| G17 Plus Г17 Плус |
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| Leader | Mlađan Dinkić |
| Founded | December 16, 2002 |
| Headquarters | Trg Republike 5, Belgrade |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | United Regions of Serbia |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union (observer) |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
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G17 Plus (Serbian: Г17 Плус), abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party. Verica Kalanović serves as a Deputy Prime Minister: a position held until 2011 by party leader Mlađan Dinkić.
The party was founded in 1997 as a NGO led by 17 economists. It became a political party on 16 December 2002, after the departure of Miroljub Labus from the Democratic Party. At the 2003 election, the party won 31 seats, and entered into a minority government with the Democratic Party of Serbia the following year. In 2006, Dinkić replaced Labus as party leader, and the party left the government over the failure to capture Ratko Mladić. In 2007, the party fell to 19 seats, but remained in a broader-based government.
G17+ is the founder and central core of United Regions of Serbia, a pro-decentralisation coalition, which also includes Together for Šumadija and several other non-parliamentary parties. G17+ is an observer member of the International Democrat Union and associate member of the European People's Party.
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G17+ was originally formed, with support by the United States government through the National Endowment for Democracy,[2] as a non-governmental organization in 1997 by a group of 17 economists. It became a political party on December 16, 2002 after its first president Miroljub Labus left the Democratic Party.
In the 2003 elections, the party won 11.5% of the popular vote and 34 seats in the parliament. Three seats went to their coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party which competed on G17+'s electoral list.
In March 2004, G17+ formed a minority government with Democratic Party of Serbia and a 2-party pre-election coalition of Serbian Renewal Movement and New Serbia. In May 2006 Miroljub Labus resigned as party president and Mlađan Dinkić was elected as his replacement. On October 1, 2006, G17+ quit the coalition government over its inability to capture Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić.
In the 2007 elections, G17+ received 6.82% of the popular vote and 19 seats in the parliament.
The party has also taken a single seat in the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija.[3]
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