Serbian Progressive Party

political party in Serbia

Key facts

Abbreviation: SNS
President: Miloš Vučević
Deputy president: Jorgovanka Tabaković
Vice presidents: Aleksandar Šapić Ana Brnabić Marko Đurić Nevena Đurić Irena Vujović Siniša Mali Vladimir Orlić
Parliamentary leader: Milenko Jovanov
Founders: Aleksandar Vučić Tomislav Nikolić
Founded: 8 September 2008 (17 years, 268 days)
Registered: 10 October 2008 (17 years, 236 days)
Split from: Serbian Radical Party
Headquarters: Palmira Toljatija 5/3, Belgrade
Newspaper: SNS Informator
Youth wing: Youth Union

Article

The Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Српска напредна странка, romanized: Srpska napredna stranka, abbr. SNS) is a major populist and catch-all political party in Serbia, which has been the country's ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime minister of Serbia, has served as its president since 2023.

Founded by Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić in 2008 as a split from the Serbian Radical Party, SNS served in opposition to the Democratic Party until 2012. SNS gained prominence and became the largest opposition party due to their anti-corruption platform and the protests in 2011 at which they demanded early elections. In 2012, Nikolić was elected president of Serbia and succeeded by Vučić as president of SNS. A coalition government led by SNS and Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) was also formed. Vučić became prime minister in 2014 while SNS became the largest party in Belgrade and Vojvodina in 2014 and 2016, respectively.