The Democratic Union ( sk, Demokratická únia, DÚ) was a

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party in

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History

The party was established on 25 March 1995 by a merger of the

Democratic Union of Slovakia The Democratic Union of Slovakia ( sk, Demokratická únia Slovenska, DEÚS) was a political party in Slovakia led by Jozef Moravčík Jozef Moravčík (born 19 March 1945) is a Slovak diplomat and political figure A politician is a perso ...

and the National Democratic Party, and was led by was

Eduard Kukan Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 – 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate in the presidential election held on 3 April 2004, and although pre-election polls ha ...

. In 1998, it joined the

Slovak Democratic Coalition The Slovak Democratic Coalition ( sk, Slovenská demokratická koalícia, SDK) 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 politic ...

, and in 2000, it merged into the

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References

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