Independent Liberal Party (Kosovo)
political party in Kosovo
The Independent Liberal Party (ILP, Serbian: Самостална либерална странка, Samostalna liberalna stranka, СЛС/SLS) was a political party in Kosovo, representing the Kosovo Serbs. It was founded in 2006, and participated in several electoral cycles. The party was headed by Slobodan Petrović. It was abolished in 2020.
History
In the 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 3 out of 120 seats in the Transitional Assembly of Kosovo (Slobodan Petrović, Bojan Stojanović, Kosara Nikolić), with Petrović also being elected into the Presidency of the Assembly, while in January 2008 ILP also gained two ministerial posts in the Transitional Government of Kosovo (Boban Stanković, Nenad Rašić).
In February 2008, upon the Kosovo declaration of independence, ministers from ILP left the Government in protest, but returned to their posts already by the end of March.
In the 2010 parliamentary election, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 8 out of 120 seats. In February 2011, the ILP joined the coalition government of Hashim Thaçi, with ILP leader Slobodan Petrović becoming one of five deputy prime ministers. In the same time, ILP got three ministries: Local Self-Government (Slobodan Petrović), Communities and Return (Radojica Tomić), and Labor and Social Welfare (Nenad Rašić).
In the spring of 2014, a fraction led by minister Nenad Rašić splintered from ILP and formed the Progressive Democratic Party.
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