List of political parties in Slovenia
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This article lists political parties in Slovenia.
Slovenia
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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Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
, 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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Current parties in parliament
| Name | Ideology | Leader | MPs National Assembly (Slovenia) The National Assembly is the general representative body of the Slovenian nation. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia. It is unicameral... |
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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| Social Democrats Social Democrats (Slovenia) The Social Democrats is a centre-left political party in Slovenia, currently led by Borut Pahor. From 1993 until 2005, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats .-Origins:... Socialni demokrati |
SD | 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... |
Borut Pahor Borut Pahor Borut Pahor is a Slovenian politician who has been Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2008. A longtime president of the Social Democrats party, Pahor served several terms as a member of the National Assembly and was its chairman from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, Pahor was elected as member of the European... |
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| Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenian Democratic Party The Slovenian Democratic Party , known until 2003 as the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia is a Slovenian centre-right liberal conservative and Christian democratic party... Slovenska demokratska stranka |
SDS | 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... |
Janez Janša Janez Janša Janez Janša is a Slovenian politician who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2004 to November 2008. He has also been President of the Slovenian Democratic Party since 1993... |
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| Zares Zares Zares – Social Liberals is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. Its president is Gregor Golobič, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and former close advisor to the late Janez Drnovšek, who had previously abandoned active political involvement due to... Zares |
Zares | Social liberalism Social liberalism Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include social justice. It differs from classical liberalism in that it believes the legitimate role of the state includes addressing economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding... |
Gregor Golobič Gregor Golobic Gregor Golobič is a Slovenian politician. Since 2007, he has been serving as president of the left liberal party Zares. Between November 2008 and June 2011, he served as Minister for Science and Higher Education of Slovenia.... |
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| Slovenian People's Party Slovenian People's Party The Slovenian People's Party is a rural-based conservative political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first non-Communist political organization in Yugoslavia, it merged with the Slovene Christian Democrats to form the present-day party in 2000... Slovenska ljudska stranka |
SLS | 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... Centrism Centrism In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between... |
Radovan Žerjav Radovan Žerjav Radovan Žerjav is a Slovenian conservative politician. Between 2007 and 2008 he served as Minister of Transport. Since 2009, he has been the Chairman of the Slovenian People's Party.... |
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| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Katarina Kresal and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party... Liberalna demokracija Slovenije |
LDS | Liberalism Liberalism Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,... |
Katarina Kresal Katarina Kresal Katarina Kresal is a Slovenian politician. She is the current Minister of the Interior.Born in Ljubljana, Kresal studied law at the University of Ljubljana. She entered politics in 2007, when she was elected as a compromise candidate for the president of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia... |
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| Slovenian National Party Slovenian National Party The Slovenian National Party is a extreme nationalist political party in Slovenia, led by Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti. The party is renowned for its euroscepticism and opposes Slovenia's membership in NATO... Slovenska nacionalna stranka |
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... Populism Populism Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social... |
Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti | 5 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia is a Slovenian political party led by Karl Erjavec.DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008... Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije |
DeSUS | Pensioners' party Pensioners' Party Pensioners' Party or Party of Pensioners may refer to:*Pensioners Party *Pensioners Party *Pensioners Party *Pensioners' Party *Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina*Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska... , Populism Populism Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social... |
Karl Erjavec Karl Erjavec Karl Viktor Erjavec is a Slovenian lawyer and politician. Since 2005, he has been the president of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia. From 21 November 2008 until 26 January 2010, Erjavec held the position of the Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning in the government of... |
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| New Slovenia – Christian People's Party Nova Slovenija – Krščanska ljudska stranka |
NSi | 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... |
Ljudmila Novak Ljudmila Novak Ljudmila Novak is a Slovenian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is the president of the New Slovenia Christian People's Party.... |
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Non parliament parties
- Slovenian Pirate PartySlovenian Pirate PartySlovenian Pirate Party is a Slovenian political party. The party is not officially registered but is correctly in the process of registering....
(Piratska stranka Slovenije, PSS) - Christian Democratic Party (Krščansko-demokratska stranka, KDS)
- Christian Socialist Party (Krščanski socialisti Slovenije, KSS)
- Greens of SloveniaGreens of SloveniaThe Greens of Slovenia is a political party in Slovenia.At the parliamentary election in September 2008, the party won no seats.-External links:*...
(Zeleni Slovenije) - Linden TreeLipa (political party)Lipa or Party Lime Tree is a nationalist political party in Slovenia.The party was formed on 1 March 2008 after the Members of Parliament Sašo Peče, Barbara Žgajner Tavš and Boštjan Zagorac decided to quit the Slovenian National Party , following disagreements within the party...
(Lipa) - Party of the Slovenian NationParty of Slovenian NationParty of the Slovenian Nation is an extra-parliamentary patriotic party in Slovenia, established in May 25th. 1944 during partisan's resistance movement. The party was prohibited by the communist regime until 1989. Officially registered in November 7th...
(Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) - Slovenia is OursSlovenia is OursSlovenia is Ours is a Slovenian regionalist political party, active in the Slovenian Littoral. It is composed by three local parties, active in Slovenian Istria, namely 'Koper is Ours' , 'Izola is Ours' , and 'Piran is Ours', led by the mayor Tomaž Gantar.At the 2004 parliamentary election, the...
(Slovenija je naša, SJN) - Youth Party - European Greens (Stranka mladih - Zeleni Evrope, SMS-Zeleni)
- Positive SloveniaPositive SloveniaPositive Slovenia is a Slovenian centre-left political party, led by Zoran Janković.On 11 October 2011, Janković, the mayor of Ljubljana, announced that he would participate at the early parliamentary election, following the fall of the government of Borut Pahor. The charter of the new party was...
(Lista Zorana Jankovića - Pozitivna Slovenija) - Gregor Virant List (Državljanska lista Gregorja Viranta)
Former parties
- Active SloveniaActive SloveniaActive Slovenia was a political party in Slovenia. The party was founded in 2004 and won 3.0% of the popular vote and no seats in the National Assembly at the parliamentary election in 2004.-Foundation:...
(Aktivna Slovenija) - League of Communists of SloveniaLeague of Communists of SloveniaThe League of Communists of Slovenia was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1989...
(Zveza komunistov Slovenije), known also as the Communist Party of Slovenia (Komunistična partija Slovenije)
See also
- Politics of SloveniaPolitics of SloveniaThe politics of Slovenia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Slovenia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Government of Slovenia. Legislative power is vested in the...
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