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Kresťanská únia
The Christian Union (, ), previously Independent Forum () from 1998 to 2019, is a Slovak right-wing conservative political party. The chairwoman of the party since 2019 is Anna Záborská. At present, he has five deputies of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, elected on the candidate of the party OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ. Foundation and history Christian Union Transformation of NF to KÚ, elections to EP 2019 and NR SR 2020 On 8 February 2019, the party was renamed (registered on 27 August 1998), when on 7 January 2019, the statute and seat of this party changed and on February 8, 2019, it was renamed to the current name Christian Union. This transformation of this entity de facto created a new party, but de jure not This step, as the fragmentation of Christian forces and the promotion of Záborská's personal ambitions, was criticized by the chairman of KDH, Alojz Hlina. The founders did so so that they could avoid collecting 10,000 signatures to form a new political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Krajniak
Milan Krajniak (born 30 January 1973) is a Slovak politician. He served as Cabinet of Eduard Heger, Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family from 21 March 2020 to 15 April 2023. Krajniak led Christian Union (Slovakia), Christian Union for the 2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia, 2024 European parliament election. Early life Krajniak studied political science at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. He was the chairman of the Civic Democratic Youth between 1995 and 1997. Political career Advisor to the Ministry of Interior Between 2010 and 2012, Krajniak was an advisor to the Minister of the Interior, Daniel Lipšic, but resigned from his position afterwards. We Are Family Since 2016, Krajniak has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and vice-chairman of the We Are Family (Slovakia), We Are Family. He was also a member of the Defense and Security Committee and the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the NATO Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary People And Independent Personalities
Slovakia (), known as Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (, OĽANO) until 2023, is a populist political party in Slovakia. Founded in 2011 by former businessman Igor Matovič, the party champions anti-corruption, anti-elitist and anti-establishment sentiments. It is also frequently identified as a business-firm party. The party served as the parliamentary opposition during two electoral terms: 2012–2016 and 2016–2020. In 2020, it emerged victorious in the parliamentary election and subsequently formed a coalition government. In government, the party advocated for conservative, familistic policies through the implementation of expanded social welfare and pro-natalist measures, while concurrently opposing the promotion of LGBT and reproductive rights. Following the collapse of the governing coalition and subsequent snap election in 2023, the party has been opposition once again. History Opposition (2012–2020) The initial four Ordinary People (OĽa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Slovak Parliamentary Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovakia, Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However, on 15 December 2022 the Cabinet of Eduard Heger, government lost a no-confidence vote. Subsequently, the National Council amended the Constitution so that an early election could be held on 30 September 2023. This was the first snap election in the country since 2012 Slovak parliamentary election, 2012. The Left-wing populism, left-wing populist and Social conservatism, social conservative Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD), led by former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico, emerged as the largest party, winning 42 seats. The Social liberalism, social-liberal and Pro-Europeanism, pro-European Progressive Slovakia (PS) came in second, with 32 seats. Former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini's Social democracy, social-democratic Voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zmena Zdola
Change from Below, Democratic Union of Slovakia (sometimes translated as Change from the Bottom or Change from the Bottom Up; , ZZ, DÚ), in the years 2000—2002 Liberal Democratic Union (abbreviation LDÚ), and 2002—2010 Democratic Union of Slovakia (abbreviation DÚ), is a non-parliamentary political party in Slovakia since 2000. Its chairman Ján Budaj is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic elected on the OĽaNO party's list of candidates. Party leadership * Ján Budaj – chairman Key members of the party * Juraj Smatana – teacher, popular blogger and civic activist. Member of the Regional Office of the Trenčín Region elected as the Považská Bystrica District. History The Democratic Union of Slovakia was founded by a group of members of the Democratic Union, dissatisfied with the merger of the Democratic Union into the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union. The group was led by Ján Budaj, who was elected chairman of the party on the foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The People (Slovakia)
