{{Short description|Former liberal political party in Yugoslavia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox political party | name = Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | logo = Logo of the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia.svg | native_name = Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije<br>Савез реформских снага Југославије | colorcode = {{party color|Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia}} | abbreviation = SRSJ | leader = [[Ante Marković]] | split = [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] | successor = [[Civic Alliance of Serbia]]<br />[[Social Democratic Party of Montenegro]]<br />[[Liberal Alliance of Montenegro]]<br />[[Reformists of Vojvodina]]<br />[[Liberal Party of Macedonia]]<br />[[Alliance of Independent Social Democrats]] | foundation = July 1990 | dissolution = 1991 | ideology = [[Liberalism]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kalezić |first1=Danilo |title=The nature of political transformations in Montenegro in the early 90s: prolongated transition and halted democratization |journal=Istorijski Zapisi |date=2019 |issue=3–4 |page=109 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=918786 |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref><br />[[Neoliberalism]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hadžić |first1=Faruk |title=Ethnonationalist Capitalism & The Illegitimate Legacies of the Yugoslav Wars |journal=Journal of Economics and Related Studies |date=2021 |volume=3 |issue=2 |page=89 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1488161 |issn=2667-5927}}</ref><br />[[Yugoslavism]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Calic |first1=Marie-Janine |title=A history of Yugoslavia |date=2019 |location=West Lafayette, Indiana |isbn=978-1-55753-838-3 |page=287}}</ref><br />[[Anti-nationalism]]<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Otmacic |first1=Valentina |title=Resisting division along ethnic lines: a case study of two communities who challenged discourses of war during the Yugoslav conflict 1991-1995 |url=https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/handle/10454/17418 |publisher=University of Bradford |page=143 |language=en |date=11 November 2019|type=doctoral }}</ref> | colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia}}|border=silver}} Pink<br />{{colorbox|#37465B|border=silver}} Grey | country = Yugoslavia }}
The '''Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia''' ({{lang-sh-Cyrl-Latn|Савез реформских снага Југославије|Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije}}; abbr. СРСЈ or '''SRSJ''') was a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[political party]] in the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] led by [[Ante Marković]] that opposed the dissolution of Yugoslavia.<ref>[https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/pregled_stampe.php?yyyy=2003&mm=11&dd=11&nav_id=124347 Ante Marković, posljednji jugoslavenski premijer], B92, 11-11-2003, retrieved 06-12-2020</ref>
== History == The party was short-lived and fairly unsuccessful, but it later served as a basis for liberal parties in [[Serbia]] (the Reform Party of Serbia, later [[Civic Alliance of Serbia]] and [[Reformists of Vojvodina]]) and in [[North Macedonia]] (the Reformist Forces of Macedonia-Liberal Party, later the [[Liberal Party of Macedonia]]<ref>[http://lp.org.mk/%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%98%d0%b0/ Istorija] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721124452/http://lp.org.mk/%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0/ |date=21 July 2018 }}, Liberal Party of Macedonia</ref>).
In Montenegro, it was the main opposition to the ruling [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|Democratic Party of Socialists]], as a coalition formed from the [[Liberal Alliance of Montenegro]], [[Social Democratic Party of Montenegro|Socialist Party of Montenegro]], [[Social Democratic Party of Montenegro|Social Democratic Party of Reformists]], Independent Organization of Communists of Bar and Party of National Equality. It won 17 seats.<ref>[http://www.vijesti.me/izbori-2012/svi-nasi-izbori-gotovo-cetvrt-vijeka-dps-a-9485 Svi naši izbori], Vijesti (2012)</ref>
In the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], it was a basis for the Social Democrats, led by [[Selim Bešlagić]], which merged into [[Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. In [[Republika Srpska]] it was a basis for the Party of Independent Social Democrats (later [[Alliance of Independent Social Democrats]]).
In Slovenia, it was organized under the name Social Democratic Union (Socialdemokratska unija, SDU), but it failed to gain any significant weight in the political spectrum, remaining a small extra-parliamentary party.
== Parliamentary elections == === Montenegro === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[Parliament of Montenegro]] ! Year ! no. ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Government |- ! [[1990 Montenegrin general election|1990]] | ''#2'' | 42,840 | 14.05% | {{Composition bar|17|125|hex=lightcoral}} | {{no|opposition}} |}
=== Macedonia === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[Parliament of Macedonia]] ! Year ! no. ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Government |- ! [[1990 Macedonian parliamentary election|1990]] | ''#4'' | 128,449 | 16.1% | {{Composition bar|11|120|hex=lightcoral}} | {{no|opposition}} |}
=== Bosnia and Herzegovina === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Chamber of Citizens]] ! Year ! no. ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Government |- ! [[1990 Bosnian general election|1990]] | ''#5'' | 201,018 | 8.9% | {{Composition bar|12|130|hex=lightcoral}} | {{no|opposition}} |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Chamber of Municipalities]] ! Year ! no. ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Government |- ! [[1990 Bosnian general election|1990]] | ''#5'' | 281,436 | 11% | {{Composition bar|1|110|hex=lightcoral}} | {{no|opposition}} |}
=== Serbia === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[Parliament of Serbia]] ! Year ! no. ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Overall seats won ! Government |- ! [[1990 Serbian general election|1990]] | ''#6'' | 71,865 | 1.43% | {{Composition bar|2|250|hex=lightcoral}} | {{no|opposition}} |}
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