VMRO – People's Party

VMRO – People's Party (Macedonian: ВMPO–Народна Партија, VMRO–Narodna Partija), fully the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – People's Party (Macedonian: Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Народна Партија), is a national-conservative[1] political party in North Macedonia, formed by the followers of the former Prime Minister Ljubčo Georgievski who split from the VMRO–DPMNE. The VMRO–NP was founded in Skopje on 4 July 2004. Vesna Janevska was elected as the party's first chairwoman.

VMRO – People's Party

ВМРО - Народна Партија
VMRO – Narodna Partija
LeaderLjubčo Georgievski
Founded4 July 2004
Split fromVMRO-DPMNE
HeadquartersSkopje
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[5] to right-wing[4][6]
National affiliationWe Can
European affiliationAlliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe[7]
ColoursRed, Yellow, Black
Parliament
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Website
www.vmro-np.org.mk

The VMRO–NP was founded as an alternative to VMRO-DPMNE, as part of a disagreement with many of the policies of Ljubčo Georgievski's successor, Nikola Gruevski. The VMRO–NP's statute allowed dual membership in both parties. Its party program closely resembles that of the VMRO–DPMNE.

In the 2006 parliamentary election, VMRO–NP won 6.1% of the vote and 6 seats in the Assembly. In the 2011 parliamentary election, VMRO–NP received 28,500 votes (2.51%), losing all of its seats. VMRO–NP remained an extra-parliamentary party until the 2020 parliamentary election, when it participated in the We Can alliance led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and won one seat.

See also
  • Category:VMRO – People's Party politicians

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Macedonia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Mkd-News: НАВРЕДЛИВ БИЛБОРД ЗА СРБИТЕ СРЕДЕ СКОПЈЕ
  3. Media.mk: Љубчо Георгиевски со нова провокација и поделба
  4. Stojarová, Vera (2013). The far right in the Balkans. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-1202-6.
  5. Nacevska, Elena; Fink-Hafner, Danica (2019). "Change in the party system from liberal to ethnic-based polarisation – the case of Macedonia". Teorija in Praksa. 56 (1/2019): 7–29. Since 2002, the Macedonian political bloc has become more fragmented as small parties have emerged, such as the centre-right oriented VMRO-NP (VMRO People's Party) as a fraction of VMRO-DPMNE (founded by the former leader of VMRO-DPMNE) and the centre-left NSDP (New Social-Democratic Party) as an offshoot of SDSM.
  6. "North Macedonia". Europe Elects. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. https://www.acreurope.eu/our_family#parties
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