The Independent Liberal Party (ILP, , Samostalna liberalna stranka, áÃÂá/SLS) was a political party in Kosovo, representing the Kosovo Serbs. It was founded in 2006, and participated in several electoral cycles. The party was headed by Slobodan PetroviÃÂ. It was abolished in 2020.
In the 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 3 out of 120 seats in the Transitional Assembly of Kosovo (Slobodan PetroviÃÂ, Bojan StojanoviÃÂ, Kosara NikoliÃÂ), with Petroviàalso being elected into the Presidency of the Assembly, while in January 2008 ILP also gained two ministerial posts in the Transitional Government of Kosovo (Boban StankoviÃÂ, Nenad Raà ¡iÃÂ).
In February 2008, upon the Kosovo declaration of independence, ministers from ILP left the Government in protest, but returned to their posts already by the end of March.
In the 2010 parliamentary election, the party won 2.1% of the popular vote and 8 out of 120 seats. In February 2011, the ILP joined the coalition government of Hashim Thaçi, with ILP leader Slobodan Petroviàbecoming one of five deputy prime ministers. In the same time, ILP got three ministries: Local Self-Government (Slobodan PetroviÃÂ), Communities and Return (Radojica TomiÃÂ), and Labor and Social Welfare (Nenad Raà ¡iÃÂ).
In the spring of 2014, a fraction led by minister Nenad Raà ¡iàsplintered from ILP and formed the Progressive Democratic Party.
In the 2014 parliamentary election, the party joined the Serb List coalition that won 9 seats (4 seats for ILP candidates: Slobodan PetroviÃÂ, Saà ¡a MilosavljeviÃÂ, Jelena BontiÃÂ, Jasmina à ½ivkoviÃÂ), while the separate electoral list of ILP won only 0.05% of the popular vote, and thus no additional seats.
In the 2017 parliamentary election, the party won 0.49% of the popular vote, and one seat (Slobodan PetroviÃÂ).
In the 2019 parliamentary election, the ILP won only 0.22% of the popular vote, and got no seats.
The party was recognizing Kosovo's independence from Serbia. Its overall stance was liberal.