G17 Plus

G17 Plus was a centre-right<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> political party in Serbia. Founded as a non-governmental organization dealing with economic issues, in 2002 it transformed into a political party that became part of several ruling coalition governments in Serbia throughout the 2000s and early 2010s. In 2013, it merged into United Regions of Serbia.

Foundation

G17 Plus was founded in 1997 as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Serbia, then a federal unit within FR Yugoslavia. The organization consisting of economic experts enjoyed financial support of the United States through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).<ref name=ned>Template:Cite news</ref>

The organization was registered as a political party on 15 December 2002, with Miroljub Labus as its first president.

At its first electoral showing at the 2003 parliamentary elections, G17 Plus received 11.5% of the popular vote and 34 seats in the National Assembly.

In March 2004, G17+ formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and New Serbia (NS). In May 2006 Miroljub Labus resigned as party leader and was replaced by Mlađan Dinkić. On October 1, 2006, the party quit the governing coalition over its failure to find and extradite ICTY fugitive Ratko Mladić.

In the 2007 elections, the party received 6.82% of the popular vote and 19 seats in the parliament.

G17+ received a single seat in the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija.<ref name=assembly>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2010, G17 Plus founded the United Regions of Serbia (URS), a coalition of political parties and groups emphasizing decentralization and regional development of Serbia.<ref>Osnovani Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije Template:Webarchive (in Serbian)</ref> After a few years functioning as the centerpiece of the coalition, in April 2013 G17 Plus fully merged with URS, transforming it into a political party.

In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, G17+ was associated with the European People's Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Presidents of the G17 Plus (2002–2013)

#	President		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	Miroljub Labus		1947–	15 December 2002	16 May 2006
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	Mlađan Dinkić		1964–	16 May 2006	21 April 2013

Electoral results

National Assembly of Serbia

Election	# of votes	% of vote	# of seats	+/-	Coalition	Status
2003	438,422	11.46%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 31	with SDP	Template:Yes
						Template:No
2007	275,041	6.82%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 12	—	Template:Yes
2008	1,590,200	38.42%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 5	ZES	Template:Yes
2012	215,666	5.51%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 14	URS	Template:Yes
						Template:No

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Election year	#	Candidate	1st round votes	%	2nd round votes	%	Notes
2002	2nd	Miroljub Labus	995,200	27.96	1,516,693	31.62	Election declared invalid due to low turnout
2003	Template:Center
2004	Template:Decrease 4th	Dragan Maršićanin	414,971	13.31	—	—	Government Coalition
2008	Template:Increase 1st	Boris Tadić	1,457,030	35.39	2,304,467	50.31	For a European Serbia
2012	Template:Decrease 5th	Zoran Stanković	257,054	6.58%	—	—	United Regions of Serbia

Positions held

Major positions held by G17 Plus members:

President of the National Assembly of Serbia	Years
Predrag Marković	2004–2006
Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia / Serbia	Years
Mlađan Dinkić	2000–2003

External links

• Official website