Liberal Party (Kingdom of Serbia)

Liberal political party in the Kingdom of Serbia

For the party that was known as the Liberal Party and was led by Predrag Vuletić, see Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia, 1989).

Liberal Party

Либерална странка

Leader| Jovan Ristić
Jovan Avakumović
Founded| 1883
Preceded by| Association of Serbian Youth
United Serb Youth
Headquarters| Belgrade
Ideology|

* Liberalism
* National liberalism
* Russophilia

Political position| Center

* Politics of Serbia
* Political parties
* Elections

The Liberal Party (Serbian: Либерална странка, romanized: Liberalna stranka; abbr. ЛС or LS) was a political party in the Kingdom of Serbia that was led by historian Jovan Ristić and lawyer Jovan Avakumović (1841–1928).

## History

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The "Liberals" (либерали / liberali), an opposition group formed in the 1840s, established the Association of Serbian Youth in 1847 (banned in 1851 by the Defenders of the Constitution). These liberals participated in the May Assembly (1–3 May 1848) in Sremski Karlovci and the Petrovdan Assembly (29 June 1848) in Kragujevac. The liberals had an important role in the overthrow of the regime of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević in 1858, which resulted in the return of the rival Obrenović dynasty. Liberals founded the United Serb Youth. Their ideas were close to those of Jovan Ristić (the later leader of LS). The Liberals were Russophiles and Obrenović-supporters, closely linked with the Serbian Orthodox Church and especially with Metropolitan Mihailo who himself was a liberal. In national politics, they had the aim of liberation of all Serbs. On the political spectrum, the Liberals were between the Conservatives and the Markovićevci (followers of Svetozar Marković, who later founded the People's Radical Party in 1881).[1][2][3]

Liberals founded the Society for the Promotion of Serbian Literature (Дружина за помагање српске књижевности) in 1881, then transformed the organization into a political party, the Liberal Party, in 1883.

## Leaders

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* Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), historian and diplomat, party leader in 1883–89
* Jovan Avakumović (1841–1928), lawyer, party leader in 1889–95

## Liberal Prime Ministers

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Prime Minister of Serbia | Years

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Jovan Ristić | 1867
1873
1878–1880
1887–1888
Radivoje Milojković | 1869–1872
Stevča Mihailović | 1875
1876–1878
Jovan Avakumović | 1892–1893
1903

## See also

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* Liberalism in Serbia

## References

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1. ^ Gale Stokes (1990). Politics as Development: The Emergence of Political Parties in Nineteenth Century Serbia. Duke University. ISBN 9780822310167.
2. ^ Popović-Obradović, Olga (2008). Kakva ili kolika država?: Ogledi o političkoj i društvenoj istoriji Srbije XIX–XXI veka (PDF). Vol. 12\. Belgrade: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava. ISBN 978-86-7208-155-8. `{{cite book}}`: `|journal=` ignored (help)
3. ^ Brašić, Miloš N.; Mitrinović, Čedomil (1937). Jugoslovenske narodne skupštine i sabori. Narodna Skupština Kraljevine Jugoslavije.

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* VIAF

National|

* Czech Republic