Borislav Pelević

Borislav Pelević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Пелевић; 22 November 1956 – 25 October 2018) was a Serbian politician. He was president of the nationalist Party of Serbian Unity (SSJ),^[1] a party with marginal importance in Serbian politics, until it merged with the Serbian Radical Party in December 2007.^[2]

Borislav Pelević
Борислав Пелевић
Pelević in 2013
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-22)22 November 1956 Bublje, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	25 October 2018(2018-10-25) (aged 61) Belgrade, Serbia
Political party	SSJ (1993–2007) SRS (2007–2008) SNS (2008–2013) SSJ (2013–2014)
Children	5
Occupation	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Serbia  Serbian Krajina  Republika Srpska
Years of service	1991–1996
Rank	Commander
Unit	Serb Volunteer Guard
Battles/wars	Croatian War of Independence

Military and political career

Pelević was a commander of the Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitary during the Croatian War of Independence, serving at the Erdut training camp.^[3] He was also a presidential candidate in September and December 2002 and in 2004.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Serbia on the Serbian Radical Party list twice, in 2007 and 2008. After the party's deputy leader, Tomislav Nikolić, resigned from the SRS and formed the new Serbian Progressive Party, Pelević left the SRS and joined Nikolić's group.^[4] He was elected MP on the SNS ballot in the 2012 election but soon developed disagreements over SNS policies on Kosovo and the European Union, eventually leaving the SNS and becoming an independent MP.^[5]

On 21 January 2013, the SSJ party was re-founded as the Council of Serbian Unity by Pelević, Slobodan Radosavljević and Jelena Kostić in Belgrade.^[5] The new party took part in the 2014 parliamentary election as part of the Patriotic Front, but failed to reach the 5% threshold.^[6]

Death

He died on 25 October 2018, after a long illness.^[7]

References

1. "Nationalists line up for Serb presidency". BBC Online. 18 November 2002. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
2. "Arkan radikal" (in Serbian). Kurir. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
3. Erlanger, Steven (23 January 2000). "In a Land Of Glitz And Crimes, He Stood Out". The New York Times. p. 4. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
4. "Nikolić forms own parliamentary club". B92. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
5. "Pelević obnavlja staru stranku" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
6. "Studio B :: Vesti :: Predata lista Patriotski front". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
7. "Preminuo Borislav Pelević". b92.net (in Serbian). Blic. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.