The Democratic Alternative (Serbian: Демократска aлтернатива, romanized: Demokratska alternativa; abbr.
It was founded in July 1997 by secession of certain members from the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), most notably Nebojša Čović who served as the party's president during its entire existence.
[1][2] It later merged into the Social Democratic Party (SDP), whom its leadership took over.
Nebojša Čović became the interim Deputy Prime Minister on October 24, 2000.
On 25 January 2001 the new government was elected in which he served as Deputy Prime Minister until 18 March 2004.