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{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox political party
| country = Serbia
| name = G17 Plus
| native_name = Г17 плус
| headquarters = Trg Republike 5, [[Belgrade]]
| logo = G17 Plus Logo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| colorcode = {{party color|G17 Plus}}
| president = {{nowrap|[[Miroljub Labus]] (2002–2006)<br>[[Mlađan Dinkić]] (2006–2013)}}
| founder = [[Miroljub Labus]]
| foundation = {{start date|df=y|2002|12|15}}
| dissolution = {{start date|df=y|2013|04|21}}
| merged = [[United Regions of Serbia]]
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Liberal conservatism]]<ref name="Bakke2010">{{cite book|author=Elisabeth Bakke |chapter=Central and East European party systems since 1989|title=Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFXdiS25N78C&pg=PA78|year=2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-48750-4|pages=78, 80}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Serbia to head for early elections |url=https://euobserver.com/eu-political/25802 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=EUobserver |date=10 March 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
 |[[Liberalism]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Liberal Party To Pull Out Of Serbian Coalition |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1071680.html |access-date=2022-05-24 |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=2 February 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Serb minister to quit unless Mladic is handed over |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/serb-minister-to-quit-unless-mladic-is-handed-over-1.783223 |access-date=2022-05-24 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Puddington |first=Arch |title=Freedom in the world 2011 : the annual survey of political rights & civil liberties |date=2011 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-0996-1 |location=Lanham |pages=585 |oclc=793082219}}</ref>
 |[[Neoliberalism]]<ref name="FES">{{cite book | url=http://izbornareforma.rs/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/resurscentar/Ideologija%20i%20politicke%20stranke%20u%20Srbiji.pdf | title=Ideologija i političke stranke u Srbiji | trans-title=Ideology and Political Parties in Serbia | publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Faculty of Political Sciences, Institute for Humanities | access-date=17 July 2001 | author=Orlović, Slaviša | last2=Antonić | first2=Slobodan | last3=Vukomanović | first3=Dijana | year=2007 | location=Belgrade | language=sr | isbn=978-86-83767-23-6 | last4=Stojiljković | first4=Zoran | last5=Vujačić | first5=Ilija | last6=Đurković | first6=Miša | last7=Mihailović | first7=Srećko | last8=Gligorov | first8=Vladimir | last9=Komšić | first9=Jovan | last10=Pajvančić | first10=Marijana | last11=Pantić | first11=Dragomir | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127041235/http://izbornareforma.rs/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/resurscentar/Ideologija%20i%20politicke%20stranke%20u%20Srbiji.pdf | archive-date=27 November 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 |[[Pro-Europeanism]]}}
| european = [[European People's Party]]<ref name="FES"/>
| position = [[Centre-right]]
| colours = [[Blue]] and [[Grey]]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100928172858/http://www.g17plus.rs/ g17plus.rs] (archived)
}}

'''G17 Plus''' was a [[centre-right]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stojiljković |first=Zoran |date=2011 |title=Serbia in the Party Labyrinth |url=https://www.ips.ac.rs/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Zoran-Stojiljkovic_SPT_1_2011.pdf |journal=Institute for Political Studies |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=96}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Serbia|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 [[Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)|Serbia]], then a federal unit within [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|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>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ned.org/publications/staffDocs/MccarthyTestimony121098.html |title=Hearing of the Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe |publisher=National Endowment for Democracy |date=1998-12-10 |access-date=2009-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060330035138/http://www.ned.org/publications/staffDocs/MccarthyTestimony121098.html |archive-date=March 30, 2006 }}</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 Serbian parliamentary election|2003 parliamentary elections]], G17 Plus received 11.5% of the popular vote and 34 seats in the [[National Assembly (Serbia)|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 (political party)|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 Serbian parliamentary election|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>{{Cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/06/30/feature-01|title=Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object|publisher=Southeast European Times|date=2008-06-30|access-date=2008-07-01}}</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>[http://www.naslovi.net/2010-05-16/vesti-online/osnovani-ujedinjeni-regioni-srbije/1721909 Osnovani Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306030605/http://www.naslovi.net/2010-05-16/vesti-online/osnovani-ujedinjeni-regioni-srbije/1721909 |date=2012-03-06 }} (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>{{Cite web |title=Mr Željko IVANJI (Serbia, EPP/CD) |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/members/5738/ivanji |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}</ref>

