Healthy Serbia

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

Healthy Serbia
Здрава Србија
Zdrava Srbija
AbbreviationZS
PresidentMilan Stamatović
Vice Presidents
Founded5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)[1]
HeadquartersČajetina[2]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationSovereignists
Colours
  •   Green
  •   Gold
Slogan"Za Zdravu Srbiju"
("For a Healthy Serbia")
National Assembly
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Website
zdravasrbija.org.rs

History

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 the 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 the 2020 parliamentary elections, Healthy Serbia participated in a coalition with the conservative Better Serbia.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote  % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2020 Milan Stamatović 33,435 1.04%
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2022 86,362 2.34%
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Presidential elections
Year Candidate # 1st round popular vote  % of popular vote # 2nd round popular vote  % of popular vote Notes
2017 Milan Stamatović[lower-alpha 1] 8th 42,193 1.15% N/A – –
2022 Branka Stamenković 7th 77,027 2.03% N/A – – Support

Notable members

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

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Ran as candidate of "For a Healthy Serbia" citizen's group, which after the election became a political party

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 21 May 2020.
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