{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = Slovaks Forward | native_name = Словаци напред<br />Slovaci napred<br />Slováci vpred | abbreviation = SV/SN | logo = Slovaks Forward logo.svg | colorcode = {{party color|Slovaks Forward}} | president = [[Pavel Surovi]] | foundation = 2015 | ideology = [[Slovaks in Serbia|Slovak]] [[Minority politics|minority interests]] | colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}|border=darkgray}} [[Light blue]] | seats1_title = [[National Assembly of Serbia|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}}} | seats2_title = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Slovaks Forward}}}} | country = Serbia }}
'''Slovaks Forward''' ({{langx|sk|Slováci vpred}}, abbr. '''SV'''; {{langx|sr|Словаци напред|Slovaci napred}}, abbr. '''SN''') is a [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]], representing the [[Slovaks in Serbia|Slovak ethnic minority]] in [[Vojvodina]]. Its leader is [[Pavel Surovi]]. The party is aligned with [[Aleksandar Vučić]] and the [[Serbian Progressive Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=Stranka "Slovaci napred" podržava Vučića |url=https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/izbori-2022/predsednicki-izbori/stranka-slovaci-napred-podrzava-vucica_1327957.html |access-date=30 March 2022 |website=Radio Television of Vojvodina |language=sr}}</ref>
==Slovak National Council== Slovaks Forward won nine out of twenty-nine seats in Serbia's 2014 Slovak National Council election and eight seats in the 2018 election.<ref>[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/arhiva-izbori-za-nacionalne-savete-slovaci.php ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! - ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ) and РЕЗУЛТАТИ ИЗБОРА (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за чланове Националног савета словачке националне мањине)], Избори за чланове националног савета словачке националне мањине, одржани 26. октобра 2014. године (непосредни избори), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref><ref>[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-nsnm-neposredni-2018-proglasene-liste.php Проглашене изборне листе – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Решење о проглашењу Изборне листе СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – ПАВЕЛ СУРОВИ СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД! – SLOVÁCI VPRED! – PAVEL SUROVÝ)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref><ref>[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-nsnm-neposredni-2018-ukupni-rezultati.php Укупни резултати избора за националне савете националних мањина – Национални савет СЛОВАЧКЕ националне мањине (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref> Surovi was chosen as council vice-president after the 2018 election, although he was removed from this role in February 2021.<ref>[https://novimagazin.rs/vesti/239509-slobodna-vojvodina-smena-potpredsednika-nacionalnog-saveta-slovaka-obracun-struja-u-sns-u "Slobodna Vojvodina: Smena potpredsednika Nacionalnog saveta Slovaka obračun struja u SNS-u"], ''Novi Magazin'', 5 February 2021, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref>
==Vojvodina provincial politics== Slovaks Forward was registered as a political party in late 2015.<ref>[https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=96601 "Serbia's registered political party count reaches 107"], B92, 5 January 2016, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref> It joined the [[Serbian Progressive Party]]'s electoral alliance for the [[2016 Vojvodina provincial election]]; Surovi was included on the Progressive Party's [[electoral list]] in the thirty-third position and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates.<ref>[http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2016 Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа)], Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020.</ref> He was promoted to the fifteenth position on the Progressive list in the [[2020 Vojvodina provincial election|2020 provincial election]] and was re-elected when the list won an increased majority with seventy-six mandates.<ref>[http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2020 Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – ЗА НАШУ ДЕЦУ.)], Izbori 2020, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 1 January 2021.</ref> As of 2021, Surovi is the sole representative of his party in the assembly. He sits in caucus with the Progressive Party's ''[[For Our Children (Serbia)|Aleksandar Vučić – For Our Children]]'' parliamentary group.<ref>[https://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Poslanici.aspx?id=1433&s=poslanici&j=EN Pavel Surový], Assembly of Vojvodina, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref>
Surovi was confirmed for a new term as party leader in December 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnevnik.rs/politika/stranka-slovaci-napred-surovi-ponovo-na-celu-partije-23-12-2019 СТРАНКА 'СЛОВАЦИ НАПРЕД!' Сурови поново на челу партије"], ''Dnevnik'', 23 December 2019, accessed 8 February 2021.</ref>
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