{{Infobox political party | country = Serbia | name = Bosniak Democratic Union | native_name = Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica<br />Бошњачка демократска заједница | native_name_lang = sr | abbreviation = BDZ | logo = Bosniak Democratic Union logo.png | colorcode = {{party color|Bosniak Democratic Union}} | leader = [[Emir Elfić]] | founder = Emir Elfić | headquarters = [[Novi Pazar]] | foundation = 25 December 2010 | ideology = [[Bosniaks of Serbia|Bosniak]] [[Minority politics|minority interests]] | colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Bosniak Democratic Union}}|border=silver}} Green | website = {{URL|bdz.rs}} }} '''Bosniak Democratic Union''' ({{langx|sr|Бошњачка демократска заједница|Bošnjačka demokratska stranka}}, '''BDZ''') is a [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]], representing the [[Bosniaks in Serbia|Bosniak ethnic minority]]. It is led by [[Emir Elfić]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=Mediji: Emir Elfić opozvan sa dužnosti ambasadora Srbije u Libanu - Politika - Dnevni list Danas |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/mediji-emir-elfic-opozvan-sa-duznosti-ambasadora-srbije-u-libanu/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
== History == It was founded on 25 December 2010 in [[Novi Pazar]].{{sfn|BDZ|25 December 2010}} Its founder and leader is economist Emir Elfić{{sfn|BDZ|25 December 2010}} (as of 2016).{{sfn|Večernje novosti|6 March 2016}} The party led the [[All Together (Serbia)|All Together]] ethnic minority political alliance that participated in the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Bošnjaci|date=2012|url=http://www.bosnjaci.net/prilog.php?pid=45462&BDZ_PREDALA_LISTE_U_SVIM_SAND%C5%BDA%C4%8CKIM_GRADOVIMA_I_PODR%C5%BDALA_MUFTIJU_ZA_PREDSJEDNIKA|title=BDZ PREDALA LISTE U SVIM SANDŽAČKIM GRADOVIMA I PODRŽALA MUFTIJU ZA PREDSJEDNIKA — Bosnjaci.Net}}</ref> The alliance received 24,993 votes (0.63%) and 1 seat in the parliament.<ref name="izbori2012">{{cite book |last1=Vukmirović |first1=Dragan |url=http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/doc/arhiva/poslanici/2012/3.%202012%20np%20rzs.pdf |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije i za predsednika Republike Srbije |date=2012 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |isbn=978-86-6161-021-9 |location=Belgrade |language=sr |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref> In the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 elections]], the alliance received 3,983 votes (0.11%) and lost its seat.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vukmirović |first1=Dragan |url=http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/doc/arhiva/poslanici/2014/3.%20Publikacija%20statistike%202014%20np%20rzs.pdf |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2014 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |isbn=978-86-6161-108-7 |location=Belgrade |page=9 |language=sr |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref> The alliance was dissolved. In March 2016, the BDZ and the [[Sandžak Democratic Party]] agreed on a coalition.{{sfn|Večernje novosti|6 March 2016}} It did not participate in the [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php|title=Изборне листе|access-date=2016-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427083209/http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php|archive-date=2018-04-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Sources== *{{cite web|author=BDZ|title=Osnivački akt|publisher=BDZ|date=25 December 2010|url=http://www.bdz.rs/osnivacki-akt.php|ref=CITEREFBDZ25_December_2010}} *{{cite web|author=Večernje novosti|title=Sporazum BDZ i SDP: Zajedno na sve izbore|date=6 March 2016|publisher=B92|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2016&mm=03&dd=06&nav_category=11&nav_id=1104564|ref=CITEREFVečernje_novosti6_March_2016}}
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