{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} The '''Federal Party of Yugoslavs''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Савезна странка Југословена|Savezna stranka Jugoslovena}}, abbr. '''SSJ'''), known initially as the '''Party of Yugoslavs''' ({{lang-sh-Cyrl|Странка Југословена|Stranka Jugoslovena}}, abbr. '''SJ''') was a political party in Yugoslavia, and later in Serbia after the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
==History== The party was formed on 6 March 1990 in [[Zagreb]] under the name ''Party of Yugoslavs''. Its first president was [[Ante Ercegović]]. The party advocated [[Yugoslavism]], market reforms and a peaceful resolution to the Yugoslav crisis. Following the [[dissolution of Yugoslavia]], the Serbian branch of the party continued to exist under the name Federal Party of Yugoslavs and was led by fiction writer [[Berislav Kosier]].
In the [[1990 Serbian general election|1990 election]], the party won one seat. Its sole MP was journalist [[Mihajlo Kovač]]. The party supported [[Blažo Perović]] in the presidential election and won 1.14%.<ref>[http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/doc/arhiva/predsednik/1990/1.%20-%201990%20lista%20kandidata%20predsednik.pdf List of candidates for the Serbian presidential election 1990, Republic Electoral Commission] (in Serbian)</ref> At this time, the party had links to the [[Workers' Party of Yugoslavia]] led by [[Milosav V. R. Jovanović]] who mailed a letter of support to the party's congress in Sarajevo in 1991.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_040wrIH4YQ Assembly of the Party of Yugoslavs in Sarajevo, 1991, ''Ljudi vreme dokumenti'', Vikom RTV] (in Serbo-Croatian)</ref>
In 1994 the party was one of the 19 parties that merged to form the [[Yugoslav Left]]. It left the Yugoslav Left on 25 August 1997 following its decision to dissolve all participating parties in favor of a unified program.<ref>{{cite web|last1=T.|first1=N.|title=Direkcija "guta" osnivace|url=http://www.yurope.com/nasa-borba/arhiva/Aug97/2608/2608_6.HTM|website=yurope.com|publisher=Naša Borba|access-date=10 May 2018|language=sr|date=26 August 1997}}</ref> Kosier later condemned the JUL's decision to support a coalition with the far-right [[Serbian Radical Party]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Torov|first1=Milica|title=Bolje vojvoda "u ruci", nego Vuk "na grani"|url=http://www.yurope.com/nasa-borba/arhiva/Mar98/2903/2903_2.HTM|website=yurope.com|publisher=Naša Borba|access-date=10 May 2018|language=sr|date=29 March 1998}}</ref>
Berislav Kosier died in 2002. The party officially ceased to exist in Serbia on 19 April 2010.<ref>[http://www.arhiva.drzavnauprava.gov.rs/files/SPISAK%20BRISANIH%20PS.doc List of dissolved political parties, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727143118/http://www.arhiva.drzavnauprava.gov.rs/files/SPISAK%20BRISANIH%20PS.doc |date=2024-07-27 }} (in Serbian)</ref>
==Prominent members== * [[Ante Ercegović]] * [[Ante Popović]] * [[Berislav Kosier]] * [[Božidar Milosavljević]] * [[Blaško Gabrić]] * [[Emil Vlajki]] * [[Stanislav Žitnik]]
==References== <references/> {{Serbian political parties}} [[Category:1990 establishments in Serbia]] [[Category:2010 disestablishments in Serbia]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2010]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1990]] [[Category:Political parties in Yugoslavia]] [[Category:Yugoslavism]] {{Serbia-party-stub}} {{Yugoslavia-party-stub}}