==Presidents of the G17 Plus (2002–2013)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|--
! #
! colspan="2"| President
! Born–Died
! Term start
! Term end
|--
! style="background:{{party color|G17 Plus}}; color:white;" | 1
| [[Miroljub Labus]] || [[File:Miroljub Labus crop.jpg|80px]] || 1947– || 15 December 2002 || 16 May 2006
|--
! style="background:{{party color|G17 Plus}}; color:white;" | 2
| [[Mlađan Dinkić]] || [[File:Mlađan Dinkić 2006.jpg|80px]] || 1964– || 16 May 2006 || 21 April 2013
|--
|}

==Electoral results==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[National Assembly of Serbia]]
! width=100px| Election
! width=100px| # of votes
! width=100px| % of vote
! width=100px| # of seats
! width=100px| +/-
! width=117px| Coalition
! width=141px| Status
|-
!rowspan=2| [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|2003]]
|rowspan=2| 438,422
|rowspan=2| 11.46%
|rowspan=2| {{Composition bar|31|250|{{party color|G17 Plus}}}}
|rowspan=2| {{increase}} 31
|rowspan=2| with [[Social Democratic Party (Serbia 2001–10)|SDP]]
|{{yes|{{nowrap|government <small>2004–06</small>}}}}
|-
|{{no|opposition <small>2006–07</small>}}
|-
! [[2007 Serbian parliamentary election|2007]]
| 275,041
| 6.82%
| {{Composition bar|19|250|{{party color|G17 Plus}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| —
| {{yes|government}}
|-
! [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008]]
| 1,590,200
| 38.42%
| {{Composition bar|24|250|{{party color|G17 Plus}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| [[For a European Serbia|ZES]]
| {{yes|government}}
|-
!rowspan=2| [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]]
|rowspan=2| 215,666
|rowspan=2| 5.51%
|rowspan=2| {{Composition bar|10|250|{{party color|G17 Plus}}}}
|rowspan=2| {{decrease}} 14
|rowspan=2| [[United Regions of Serbia|URS]]
|{{yes|government <small>2012–13</small>}}
|-
|{{no|opposition <small>2013–14</small>}}
|}

===Presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[President of Serbia]]
! Election year
! #
! Candidate
! 1st round votes
! %
! 2nd round votes
! %
! Notes
|- 
! [[Serbian presidential election, September–October 2002|2002]]
| 2nd
| [[Miroljub Labus]]
| 995,200
| 27.96
| 1,516,693
| 31.62
| Election declared invalid due to low turnout 
|-
! [[2003 Serbian presidential election|2003]]
| colspan=7 style="background:#ddd;| {{center|Election boycott}}
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
! [[2004 Serbian presidential election|2004]]
| {{decrease}} 4th
| [[Dragan Maršićanin]]
| 414,971
| 13.31
| —
| —
| Government Coalition 
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
! [[2008 Serbian presidential election|2008]]
|{{increase}} 1st
| [[Boris Tadić]]
| 1,457,030
| 35.39
| 2,304,467
| 50.31
| [[For a European Serbia]]
|-
! [[2012 Serbian presidential election|2012]]
|{{decrease}} 5th
| [[Zoran Stanković]]
| 257,054
| 6.58%
| —
| —
| [[United Regions of Serbia]]
|}

==Positions held==
Major positions held by G17 Plus members:

{| class=wikitable
! [[President of the National Assembly of Serbia]] !! Years
|-
|[[Predrag Marković]]
|2004–2006
|-
! [[List of governors of national banks of Serbia and Yugoslavia|Governor of the National Bank<br />of Yugoslavia / Serbia]] !! Years
|-
|[[Mlađan Dinkić]]
|2000–2003
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090719145655/http://www.g17plus.rs/ Official website]
{{Serbian political parties}}

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[[Category:International Democracy Union member parties]]
[[Category:Liberal conservative parties]]
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[[Category:Pro-European political parties in Serbia]]
[[Category:Democratic Party (Serbia) breakaway groups]]