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Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the historical political party, see Social Democratic Party of Bosnia–Herzegovina (1909).
The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP BiH) / Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине), also simply known as the Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija (SDP) / Социјалдемократска партија) is a social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
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Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine Социјалдемократска партија Боснe и Херцеговинe | |
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President | Nermin Nikšić |
General Secretary | Elvir Karajbić |
Vice Presidents | See list
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Founder | Nijaz Duraković |
Founded | 27 December 1992 |
Preceded by | SK BiH |
Headquarters | Alipašina 41, Sarajevo |
Youth wing | Forum Mladih SDP |
Membership | 43,000 |
Ideology | Social democracy[1] Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-left[2][3] |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
International affiliation | Socialist International Progressive Alliance |
HoR BiH | 5 / 42 |
HoP BiH | 0 / 15 |
HoR FBiH | 15 / 98 |
HoP FBiH | 13 / 80 |
NA RS | 3 / 83 |
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www.sdp.ba | |
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It is officially multi-ethnic, although it lost most of its former support among Croat and Serb voters in the decade following the 2000 parliamentary election, when it began to lean more towards Bosnian populism,[4] and now gathers most of its support from Bosniaks.[5][6][7]