The Association for Yugoslav Democratic Initiative was a political party

Political party

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 in SFR Yugoslavia. It ran in elections in SR Serbia.

It was founded in Zagreb

Zagreb

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 in 1988 by a group of left-leaning intellectuals, notably its first president was Branko Horvat

Branko Horvat

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, the second president was Nebojša Popov, its director was Žarko Puhovski

Žarko Puhovski

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 and the members included Bogdan Bogdanović

Bogdan Bogdanović

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, Milan Kangrga

Milan Kangrga

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, Lev Kreft, Shkëlzen Maliqi

Shkelzen Maliqi

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, Vesna Pešić

Vesna Pešic

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, Koča Popović

Koca Popovic

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, Milorad Pupovac

Milorad Pupovac

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, Ljubiša Ristić, Božidar Gajo Sekulić, Rudi Supek

Rudi Supek

Rudi Supek was a Croatian sociologist and a member of the Praxis School of Marxism.Supek studied philosophy in Zagreb and graduated in 1937. He went to study clinical psychology in Paris, where he was when World War II erupted...

, Ljubomir Tadić

Ljubomir Tadic

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, Dubravka Ugrešić

Dubravka Ugrešic

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, Predrag Vranicki

Predrag Vranicki

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, Nenad Zakošek, Jug Grizelj.

In the Serbian parliamentary election, 1990

Serbian parliamentary election, 1990

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, it obtained 0,5% and won 1 seats.

In the Serbian presidential election, 1990

Serbian presidential election, 1990

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, Ivan Đurić ran as the common candiate of UJDI and the Union of Reform Forces

Union of Reform Forces

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 and won 5,5% of the vote, finishing in the third place.

In 1992, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, its Serbian branch merged into the Civil Alliance of Serbia.