The Liberal Party (; abbr. ÃÂá or LS) was a political party in the Kingdom of Serbia that was led by historian Jovan Ristiàand lawyer Jovan Avakumovià(1841âÂÂ1928).
The "Liberals" (ûøñõÃÂðûø / liberali), an opposition group formed in the 1840s, established the Association of Serbian Youth in 1847 (banned in 1851 by the Defenders of the Constitution). These liberals participated in the May Assembly (1âÂÂ3 May 1848) in Sremski Karlovci and the Petrovdan Assembly (29 June 1848) in Kragujevac. The liberals had an important role in the overthrow of the regime of Prince Aleksandar KaraÃÂorÃÂeviàin 1858, which resulted in the return of the rival Obrenoviàdynasty. Liberals founded the United Serb Youth. Their ideas were close to those of Jovan Ristià(the later leader of LS).
The Liberals were Russophiles and ObrenoviÃÂ-supporters, closely linked with the Serbian Orthodox Church and especially with Metropolitan Mihailo who himself was a liberal. In national politics, they had the aim of liberation of all Serbs and were Serb nationalists. On the political spectrum, the Liberals were between the Conservatives and the MarkoviÃÂevci (followers of Svetozar MarkoviÃÂ, who later founded the People's Radical Party in 1881).
Liberals founded the Society for the Promotion of Serbian Literature (ÃÂÃÂÃÂöøýð ÷ð ÿþüðóðÃÂõ ÃÂÃÂÿÃÂúõ úÃÂøöõòýþÃÂÃÂø) in 1881, then transformed the organization into a political party, the Liberal Party, in 1883.