Serbian Democratic Party (Bosnia And Herzegovina)
The Serbian Democratic Party (Serbian: Српска демократска Странка / Srpska Demokratska Stranka, СДС, SDS) is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is currently led by Mladen Bosić, who succeeded Dragan Čavić.
The status of the leading party in Republika Srpska and the main Serb party in Bosnia and Herezovina the SDS lost to the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), led by the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, in the parliamentary elections of October 2006.
The Serbian Democratic Party is under sanctions from the United States. The sanctions prohibit any transfer of funds and material from the U.S. to the SDS and vice versa.
The SDS made major gains in the 2012 elections.
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