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Party of Danube Serbs
Партија подунавских Срба
Partija podunavskih Srba
AbbreviationPPS
LeaderRade Leskovac
Founded27 February 1998
Dissolved2012-15
Preceded bySerbian Radical Party in the Republic of Serbian Krajina
HeadquartersVukovar
IdeologySerbian nationalism
Regionalism
Anti-communism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Blue
Croatian Parliament
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Party flag

The Party of Danube Serbs (Serbian: Партија подунавских Срба, romanizedPartija podunavskih Srba, abbr. PPS) was a Croatian Serb minority political party in Croatia.

History

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It was formed as the Serbian Radical Party in the Republic of Serbian Krajina by Rade Leskovac on 13 May 1992. Following the switching of power to Croatia over the previous SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia, the party was re-registered under its current name, with Leskovac remaining in the role of party leader. The party no longer supports the Greater Serbia concept.[1]

On 4 February 1995, SRS RSK president, Rade Leskovac, was removed as the president by the Executive Board of the Serbian Radical Party in the Republic of Srpska Krajina and was also removed from the Serbian Radical Party for attempting to separate sections within it.[2] Branko Vojnica was made the new president.

Leskovac caused a controversy in 2007 when election posters featured him giving a Serbian three-fingered salute were posted around the city of Vukovar, which is considered an aggressive Serbian nationalist symbol by many ethnic Croats.[3][4][5] The Party was erased from Register of political parties sometime between 2012 and 2015.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Razgovor s predsjednikom Partije podunavskih Srba Radom Leskovcom". voa.gov. Voice of America. October 21, 1998. Archived from the original on October 9, 1999.
  2. ^ Šešelj, Vojislav (4 March 1995). "Посланица јуначком народу Републике Српске Крајине" (PDF). srpskaradikalnastranka.org.rs. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Nepoželjna "tri prsta" u hrvatskoj izbornoj kampanji". Radio Television of Vojvodina. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2010-12-01.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Na plakatima Leskovac s podignuta tri prsta". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ Gligorijević, Jelena (2019). Contemporary Music Festivals as Micronational Spaces: Articulations of National Identity in Serbia's Exit and Guča Trumpet Festivals in the Post-Milošević Era. Finland: University of Turku. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-951-29-7594-5. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. ^ Ponoš, Tihomir (24 August 2015). "Imamo čak 148 političkih stranaka: Zadnje tri godine iz registra izbrisano čak 27 stranaka" [We have as many as 148 political parties: In the last three years, as many as 27 pages have been deleted from the register]. Novi List (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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