Civic Democratic Forum Građanski demokratski forum Грађански демократски форум | |
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| Abbreviation | GDF |
| President | Zoran Vuletić |
| Founder | Aleksandar Olenik |
| Founded | 2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) |
| Split from | Movement of Free Citizens |
| Headquarters | Birčaninova 2A,Belgrade |
| Ideology | Liberalism Atlanticism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
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| National Assembly | 0 / 250 |
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 0 / 120 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 |
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Civic Democratic Forum (Serbian:Грађански демократски форум,romanized: Građanski Demokratski forum, abbr.GDF) is aliberal[1]political party inSerbia. It was founded in 2019 by former members of theMovement of Free Citizens (PSG).[2] It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule ofAleksandar Vučić, although it has also criticised other opposition parties.[3]
WhenSaša Janković resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actorSergej Trifunović and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum.[2]
In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement withParty of Modern Serbia.[4] Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution forKosovo. Their stance is that Serbia shouldexchange territories with Kosovo and recognise its independence.[5]
In February 2020, the party formed a "European bloc" with the Party of Modern Serbia andLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.[6] It was also consisted of the newly-formedSerbia 21, and they announced their participation in the2020 Serbian parliamentary election under theUnited Democratic Serbia banner. It failed to pass the electoral threshold after winning less than 1% of the vote.
It kept close ties to theTogether for Serbia political party and its leaderNebojša Zelenović until early 2021.[7][8] It did not participate in the2022 general election, and instead, it stated its support for theWe Must coalition.[9]
| No. | President | Birth–Death | Term start | Term end | |
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| 1 | Aleksandar Olenik |  | 1973– | 2 March 2019 | 3 October 2020 |
| 2 | Zoran Vuletić |  | 1970– | 3 October 2020 | Incumbent |
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Change | Coalition | Government |
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| 2020 | Aleksandar Olenik | 30,591 | 0.99% | 0 / 250 |  0 | UDS | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2022 | Zoran Vuletić | Did not participate | 0 / 250 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| 2023 | 5,462 | 0.15% | 0 / 250 | 0 | SNZ | Extra-parliamentary | |
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Zoran Vuletić | Did not participate | 0 / 110 |  6 | – | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2023 | 2,324 | 0.25% | 0 / 250 | 0 | Nova–D2SP–GDF–Libdem–Glas | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2024 | Did not participate | 0 / 110 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| Election year | # | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | 2nd round votes | % | Elected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Biljana Stojković | Support |
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