List of political parties in Slovakia
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This article lists political parties in Slovakia.
Slovakia
has a multi-party system
with numerous political parties
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
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Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous political parties
Political Parties
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, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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Parliamentary parties
| Name | Ideology | Leader | MPs National Council of the Slovak Republic The National Council of the Slovak Republic , abbreviated to NR SR, is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral, and consists of 150 MPs, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation every four years.... |
MEPs Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,... |
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| Direction – Social Democracy Smer – sociálna demokracia |
Smer | Social democracy Social democracy Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism... |
Robert Fico Robert Fico Robert Fico served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from July 4, 2006 to July 8, 2010.He is the leader of the left-wing party Direction – Social Democracy . The party won the parliamentary elections in 2006, receiving approximately 30 percent of the cast votes... |
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| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana |
SDKÚ–DS | Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different... |
Mikuláš Dzurinda Mikuláš Dzurinda Mikuláš Dzurinda is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. He was a founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union... |
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| Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity , abbreviated to SaS, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Slovakia. The party was established in 2009 and is led by its founder, the economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system... Sloboda a Solidarita |
SaS | Classical liberalism Classical liberalism Classical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.... |
Richard Sulík Richard Sulík Richard Sulík is a Slovak economist, businessman and politician. He is the leader of the political party Freedom and Solidarity.- Life :... |
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| Christian Democratic Movement Christian Democratic Movement The Christian Democratic Movement is a political party in Slovakia.It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the... Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie |
KDH | Christian democracy Christian Democracy Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching... |
Ján Figeľ Ján Figel Ján Figeľ is a Slovakian politician, previously European Commissioner for Education, Training & Culture. His area of responsibility also covered sport, youth, and relations with civil society.-Early career:... |
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| Most–Híd Most–Híd Most–Híd is a centre-right political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovaks... |
Most | Hungarian minority Hungarians in Slovakia Hungarians in Slovakia are the largest ethnic minority of the country, numbering 520,528 people or 9.7% of population . They are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary... , Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different... |
Béla Bugár Béla Bugár is a Slovak politician of Hungarian ethnicity. He is a member of the Slovak parliament since 1992, briefly serving as its acting Speaker in 2006. He is the leader of the political party Most-Híd.... |
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| Slovak National Party Slovenská národná strana |
SNS | Nationalism Nationalism Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what... |
Ján Slota Ján Slota Ján Slota is the co-founder and President of the Slovak National Party, an extremist nationalist party. Slota as the leader of SNS entered into a coalition with Robert Fico's Smer in 2006... |
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| Civic Conservative Party Civic Conservative Party The Civic Conservative Party , abbreviated to OKS, is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has four seats in the National Council, which it won in an electoral alliance with Most–Híd at the 2010 election, and the party's four MPs sit in the Most–Híd parliamentary... Občianska konzervatívna strana |
OKS | Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism also known as progressive conservatism is a variant of political conservatism which incorporates liberal elements. As "conservatism" and "liberalism" have had different meanings over time and across countries, the term "liberal conservatism" has been used in quite different... |
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| Party of the Hungarian Coalition Party of the Hungarian Coalition The Party of the Hungarian Coalition, officially registered under the compound name Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja, is a political party in Slovakia, for the ethnic Hungarian minority... Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja |
Hungarian minority Hungarians in Slovakia Hungarians in Slovakia are the largest ethnic minority of the country, numbering 520,528 people or 9.7% of population . They are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary... , Christian democracy Christian Democracy Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching... |
Pál Csáky Pál Csáky Pál Csáky is a Slovak politician, member of Hungarian minority in Slovakia and the country's former Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, human rights and minorities. Csáky has been an activist for the Hungarian minority in Slovakia since 1977 . His political activity started in 1989, and he... |
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| People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Ľudová strana - Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko |
LS–HZDS | National conservatism National conservatism National conservatism is a political term used primarily in Europe to describe a variant of conservatism which concentrates more on national interests than standard conservatism as well as upholding cultural and ethnic identity, while not being outspokenly nationalist or supporting a far-right... |
Vladimír Mečiar Vladimír Meciar Vladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998. He is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia... |
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Extra-parliamentary parties
- Alliance of the New CitizenAlliance of the New CitizenThe Alliance of the New Citizen is a liberal party in Slovakia. The abbreviation ANO also means YES in Slovak. It was a member of the government coalition from October 2002 to September 2005. Its leader Pavol Rusko is the founder and former owner of Markíza and he was the Minister of Economics...
(Aliancia Nového Občana, ANO) - not in the parliament since 2006, arose in 2001, left the government in late 2005; the abbreviation ANO means "yes" in Slovak language - Civic Conservative PartyCivic Conservative PartyThe Civic Conservative Party , abbreviated to OKS, is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has four seats in the National Council, which it won in an electoral alliance with Most–Híd at the 2010 election, and the party's four MPs sit in the Most–Híd parliamentary...
(Občianska konzervatívna strana) - Conservative Democrats of SlovakiaConservative Democrats of SlovakiaThe Conservative Democrats of Slovakia , abbreviated to KDS, is a Slovakian political party established by four MPs who belonged to the Christian Democratic Movement, but left it on 21 February 2008 over disagreements with the party leader...
(Konzervatívni demokrati Slovenska) - Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaThe Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico....
(Komunistická strana Slovenska) - not in the parliament since 2006 - DawnDawn (political party)Dawn is a Slovakian political party formed in May 2005 as a split from the Communist Party of Slovakia. It is led by Ivan Hopta....
