People's Peasant Party
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The People's Peasant Party (Serbian
Serbian language
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: Народна Сељачка Странка or Narodna Seljačka Stranka) was a political party
Political party
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 in Serbia
Serbia
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It was founded in 1990, its first president being Dragan Veselinov
Dragan Veselinov
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 Later it became a part of the Civic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...

. In 2002, the president became Marjan Rističević.

At the last legislative 2006 election
Election
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 the party
Party
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 ran on Serbian Renewal Movement
Serbian Renewal Movement
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's list, which did not manage to pass the census
Census
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The party ceased to exist in 2010

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