For the People () is a Centrism, centre to centre-right, Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative list of political parties in Slovakia, political party in Slovakia. It was founded by former President Andrej Kiska in 2019. Kiska became the party's leader at the founding convention on 28 September 2019. Deputy Prime Minister and Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Veronika Remišová became the new chair of the party on 8 August 2020, having been elected by delegates at the party congress held in Trenčianske Teplice, defeating her rival candidate, MP and Hlohovec mayor Miroslav Kollár. Election results National Council European Parliament History of leaders See also * :For the People (Slovakia) politicians * Politics of Slovakia * List of political parties in Slovakia Footnotes External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:For the People (Slovakia) 2019 establishments in Slovakia Conservative liberal parties Liberal conservative parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom And Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity (, SaS), also called Saska, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009,. SaS was founded by economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally holds anti-state and neoliberal positions. After the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, the party lost several seats in the National Council (Slovakia), National Council but became part of the coalition government (the Matovič's Cabinet) with Ordinary People and Independent Personalities, For the People (Slovakia), For the People, and We Are Family (Slovakia), We Are Family. It is led by businessman Branislav Gröhling. SaS is a Euroscepticism#Soft Euroscepticism, soft Eurosceptic party, and demands reforms of the European Union (EU) but declares that membership in the EU is key for the future of Slovakia. However since Branislav Gröhling takeover the party became more pro-european.The party holds civil libertarian positions including supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Family (Slovakia)
We Are Family () is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Slovakia founded in 2011. It is led by businessman Boris Kollár who was Speaker of the National Council from 2020 to 2023. It won seats the National Council in the 2016 and 2020 parliamentary elections, serving in the opposition from 2016 to 2020 and as the junior government party from 2020 to 2023. It did not win any seats in the 2019 European Parliament election. It was a member of the Eurosceptic Identity and Democracy Identity and Democracy (ID; ) was a political group of the European Parliament during the Ninth European Parliament term, launched on 13 June 2019. It comprised Far right politics, far-right, Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Euroscept ..., which is an alliance of political parties in Europe. History The party was originally registered in 6 July 2011 as Party of Citizens of Slovakia (''Strana občanov Slovenska''). In November 2015 the party was taken over b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Matovič
Igor Matovič (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and List of Ministers of Finance of Slovakia, Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and prime minister from March 2020 to March 2021. Born in Trnava, Matovič studied at Comenius University and went into the publishing business. Elected to the National Council (Slovakia), National Council in the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election on the Freedom and Solidarity party list, Matovič founded the Ordinary People (Slovakia), Ordinary People (''Obyčajní ľudia'') movement in 2011, which ran on an anti-corruption platform and was politically aligned with the centre-right. His anti-corruption campaigning has been marked by "publicity stunts to shine a light on alleged graft", particularly focusing on parliamentary privileges and bribery. In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, his party obtained a sufficient number of seats to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Slovak Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 29 February 2020 to elect all 150 members of the National Council. The populist Ordinary People and Independent Personalities–NOVA–Christian Union–Change from Below (OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ) party emerged as the largest parliamentary group, winning 53 seats. The ruling coalition comprising Direction – Social Democracy (Smer), the Slovak National Party (SNS), and Most–Híd, led by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini of Smer, won only 38, with both the SNS and Most–Híd losing their parliamentary representation. It was the first time since the 2006 elections that Smer did not emerge as the party with the most seats. As no party or electoral coalition won a majority of seats, a coalition government was needed. On 13 March, Matovič announced he had reached an agreement for a governing coalition with We Are Family, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and For the People, though they had not agreed upon a common governing progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OĽaNO
Slovakia (), known as Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (, OĽANO) until 2023, is a populist political party in Slovakia. Founded in 2011 by former businessman Igor Matovič, the party champions anti-corruption, anti-elitist and anti-establishment sentiments. It is also frequently identified as a business-firm party. The party served as the parliamentary opposition during two electoral terms: 2012–2016 and 2016–2020. In 2020, it emerged victorious in the parliamentary election and subsequently formed a coalition government. In government, the party advocated for conservative, familistic policies through the implementation of expanded social welfare and pro-natalist measures, while concurrently opposing the promotion of LGBT and reproductive rights. Following the collapse of the governing coalition and subsequent snap election in 2023, the party has been opposition once again. History Opposition (2012–2020) The initial four Ordinary People (OĽaNO) M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