(Úsvit) - founded 2005, split from the Communist Party of Slovakia - Free ForumFree ForumThe Free Forum is a political party in Slovakia, founded in 2004 by dissident parliamentarians from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union . Zuzana Martináková is the leader of the party....
(Slobodné fórum) - split from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2004, not in the parliament since 2006 - Green PartyGreen Party (Slovakia)The Green Party is an ecologist political party in Slovakia without parliamentary representation.From 1994 to 1997 the Green Party was part of the union Common Choice.- External links :*...
(Strana zelených) - Liga (Liga)
- HopeHope (political party)Hope is a political party in Slovakia. In the Slovak parliamentary election in 2006, the party did not gain a seat in the Slovak Parliament ....
(Nádej) - Movement for Democracy Movement for Democracy (Slovakia)The Movement for Democracy is a political party in Slovakia split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002. The first leader of the party was Ivan Gašparovič, the current president of Slovakia...
(Hnutie za demokraciu) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002 - People's UnionPeople's Union (Slovakia)Liberal Party is a political party in Slovakia founded in 2003 by dissident parliamentarians from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.LS was founded under the name People's Union and renamed itself to 'Liberal Party' in March 2007. ĽÚ was first led by Vojtech Tkáč, before Gustáv Krajči was...
(Ľudová únia) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2003, not in the parliament since 2006 - Union of the Workers of SlovakiaUnion of the Workers of Slovakia-History:The ZRS split from the Party of the Democratic Left in 1994. In the Slovak parliamentary election in 1994 the party gained 7,34 % of the votes an 13 seats in parliament. Although calling themselves "agrarian-left" the deputies entered the coalition of the gaullist-christ democrat People's...
(Združenie robotníkov Slovenska) - in the government between 1994 and 1998, split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice
Defunct parties
- Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Slovakia)The Democratic Party was a political party in Slovakia. When it was founded in late 1989 , it saw itself a continuation of the historical 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 PartySlovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic PartyThe Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party is a liberal conservative political party in Slovakia.-Ideology:SDKU-DS is a centre-right party, and recently, after the general elections, is talking with their centre right partners to form a new government... - 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)Communist Party of Slovakia (1939)The Communist Party of Slovakia was a communist party in Slovakia. It was formed in March 1939, when the Slovak Republic was created, as the Slovak branches of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia were separated from the mother party...
- leading force between 1948 and 1989 - Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaThe Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico....
(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 PartyCivic Conservative PartyThe Civic Conservative Party , abbreviated to OKS, is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has four seats in the National Council, which it won in an electoral alliance with Most–Híd at the 2010 election, and the party's four MPs sit in the Most–Híd parliamentary...
(Občianska konzervatívna strana) - Left Bloc (Ľavicový blok) - merged into Direction - Social DemocracyDirection - Social DemocracyThe party Direction – Social Democracy , often abbreviated to Smer, is a centre-left political party in Slovakia. It is led by Robert Fico, who was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2010. It is the largest party in the National Council, with 62 seats....
in 2007/2008 - Party of Slovak RevivalParty of Slovak RevivalParty of Slovak Revival was a political party founded in 1948 by pro-Communist members of the Slovak Democratic Party. It was accepted into the Czechoslovak National Front and got 17 seats in the Slovak parliament...
(Strana slovenskej obrody) - arose in 1948 from the Democratic Party (see above, see also National Front (Czechoslovakia)National Front (Czechoslovakia)The National Front was the coalition of parties which headed the re-established Czechoslovakian government from 1945 to 1948. During the Communist era in Czechoslovakia it was the vehicle for control of all political and social activity by the Communist Party of 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 CoalitionSlovak Democratic CoalitionThe Slovak Democratic Coalition was a political party in Slovakia, which existed from 1998 to 2002.-SDK coalition:The SDK was founded on 3 July 1997 as an electoral coalition, from the five political parties, namely Democratic Union, Christian Democratic Movement, Democratic Party, Social...
(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 PartySlovak People's PartyThe Slovak People's Party was a Slovak right-wing party and was described as a fascist and...
(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 LeftParty of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)The Party of the Democratic Left was a social-democratic political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 2004.It was founded in 1990, out of the Communist Party of Slovakia....
(Strana demokratickej ľavice) - before 2002, arose in 1990 from the Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaThe Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico.... - Social Democratic AlternativeSocial Democratic AlternativeThe Social Democratic Alternative was a political party in Slovakia.In 2001 the Party of the Democratic Left more and more turned away from the Dzurinda-government - the then finance minister Brigita Schmögnerová and other popular politicians from the social-liberal wing of the SDL the SDL...
(Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva) - Social Democratic Party of SlovakiaSocial Democratic Party of SlovakiaThe Social Democratic Party of Slovakia was a left wing political party in Slovakia...
(Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska) - arose in 1990, see also Alexander DubčekAlexander DubcekAlexander Dubček , also known as Dikita, was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia , famous for his attempt to reform the communist regime during the Prague Spring... - Public against ViolencePublic Against ViolenceThe Public Against Violence was a political movement that was established in Bratislava, Slovakia on 20 November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum ....
(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 PartyTrue Slovak National PartyThe True Slovak National Party, also translated as Real Slovak National Party , was a minor extreme far-right political party in Slovakia. At the 20 and 21 September 2002 legislative elections, the party won 3.7% of the popular vote and no seats...
(Pravá Slovenská národná strana)
See also
- Politics of SlovakiaPolitics of SlovakiaPolitics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exerced in some cases also by the government or directly by citizens. Executive power is exercised by the...
- List of political parties by country
- Liberalism in SlovakiaLiberalism in SlovakiaThis article gives an overview of liberalism in Slovakia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...