Serbian Radical Party

Rare card · No. 33001

The Serbian Radical Party (Serbian: Српска радикална странка, romanised: Srpska radikalna stranka, abbr. SRS) is a far-right ultranationalist political party in Serbia. Founded in 1991, its co-founder, first and only leader is Vojislav Šešelj. During the Yugoslav Wars, it became prominent, enjoying the status of the second largest party in the Serbian parliament under the regime of Slobodan Milošević. In this period and in the following decade, it had been described as neo-fascist. The SRS was founded in 1991 as a merger of the Serbian Chetnik Movement, led by Šešelj, and the People's Radical Party, led by Tomislav Nikolić. Upon formation, they became the president and deputy president of SRS respectively. During the first half of the 1990s the SRS supported the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia regime led by Milošević, which had contributed greatly to the rise of SRS through the use of media. The SRS was endorsed by Milošević and collaborated with him as a part of his coalition; later...

Read on Wikipedia