List of political parties in Slovakia
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Political parties in Slovakia lists political parties in Slovakia. Slovakia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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[edit] The parties
[edit] Current parties (as of September 2006)
[edit] Parties in the parliament
- Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie) - arose in 1990, opposition party
- Direction - Social Democracy (Smer - sociálna demokracia)- arose in 1999 as a split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice, ruling party
- Party of the Hungarian Coalition (Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja) - arose in 1998, opposition party
- People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (Ľudová strana - Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko) - arose in 1991, ruling party
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party (Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana) - arose in 2000, opposition party
- Slovak National Party (Slovenská národná strana) - arose in 1990, ruling party
[edit] Parties outside the parliament
- Alliance of the New Citizen (Aliancia Nového Občana) - not in the parliament since 2006, arose in 2001, left the government in late 2005/ the shortcut ANO means "yes" in slovakian language
- Civic Conservative Party (Občianska konzervatívna strana)
- Communist Party of Slovakia (Komunistická strana Slovenska) - not in the parliament since 2006
- Dawn (Úsvit) - founded 2005, split from the Communist Party of Slovakia
- Free Forum (Slobodné fórum) - split from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2004, not in the parliament since 2006
- Hope (Nádej)
- Green Party (Strana zelených)
- Left Bloc (Ľavicový blok)
- Movement for Democracy (Hnutie za demokraciu) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002
- People's Union (Ľudová únia) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2003, not in the parliament since 2006
[edit] Parties relevant in the past
- Democratic Party (Demokratická strana) - an important party between 1944 and 1948, a new DS arose in 1989, since January 2006 part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
- Democratic Union (Demokratická únia) - in the government between 1998 and 2002, now part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
- Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) - leading force between 1948 and 1989
- Communist Party of Slovakia (Komunistická strana Slovenska) - a minor current party
- Civic Democratic Union (Občianska demokratická únia) - arose in 1991, its members are now in the Democratic Party and the small Civic Conservative Party (Občianska konzervatívna strana)
- Party of Slovak Revival (Strana slovenskej obrody) - arose in 1948 from the Democratic Party (see above, see also National Front (Czechoslovakia)), ceased in late 1989 when the new Democratic Party was founded (see above)
- Slovak National Party (Slovenská národná strana)- in existence between 1871 and 1938, this is also a current party
- Slovak Democratic Coalition (Slovenská demokratická koalícia) - in existence from 1997 (as a coalition) / 1998 (as a party) to (?)2001, in the government from 1998 to 2001
- Slovak People's Party (Slovenská ľudová strana) - between 1913/1918 and 1945
- Party of Civic Understanding (Strana občianskeho porozumenia) - in the government between 1998 and 2002
- Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratickej ľavice) - before 2002, arose in 1990 from the Communist Party of Slovakia
- Social Democratic Alternative (Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva)
- Social Democratic Party of Slovakia (Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska) - arose in 1990, see also Alexander Dubček
- Union of the Workers of Slovakia (Združenie robotníkov Slovenska) - in the government between 1994 and 1998, split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice
- Public against Violence (Verejnosť proti násiliu) - the first party after the fall of the Communists in late 1989, ceased in 1991 (split into the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia(HZDS) and the Civic Democratic Union (Občianska demokratická únia, ODU) )
- True Slovak National Party (Pravá Slovenská národná strana)
[edit] See also
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
- Liberalism in Slovakia
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