Slovaks Forward

Slovaks Forward (Slovak: Slováci vpred, abbr. SV; Serbian: Словаци напред, romanized: Slovaci napred, abbr. SN) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Slovak national minority in Vojvodina. Its leader is Pavel Surovi. The party is aligned with Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party.^[1]

Slovaks Forward Словаци напред Slovaci napred Slováci vpred
Abbreviation	SV/SN
President	Pavel Surovi
Founded	2015
Ideology	Slovak minority interests
Colors	Light blue
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	1 / 120
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections

Slovak National Council

Slovaks Forward won nine out of twenty-nine seats in Serbia's 2014 Slovak National Council election and eight seats in the 2018 election.^[2][3][4] Surovi was chosen as council vice-president after the 2018 election, although he was removed from this role in February 2021.^[5]

Vojvodina provincial politics

Slovaks Forward was registered as a political party in late 2015.^[6] It joined the Serbian Progressive Party's electoral alliance for the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election; Surovi was included on the Progressive Party's electoral list in the thirty-third position and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates.^[7] He was promoted to the fifteenth position on the Progressive list in the 2020 provincial election and was re-elected when the list won an increased majority with seventy-six mandates.^[8] As of 2021, Surovi is the sole representative of his party in the assembly. He sits in caucus with the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – For Our Children parliamentary group.^[9]

Surovi was confirmed for a new term as party leader in December 2019.^[10]

References

1. "Stranka "Slovaci napred" podržava Vučića". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2. ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! - ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ) and РЕЗУЛТАТИ ИЗБОРА (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за чланове Националног савета словачке националне мањине), Избори за чланове националног савета словачке националне мањине, одржани 26. октобра 2014. године (непосредни избори), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.
3. Проглашене изборне листе – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Решење о проглашењу Изборне листе СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – PAVEL SUROVÝ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.
4. Укупни резултати избора за националне савете националних мањина – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.
5. "Slobodna Vojvodina: Smena potpredsednika Nacionalnog saveta Slovaka obračun struja u SNS-u", Novi Magazin, 5 February 2021, accessed 8 February 2021.
6. "Serbia's registered political party count reaches 107", B92, 5 January 2016, accessed 8 February 2021.
7. Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа), Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020.
8. Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – ЗА НАШУ ДЕЦУ.), Izbori 2020, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 1 January 2021.
9. Pavel Surový, Assembly of Vojvodina, accessed 8 February 2021.
10. СТРАНКА 'СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД!' Сурови поново на челу партије", Dnevnik, 23 December 2019, accessed 8 February 2021.