{{Short description|Former nationalist political party in Serbia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox political party | country = Serbia | name = Party of Serbian Unity | native_name = Странка српског јединства<br>Stranka srpskog jedinstva | logo = | president = [[Borislav Pelević]] | foundation = 1993 | abbreviation = SSJ | founder = [[Arkan|Željko Ražnatović Arkan]] | dissolution = 2007 | predecessor = Civic Group – Željko Ražnatović Arkan | merged = [[Serbian Radical Party]] | successor = [[Council of Serbian Unity]] | split = | colorcode = {{party color|Party of Serbian Unity}} | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |[[Serbian nationalism|Serbian]] [[ultranationalism]]<ref name="BW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/12/24/serbia.arkan/index.html|title=Warlord's party hopeful of winning seats|date=24 December 2020|publisher=CNN|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zeljko-Raznatovic|title=Željko Ražnatović|publisher=Britannica|website=britannica.com}}</ref> |[[National conservatism]] |[[Serbian irredentism]]}} | position = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]<ref name="BW">{{cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/balkanologie/1363|title=The Continuing Presence of the Extreme Right in Post-Milošević Serbia|date=December 2008|last=Wiesinger|first=Barbara|journal=Balkanologie |volume=11 |issue=1–2 |doi=10.4000/balkanologie.1363 |doi-access=free}}</ref> | wing1_title = Military wing | wing1 = [[Serb Volunteer Guard]] (1993–96) | international = | european = | colours = {{color box|{{party color|Party of Serbian Unity}}}} Grey | headquarters = [[Belgrade]] (1993–1998)<br>[[Jagodina]] (1998–2007) | seats1_title = [[National Assembly of Serbia|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Party of Serbian Unity}}}} | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040219151732/http://www.strankasrpskogjedinstva.org/sajt/index.htm www.strankasrpskogjedinstva.org] (archived) | flag = Flag of Serbia (cross).svg }} {{Far-right politics in Serbia}} The '''Party of Serbian Unity''' ({{langx|sr|Странка српског јединства|Stranka srpskog jedinstva}}; abbr. '''SSJ''') was a [[Far-right politics in Serbia|far-right]], [[ultranationalist]] [[list of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]] founded by [[Arkan|Željko Ražnatović]].<ref name="arkan">{{cite news|url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/arkan-radikal-clanak-21866|title=Arkan radikal|language=sr|publisher=Kurir|date=24 December 2007|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109071052/http://www.kurir-info.rs/arkan-radikal-clanak-21866|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After its merging into the [[Serbian Radical Party]], the [[Council of Serbian Unity]] was the formed to be the party's successor in 2013.
== Goals == The key goals of the party were: *Unity of the [[Serbs|Serbian]] people *Preserving the integrity and territory of Serbia *[[Parliamentary system|Parliamentarism]] and Democracy *Preservation of tradition, family and the [[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic script]]
== History == In 1992, a new party formed by Ražnatović called the [[Civic Group – Željko Ražnatović Arkan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1992. |url=http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/latinica/arhiva-izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-1992.php |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs}}</ref> It gained five seats in the [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] during the [[1992 Serbian general election|1992 general elections]]. After changing to the SSJ in 1993, the party lost its five seats for failing to receive the 5% threshold. In 1998, the party moved its headquarters from [[Belgrade]] to [[Jagodina]].
Following the assassination of Ražnatović in 2000, [[Borislav Pelević]] became president of the party. At the last [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|legislative election]] in 2003, the SSJ was a part of the [[For National Unity (Serbia)|For National Unity]] alliance. However, the coalition failed to receive any seats. The SSJ merged into the Serbian Radical Party in 2007.<ref name="arkan"/>
On 21 January 2013, the party was re-founded as the Council of Serbian Unity by Pelević, Slobodan Radosavljević and Jelena Kostić in Belgrade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.289.html:394841-Pelevic-obnavlja-staru-stranku|title=Pelević obnavlja staru stranku|language=sr|publisher=Večernje novosti|date=29 August 2012|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> The new party took part in the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 parliamentary election]] as part of the [[Patriotic Front (Serbia)|Patriotic Front]] coalition, but failed to reach the 5% threshold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Studio B :: Vesti :: Predata lista Patriotski front |url=http://www.studiob.rs/info/vest.php?id=98397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002953/http://www.studiob.rs/info/vest.php?id=98397 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref>
== Electoral results ==
=== Parliamentary === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! rowspan=1|Status |- ! [[1992 Serbian general election|1992]] | rowspan="3" align="center" |[[Arkan|Željko Ražnatović]] | 17,352 | 0.39% | {{Composition bar|5|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{Increase}} 5 | ''—'' | {{no|Opposition}} |- ! [[1993 Serbian parliamentary election|1993]] | 41,632 | 1.00% | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{Decrease}} 5 | ''—'' | {{no|Opposition}} |- ! [[1997 Serbian general election|1997]] | 5,590 | 0.14% | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{steady}} 0 | ''—'' | {{no|Opposition}} |- ! [[2000 Serbian parliamentary election|2000]] | rowspan="3" align="center" |[[Borislav Pelević]] | 200,052 | 5.33% | {{Composition bar|14|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{increase}} 14 | ''—'' | {{no|Opposition}} |- ! [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|2003]] | 68,537 | 1.82% | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{decrease}} 14 | [[For National Unity (Serbia)|For National Unity]] | {{no|Opposition}} |- ! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] | 4,514 | 0.17% | {{Composition bar|0|250|hex=#36454F}} | {{steady}} 0 | Patriotic Front | {{no|Opposition}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140330192613/http://www.saborsrpskogjedinstva.rs/ Council of Serbian Unity official website]
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