessor: | G17 Plus |
Membership Year: | 2012 |
Membership: | 220,000[1] |
Position: | Centre-right |
International: | International Democrat Union |
European: | European People's Party (associate) |
Website: | (archived URL) |
The United Regions of Serbia (sr|Уједињени региони Србије|Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije; abbr. УРС, URS) was a regionalist, liberal-conservative political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[2] [3] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[4] [5]
The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[6]
On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[7] [8] Even though the party has been long gone, it has remained in the party register of Serbia since then.[9]
The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[10] In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, URS was associated with the European People's Party.[11]
| width=100px | % of vote | width=100px |
| width=100px | +/- | width=117px | Notes | width=125px | Government |
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2012 | 215,666 | 5.51% | 16 | as coalition | ||||||
2014 | 109,167 | 3.04% | 16 | as party | extra-parliamentary |
2012 | Zoran Stanković | 257,054 | 6.58% | — | — |
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President | Born–Died | Term start | Term end | ||
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1 | 1964– | 16 May 2010 | 18 March 2014 | ||
a | 1946– | 18 March 2014 (acting) | 13 November 2015 (acting) | ||
a | 1954– | ||||