People's Party (Serbia, 2017)

People's Party Народна странка Narodna stranka
Abbreviation	Narodna
President	Vladimir Gajić
General Secretary	Vacant
Vice-Presidents	Vacant
Parliamentary leader	Stefan Jovanović
Founders	Vuk Jeremić Miroslav Aleksić
Founded	22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)
Preceded by	People's Movement of Serbia
Headquarters	Njegoševa 76, Belgrade
Youth wing	Youth of the People's Party
Women's wing	Women's Network
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
Colors	Blue   Red
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	0 / 110
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Website
narodna.org.rs
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The People's Party (Serbian Cyrillic: Народна странка, romanized: Narodna stranka, abbr. Narodna) is a conservative political party in Serbia. It was led by Vuk Jeremić, the former minister of foreign affairs of Serbia and president of the United Nations General Assembly, from its foundation until December 2023.

Narodna was formed in October 2017 after Jeremić re-organised the People's Movement of Serbia (NPS), a political party led by Miroslav Aleksić. It cooperated with Dragan Đilas and the Movement of Free Citizens and Serbian Left, with whom Narodna took part in the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election and won 19% of the popular vote. Narodna then joined the Alliance for Serbia (SZS), a coalition formed by Đilas, which organised mass anti-government protests after the physical attack on Borko Stefanović in November 2018. Together with SZS, Narodna boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election, claiming that its conditions would not be free and fair. Narodna was later a member of the United Opposition of Serbia, which existed between August 2020 and January 2021, and then the United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) coalition.

With UZPS, Narodna took part in the 2022 general elections and nominated Zdravko Ponoš, a then-member of Narodna, as their presidential candidate. Ponoš lost the presidential election while Narodna won 12 seats in the National Assembly, although due to conflicts between Narodna and the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), UZPS was dissolved after the elections. Since then, Narodna formed its own parliamentary groups in the National Assembly and City Assembly of Belgrade, while still serving in opposition to the Serbian Progressive Party. A schism within the party occurred in 2023, which resulted in Aleksić and other members leaving Narodna and refounding NPS. Narodna failed to retain its representation in the 2023 elections. Initially a centre-right party, Narodna has throughout time shifted to the right-wing. Previously supportive of the accession of Serbia to the European Union, it has shifted towards Eurosceptic positions and it declares itself to be in favour of military neutrality.