Serb List (Kosovo)

The Serb List (Serbian: Српска листа, romanized: Srpska lista; Albanian: Lista Serbe) is a Serb minority political party in Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] It was the dominant Serb party in Kosovo politics, claiming all ten of Assembly seats reserved for the community, from 2014 until all its members resigned and withdrew in 2022. The party retains close links to the Government of Serbia, led by the populist Serbian Progressive Party and President Aleksandar Vučić.[2][3]

For other uses, see Serb List.
Serb List
Српска листа
Srpska lista
Lista Serbe
PresidentGoran Rakić
Parliamentary leaderIgor Simić (resigned)
Vice PresidentsMilan Radoičić
Igor Simić
Dalibor Jevtić
InitiatorAleksandar Vučić
FounderAleksandar Jablanović
Founded2014 (2014)
HeadquartersNorth Mitrovica, Kosovo
IdeologySerb minority politics[1]
Regional affiliationSerbian Progressive Party
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (affiliation)
ColoursRed, blue and white
Assembly
9 / 120
Mayors
6 / 38
(4 have resigned)
Municipal assemblies
117 / 994
(resigned)
Party flag
Website
srpskalista.net

History

The combined number of votes for the Serb List was 38,169 (5.30%) at the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election. On 17 September 2014, the Serb List announced that they would join the government cabinet only if Vetëvendosje was not part of it.[4] Aleksandar Jablanović, the Minister for Returns and Communities in the Government of Kosovo, was dismissed on 3 February 2015, after the opposition demanded his dismissal after he called the group of ethnic Albanians who attacked Serb IDPs in Gjakova with stones on Christmas Eve "savages".[5] His statement contributed to the 2015 Kosovo protests.[6] The Serb List decided not to attend the next Kosovo assembly session.[7] Following the 2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, the Serb List agreed to form the Government of Kosovo led by Ramush Haradinaj of Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, allegedly under main condition that the Community of Serb Municipalities be established.[8]

Parliamentary elections
Assembly of Kosovo
Year Popular vote  % of vote Overall seats won Serb seats +/– Government
2014 38,199 #5 5.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 Increase 9 Coalition
2017 44,578 #4 6.20%
9 / 120
9 / 10
 Steady Coalition
2019 52,620 #5 6.61%
10 / 120
10 / 10
 Increase 1 Coalition
2021 44,404 #5 5.06%
10 / 120
10 / 10
 Steady Coalition (2021–2022)[lower-alpha 2]
0 / 10
 Decrease 10 Extra-parliamentary (2022)[lower-alpha 3]
9 / 10
 Increase 9 Opposition (2022–)[lower-alpha 4]

Municipal parliaments
Further information: 2017 Kosovan local elections

Serb List formed local government in all 10 Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo after the 2017 Kosovan local elections.

Municipality Map
Location		 Population
(2011)[12][13]		 Status Mayor[14]
Leposavić

Leposaviq

 13,733 Left the assembly Zoran Todić

(resigned)

North Mitrovica

Severna Kosovska Mitrovica

 12,326 Left the assembly Aleksandar Spirić

(resigned)

Gračanica

Graçanica

 10,675 Majority Srđan Popović
Zvečan

Zveçan

 7,481 Left the assembly Vučina Janković

(resigned)

Štrpce

Shtërpca

 6,949 Majority Bratislav Nikolić
Novo Brdo

Novobërda

 6,729 Majority Svetislav Ivanović
Zubin Potok

Zubin Potoku

 6,616 Left the assembly Stevan Vulović

(resigned)

Ranilug

Ranillug

 3,866 Majority Vladica Aritonović
Klokot

Kllokot

 2,556 Majority Božidar Dejanović
Parteš

Partesh

 1,787 Majority Dragan Petković

Presidents of the Serb List

See also

Notes
  1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.
  2. At the moment when the government was voted, even though they were part of it, they voted against it.[9]
  3. On 7 November 2022, during 2022 North Kosovo crisis, all Serb List MPs resigned,[10]
  4. Ten days after resignation they decided to return to the Assembly with other nine new MPs and one from GI SPO.[11]

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Kosovo". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. Vasovic, Milenko (October 16, 2019). "Serbia's President Was Real Loser in Kosovo Election". Balkan Insight. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Scenario: Territorial Exchange Between Serbia and Kosovo and It's [sic] Potential Impact on Serbian Communities South of the Ibar" (PDF). NGO Aktiv. October 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  4. Beta, Tanjug (September 17, 2014). "Serb List Won't Join Cabinet With Self-Determination". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Beta, Tanjug (February 4, 2015). "Serb Minister Dismissed From Pristina Government". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Jabllanoviqi i quan egërsira protestuesit në Gjakovë (Video)". Telegrafi.com. January 7, 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  7. Beta, Tanjug (February 5, 2015). "Serb List Deputies Miss Kosovo Assembly Session". B92.net. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Srpska lista odlučila da uđe u vladu Kosova Ramuša Haradinaja". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Beta. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  9. "Lista Serbe nuk mbështet Qeverinë Kurti 2, paralajmëron ankesë në Kushtetuese" [Serb List does not support the Second Kurti Government, warns of a complaint to the Constitutional Court] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 22 March 2021.
  10. "Lista Serbe dorëzon mandatet e deputetëve në Kuvendin e Kosovës" [Serb List hands over the MPs mandates to the Assembly of Kosovo] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 7 November 2022.
  11. "Pa paralajmërim, Lista Serbe kthehet në Kuvend – këta janë deputetët e rinj" [Without warning, Serb List returns to the Assembly – these are the new MPs] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 17 November 2022.
  12. "Estimation of Kosovo Population 2011" (PDF). Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës. 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Community Profile: Albanian Community" (PDF). European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo (ECMI Kosovo). 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Rezultatet Përfundimtare NGA Qnr KonačNI Rezultati Iz Cpr" (PDF). KQZ - Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve. 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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