Serb List (Kosovo)

The Serb List (Serbian: Српска листа / Srpska lista; Albanian: Lista Serbe) is a Serb minority political party in Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1]

Serb List

Српска листа
Lista Serbe
PresidentGoran Rakić
Vice PresidentMilan Radoičić
FounderAleksandar Jablanović
Founded2014 (2014)
HeadquartersNorth Mitrovica, Kosovo
IdeologySerb minority politics[1]
National conservativism
Right-wing populism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationSerbian Progressive Party[2][3]
ColoursRed, Blue, White
Assembly
10 / 120
Mayors
10 / 38
Municipal assemblies
117 / 994
Website
srpskalista.net

It is currently the dominant Serb party in Kosovo politics, claiming all ten of Assembly seats reserved for the community. The party retains close links to the Government of Serbia, led by the Serbian Progressive Party and President Aleksandar Vučić.[4][5]

History

The combined number of votes for the Serb List was 38,169 (5.30%) at the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election.[6]

On 17 September 2014, the Serb List announced that they would join the government cabinet only if Vetëvendosje was not part of it.[7]

Aleksandar Jablanović, the Minister for Returns and Communities in the Government of Kosovo, was dismissed on 3 February 2015, after the opposition demanded his dismissal after he called the group of ethnic Albanians who attacked Serb IDPs in Gjakova with stones on Christmas Eve "savages".[8] His statement contributed to the 2015 Kosovo protests.[9] The Serb List decided not to attend the next Kosovo assembly session.[10]

Following the 2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, the Serb List agreed to form the Government of Kosovo led by Ramush Haradinaj of Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, allegedly under main condition that the Community of Serb Municipalities be established.[11]

Parliamentary elections
Assembly of Kosovo
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Serb seats Seat change Government
2014 38,199 #5 5.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 9 government
2017 44,578 #4 6.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 government
2019 52,620 #5 6.61%
10 / 120
10 / 10
 1 government

Presidents of the Serb List
# Name In office
1 Aleksandar Jablanović 2014–2015
2 Slavko Simić 2015–2017
3 Goran Rakić 2017–present

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Kosovo". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. https://balkaninsight.com/2019/10/16/serbias-president-was-real-loser-in-kosovo-election/
  3. http://www.ngoaktiv.org/uploads/documents/scenario-territorial-exchange-between-serbia-and-kosovo-and-it-s-repercussions-for-serbs-south-of-the-ibar.pdf
  4. https://balkaninsight.com/2019/10/16/serbias-president-was-real-loser-in-kosovo-election/
  5. http://www.ngoaktiv.org/uploads/documents/scenario-territorial-exchange-between-serbia-and-kosovo-and-it-s-repercussions-for-serbs-south-of-the-ibar.pdf
  6. http://www.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Srbija/413110/Srpska-lista-presla-cenzus-Pokret-socijalista-najvise-poslanika
  7. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2014&mm=09&dd=17&nav_id=91640
  8. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2015&mm=02&dd=04&nav_id=93078
  9. "Jabllanoviqi i quan egërsira protestuesit në Gjakovë (Video)". Telegrafi.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2015&mm=02&dd=05&nav_id=93093
  11. "Srpska lista odlučila da uđe u vladu Kosova Ramuša Haradinaja". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Beta. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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