Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Serb Democratic Party
Српска демократска странка
Srpska demokratska stranka
AbbreviationSDS
PresidentMilan Miličević
General SecretaryZoran Latinović
Vice-PresidentPredrag Kovač
FounderRadovan Karadžić
Founded12 July 1990; 34 years ago (12 July 1990)
HeadquartersIlijan Brigade Square, Pale, Istočno Sarajevo
Youth wingYouth SDS
Membership40,000
Ideology
Formerly:
Political position
Colors
  •   Blue
SloganYou will live better!
HoR BiH
2 / 42
HoP BiH
1 / 15
NA RS
12 / 83
Party flag
Website
www.sds.rs

The Serb Democratic Party (Serbian: Српска демократска странка/Srpska demokratska stranka or СДС/SDS) is a Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current leader is Milan Miličević.

In the parliamentary elections of October 2006, the SDS lost its status as the leading party in Republika Srpska and the main Serb party in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), led by the president of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik.[6] Despite making minor gains in the 2010 and 2014 elections, by 2018 the party had fallen to below 20% of the parliament, the lowest seat standing in its history.

The party is under sanctions from the United States for "failing to arrest and turn over war crimes suspects to an international tribunal." The sanctions prohibit any transfer of funds and material from the United States to the SDS and vice versa.[7][8] The party is on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons by the Office of Foreign Assets Control U.S. agency.[9]

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  8. ^ "US Places Sanctions on Bosnian Serb Officials". L.A. Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that, under the sanctions, any assets the Serbian Democratic Party had in the United States would be frozen. In addition, he said, any members of that party or its partner, the Party for Democratic Progress, would be banned from entering the United States.
  9. ^ "Office of Foreign Assets Control black list" (PDF). Office of Foreign Assets Control. Retrieved 12 February 2016.