Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia

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Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia
Socijaldemokratska stranka Jugoslavije
AbbreviationSSJ
LeaderVitomir Korać
Founded2 April 1920
Dissolved18 December 1921
Split fromSocialist Workers' Party of Yugoslavia (of Communists)
Merged intoSocialist Party of Yugoslavia
HeadquartersZagreb
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing

The Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia was a political party in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Party was founded during foundation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes around group of former Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia inside Socialist Workers' Party of Yugoslavia (of Communists) led by Vitomir Korać. Party dissolved on 18 December 1921, when it merged into the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia.

Sources[edit]

  • Toma Milenković, Socijalistička partija Jugoslavije (1921-1929), “Institut za suvremenu istoriju”, Beograd, 1974.
  • Pavlowitch, Stevan K. (2002). Serbia: The History behind the Name. London: Hurst & Company. ISBN 9781850654773.