Healthy Serbia

Healthy Serbia (Serbian: Здрава Србија, romanized: Zdrava Srbija) is a right-wing nationalist and environmentalist political party founded in 2017 by Milan Stamatović, Mayor of Čajetina.

Healthy Serbia

Здрава Србија
Zdrava Srbija
PresidentMilan Stamatović
Founded5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)[1]
HeadquartersČajetina[2]
IdeologyEnvironmentalism
Agrarianism
Serbian nationalism
Christian right
Social conservatism
Soft Euroscepticism
Decentralization
Anti-globalization
Russophilia
Political positionRight-wing
ColoursGreen and Red
SloganFor a Healthy Serbia
Victory of the People!
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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Website
zdravasrbija.rs

After leaving the Democratic Party of Serbia and further disagreements with the President of the Serbian People's Party Nenad Popović over Popović's support for the ruling party's leader Aleksandar Vučić's candidacy at the 2017 Serbian Presidential election, Milan Stamatović decided to run for President himself. Together with his supporters, he founded the "For a Healthy Serbia" Citizens' Group, which nominated him.[3] Stamatović received 1.15% of the overall votes in Serbia, but the fact that he won 61.23% of votes in his hometown of Čajetina encouraged him to found his own political party.[4]

Healthy Serbia was officially founded on 5 June 2017 in a Western Serbian village of Ljubiš, where Stamatović received 99% of the votes. Among the founders were famous Serbian poet Ljubivoje Ršumović and Serbian writer Milan Paroški. At that occasion, Stamatović said that "Healthy Serbia would be an authentic regional party, but also a party devoted to making entire Serbia healthier by working from the interior, and not from Belgrade."[5]

On 21 August 2017, Healthy Serbia and Dveri signed an agreement on joint political action. Stamatović said that neither of these two political parties have ever flirted with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, which he considers to be a huge advantage. He also mentioned that these two political organizations do not wish to topple the Government on the streets, but through elections.[6]

In 2020 Serbian parliamentary elections, Healthy Serbia will participate in the coalition with Better Serbia.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Government
2020 Milan Stamatović 33,435 1.04%
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 With BS[7] non-parliamentary

Notable members

This is a list of notable members of the Healthy Serbia:

References
  1. Milan Paroški i Ljuba Ršumović sa Stamatovićem počeli osnivanje stranke Zdrava Srbija
  2. Milan Paroški i Ljuba Ršumović sa Stamatovićem počeli osnivanje stranke Zdrava Srbija
  3. Stamatovićev pokret prerasta u stranku
  4. Stamatović ohrabren rezultatima
  5. Milan Paroški i Ljuba Ršumović sa Stamatovićem počeli osnivanje stranke Zdrava Srbija
  6. Dveri i Zdrava Srbija potpisale sporazum o saradnji
  7. "Novinska agencija Beta". Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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