{{more citations needed|date= April 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = Third Serbia – Rich Serbia | native_name = Трећа Србија – Богата Србија | native_name_lang = sr | logo = Third Serbia Logo.svg | colorcode = {{party color|Third Serbia – Rich Serbia}} | president = [[Aleksandar Protić]] (2013–2014) <br> [[Miroslav Parović]] (2014–2016) | founder = [[Aleksandar Protić]] <br> [[Miroslav Parović]] <br> Andrej Fajgelj | founded = 2015 | dissolved = 2016 | headquarters = | merged = | merger = ''Third Serbia'' and ''Rich Serbia'' | split = [[Dveri]] | successor = [[People's Freedom Movement (Serbia)]] | position = [[Right-wing]] to [[far-right]] | ideology = [[National conservatism]] <br> [[Social conservatism]] <br> [[Euroscepticism]] | website = http://slobodarski.rs | country = [[Serbia]] }}
'''Third Serbia – Rich Serbia''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Трећа Србија – Богата Србија|Treća Srbija – Bogata Srbija}}) was a political party in [[Serbia]]. It was created in 2015 by the merger of '''Third Serbia''', formed in 2012 with the party '''Rich Serbia''' formed in 2011.
==History== ===Third Serbia=== Third Serbia was registered as an association of citizen in 2012, and was formed at the foundatory general assembly held on 13 October 2013, in [[Belgrade]], as a split from the [[Dveri|Movement for Life - Dveri]].
[[Aleksandar Protić]], who was a member and producer of the music group [[Belgrade Syndicate]], was elected the first president of the party, and [[Miroslav Parović]], then the head of the committee group, was elected in [[Novi Sad]] at the age of 22 from [[Dveri]]'s electoral lists. In March 2014, at the general assembly at the age of 29 he was elected the second president of Third Serbia as the youngest leader of a political party in Serbia.
The party then went to the polls for the first time in [[Zemun]] on 2 June 2013, and won about 2% of the vote in her first political outing. The [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 elections]] were the first parliamentary elections in which the party participated independently, and the party had been actively participating ever since.
===Rich Serbia=== Rich Serbia was founded in 2011 by journalist and celebrity agriculturist [[Zaharije Trnavčević]].
The goal of the party was to appeal to agronomists and entrepreneurs. Its policies were [[Agrarianism|agrarian]] and included tripling the agricultural subsidy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/zaharije-trnavcevic-osniva-stranku/x5f7hc2|title=Zaharije Trnavčević osniva stranku|date=29 November 2015|website=Blic.rs|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/politika/glas-javbnosti-23-01-2011/zaharije-trnavcevic-predsednik-bogate-srbije|title=Zaharije Trnavčević predsednik "Bogate Srbije" - Glas javnosti|website=Glas-javnosti.rs|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>
Its founding assembly was held on 22 January, and the party was formally registered on 5 June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mduls.gov.rs/doc/dokumenta/pstranke/IZVOD%20IZ%20REGISTRA%2003022015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205035521/http://www.mduls.gov.rs/doc/dokumenta/pstranke/IZVOD%20IZ%20REGISTRA%2003022015.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012 election]], BS ran as part of the [[U-Turn (Serbian coalition)|U-Turn]] political alliance led by [[Čedomir Jovanović]], the head of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia 2005)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and won 1 seat. However, almost immediately after the election, it broke from the coalition and joined the parliamentary majority with the [[Serbian Progressive Party|Progressives]] and [[Socialist Party of Serbia|Socialists]], siding with the [[Cabinet of Ivica Dačić|government of Ivica Dačić]], which it continued to support until the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Srbija/240846/Velja-ministar-za-gradevinu-i-urbanizam-|title=Vesti online / Vesti / Srbija / Mrkonjiću saobraćaj, a Velji građevinarstvo|website=Vesti-online.com|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>
In the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 election]] the party ran in coalition with the [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] and won no seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2014&mm=02&dd=13&nav_id=811761|title=RIK proglasio listu DS-a - B92.net|website=B92.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/politika/u_parlamentu_18_stranaka.56.html?news_id=278572|title=U parlamentu 18 stranaka|website=Danas.rs|date=24 March 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>
===Merged=== In January 2015 the Rich Serbia reached an agreement on beginning cooperation with the Third Serbia led by [[Miroslav Parović]] was renamed Third Serbia – Rich Serbia, still led by Parović, effectively a merger of the two groups.
This was opposed by some members of Third Serbia, and they split into a new movement called the [[Serbian League (political movement)|Serbian League]] led by [[Aleksandar Đurđev]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/337919/Kako-se-obogatila-Treca-Srbija|title=Како се "обогатила" Трећа Србија|first=С.|last=Ковачевић|website=Politika.rs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/bivsi-generalni-sekretar-trece-srbije-osnovao-svoju-ligu/02zns59|title=Bivši generalni sekretar Treće Srbije osnovao svoju Ligu|date=25 November 2015|website=Blic.rs|accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>
In July 2015, Miroslav Parović, as the president of Third Serbia – Rich Serbia, using his powers, expelled the secretary general from the party, along with several other members.<ref>[http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/srbija.73.html:556142-Treca-Srbija-Troje-iskljuceno-iz-stranke-rusili-vladajucu-vecinu "Трећа Србија: Троје искључено из странке, рушили владајућу већину"], Новости</ref>
Due to the need to adapt to modern trends in European politics, on 17 December 2016 the party bodies made a decision on internal reform, when it merged into the [[People's Freedom Movement (Serbia)|People's Freedom Movement]].<ref>[http://slobodarski.rs/2016/12/17/treca-srbija-prerasla-u-narodni-slobodarski-pokret/ "Трећа Србија прерасла у Народни слободарски покрет"]</ref> The term ''Third Serbia'' has been retained as the name of the political platform of the People's Freedom Movement.
==Electoral performance== Parliamentary elections as Rich Serbia:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Government |- ! [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] | 255,546 | 6.53% | {{Composition bar|1|250|#365d30}} | {{increase}} 1 | [[U-Turn (Serbian coalition)|U-Turn]] | {{partial|gov′t support}} |- ! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] | 216,634 | 6.03% | {{Composition bar|0|250|#365d30}} | {{decrease}} 1 | <small>With [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|DS]]-[[New Party (Serbia)|NS]]-[[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina|DSHV]]</small> | style="background:#ddd;"| non-parliamentary |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Serbian political parties}}
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