Independent Bloc (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Independent Bloc
Nezavisni blok
Независни блок
President Senad Šepić
Founded10 September 2017;5 years ago (2017-09-10)
Split from Party of Democratic Action
Headquarters Sarajevo
Ideology
Political position Centre-right
HoR BiH
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HoP BiH
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HoR FBiH
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HoP FBiH
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Assembly of RS
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Website
nezavisniblok.ba

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.

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History

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

#Name
(Born–Died)
PortraitTerm of Office
1 Senad Šepić
(b. 1977)
Senad Sepic (cropped).jpg 10 September 2017present

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year#Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat changeGovernment
2018 11th41,5122.51
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New
0 / 15
NewOpposition
2022 [lower-alpha 1] 15th25,0071.57
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Decrease2.svg 1
0 / 15
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
  1. Run in coalition with PzP.

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year#CandidateVotes %RepresentingElected?
2018 5th Senad Šepić 29,9225.15% Bosniaks No

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References

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