Summary
The Independent Bloc (Bosnian: Nezavisni blok / Cyrillic: Независни блок, abbreviated NB/НБ) is a centrist and conservative[1] political party[1] in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Its current leader is Senad Šepić.
Independent Bloc Nezavisni blok Независни блок | |
|---|---|
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| President | Senad Šepić |
| Founded | 10 September 2017 |
| Split from | Party of Democratic Action |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| HoR BiH | 0 / 42 |
| HoP BiH | 0 / 15 |
| HoR FBiH | 0 / 98 |
| HoP FBiH | 0 / 80 |
| Assembly of RS | 0 / 83 |
| Website | |
| nezavisniblok.ba | |
History edit
The Independent Bloc was founded in 2017[2] after three SDA members of the House of Representatives, Senad Šepić, Sadik Ahmetović and Salko Sokolović, received warnings from SDA's president Bakir Izetbegović that they will be removed from the party because they voted against increasing excise taxes for petroleum and petroleum products. Not willing to vote on the excise taxes SDA removed Šepić and gave a "penalty card" to the other two.[3] Not long after all of them left the party and formed the delegates club of the Independent Bloc which would soon after become a separate political party.
List of presidents edit
| # | Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senad Šepić (b. 1977) |
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10 September 2017 | present |
Elections edit
Parliamentary elections edit
| Year | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11th | 41,512 | 2.51 | 1 / 42
|
New | 0 / 15
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New | Opposition |
| 2022[a] | 15th | 25,007 | 1.57 | 0 / 42
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 1
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0 / 15
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 0
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Extra-parliamentary |
Presidency elections edit
| Election year | # | Candidate | Votes | % | Representing | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5th | Senad Šepić | 29,922 | 5.15% | Bosniaks | No |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "U Sarajevu osnovan Nezavisni blok, za predsjednika izabran Senad Šepić (FOTO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Šepić isključen iz SDA, trojici funkcionera ukor". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.