Agrarian Party (Yugoslavia)

Summary

The Agrarian Party (Serbo-Croatian: Земљорадничка странка, Zemljoradnička stranka) was an agrarian political party within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Agrarian Party
Земљорадничка странка
Zemljoradnička stranka
LeaderMihailo Avramović (1919–23)
Jovan Jovanović Pižon (1923–39)
Branko Čubrilović (1939–41)
Founded12 October 1919
Dissolved1945
IdeologyAgrarianism
Parliamentarism
Political positionCenter-right

The party was founded in 1919, as the Alliance of Agrarians. It initially operated throughout the state, before merging in Croatian majority areas with the Croatian Peasant Party. A splinter party called the National Peasant Party of Dragoljub Jovanović later emerged. The Agrarians officially dissolved in 1945 after the proclamation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Literature edit

  • Branislav Gligorijević, Zemljoradnička stranka, Istorija 20. veka, 1995, vol. 13, br. 2, str. 25–36.