Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party

For the former political party that was active during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, see Bunjevac-Šokac Party.
Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party
Хрватско-буњевачко-шокачка странка
Hrvatsko-bunjevačko-šokačka stranka
AbbreviationHBŠS
PresidentBlaško Temunović
Founded20 June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06-20)
Dissolved2011
HeadquartersZagrebačka 1, Subotica
IdeologyCroat minority interests
Colors  Red
SloganWe want the same rights that Serbs have in Croatia
Website
hbs-stranka.org.rs

The Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party (Croatian: Hrvatsko-bunjevačko-šokačka stranka, Serbian: Хрватско-буњевачко-шокачка странка, Hrvatsko-bunjevačko-šokačka stranka, HBŠS) was a political party in Serbia that represented the Croat ethnic minority in the province of Vojvodina.

History

It was founded 20 June 2004 in Subotica.[1] The aim of the party is to represent Croats from Bunjevac and Šokac communities. The party claimed to be the successor of the Bunjevac-Šokac Party that existed during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The party was based in Subotica, Zagrebačka 1 Street. Its most recent president was Blaško Temunović. In 2007, he was beaten by two unknown attackers who also insulted his ethnic background.[2] Party slogan was "we want the same rights that Serbs have in Croatia".[3] This party set as its basic aim to unify all Croats from the area of Vojvodina and Central Serbia.[1] In Serbian presidential election 2008, Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party supported Čedomir Jovanović of Liberal Democratic Party.[4] HBŠS had no success on parliamentary elections, unlike Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina and Croatian National Alliance (as of 9 November 2007).

References

  1. ^ a b Glas Koncila Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine 7 dana u svijetu, 2004-07-27 (in Croatian)
  2. ^ Leader of Croatian party beaten at B92
  3. ^ Radio-Subotica Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine HBŠS: Kome smeta zahtjev da Hrvati u Srbiji imaju ista prava kao Srbi u Hrvatskoj?, 2008-04-21 (in Croatian)
  4. ^ Radio-Subotica Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Potpora kandidatu LDP (in Croatian)


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