Party of Democratic Progress

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History

The PDP was established in Banja Luka on 26 September 1999. During the founding assembly, Mladen Ivanić was elected as the president of the party, while Branko Dokić and Zoran Đerić were elected as vice presidents.[3] On 28 November 2015, Ivanić left the position of president after 16 years, after which Branislav Borenović became the new president of the PDP.[4] On 15 December 2024, Draško Stanivuković replaced Borenović as the new president of the party.[5]

International Cooperation

The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) and International Democracy Union (IDU).

In terms of bilateral cooperation with other European parties, the PDP maintains strong links with the Conservative Party (UK), Moderate Party (Sweden), Christian Democratic Union (Germany), SDKU (Slovakia), Austrian People's Party, New Democracy (Greece) and Democratic Party of Serbia from Serbia.

The PDP also has good relations with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Robert Schuman Institute and Democrat Youth Community of Europe.

List of presidents

# Name
(Born–Died)
Portrait Term of Office
align=center style="background: Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 Mladen Ivanić
(b. 1958)
File:Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg 26 September 1999 28 November 2015
align=center style="background: Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 Branislav Borenović
(b. 1974)
File:Branislav Borenović (2025-03-12) (cropped).jpg 28 November 2015 15 December 2024
align=center style="background: Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 Draško Stanivuković
(b. 1993)
File:Draško Stanivuković 2025.jpg 15 December 2024 present

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year Leader Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2000 Mladen Ivanić 95,245 6.39 Template:Composition bar New Template:Composition bar New Coalition
2002 56,643 4.61 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Coalition
2006 28,410 2.01 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Opposition
2010 40,070 2.44 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Opposition
2014 50,516 3.10 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Coalition
2018 Branislav Borenović 83,832 5.06 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Opposition
2022 73,489 4.63 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Opposition

National Assembly of Republika Srpska

National Assembly of Republika Srpska
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Government
2000 Mladen Ivanić 76,810 12.3% Template:Composition bar New Coalition
2002 54,756 10.7% Template:Composition bar Decrease 2 Coalition
2006 38,681 6.86% Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Opposition
2010 47,806 7.55% Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Opposition
2014 48,845 7.38% Template:Composition bar Template:Nochange 0 Opposition
2018 Branislav Borenović 69,948 10.22% Template:Composition bar Increase 2 Opposition
2022 65,872 10.30% Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Opposition

Presidential elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year # Candidate Votes % Note Elected?
2002 Template:Nochange 5th Branko Dokić 41,667 35.9% No
2006 Increase 2nd Mladen Bosić 130,824 24.2% Support No
2010 Template:Nochange 2nd Mladen Ivanić 285,951 47.31% No
2014 Increase 1st Mladen Ivanić 318,196 48.71% Yes
2018 Decrease 2nd Mladen Ivanić 292,065 42.74% No
2022 Template:Nochange 2nd Mirko Šarović 224,912 35.45% Support No
President of Republika Srpska
Election year # Candidate Votes % Note Elected?
2000 Template:Nochange 3rd Momčilo Tepić 54,392 8.64% No
2002 Template:Nochange 3rd Dragan Mikerević 39,978 7.83% No
2006 Decrease 4th Slobodan Nagradić 19,623 3.54% No
2007 Increase 3rd Mladen Ivanić 69,522 16.91% No
2010 Increase 2nd Ognjen Tadić 227,239 35.92% Support No
2014 Template:Nochange 2nd Ognjen Tadić 296,021 44.28% Support No
2018 Template:Nochange 2nd Vukota Govedarica 284,140 41.81% Support No
2022 Template:Nochange 2nd Jelena Trivić 273,245 42.84% No

Positions held

Major positions held by Party of Democratic Progress members:

Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Years
Mladen Ivanić 2014–2018
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years
Dragan Mikerević
2002
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Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Years
Mladen Ivanić 2001–2003
Dragan Mikerević 2003–2005

References

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External links

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