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between 1989 and 2000. It was founded as the Slovene Christian Social Movement in March 1989. Its first president was Peter Kovačič Peršin. In November of the same year, it was renamed to Slovene Christian Democrats, and

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was elected as its president. Between 1990 and 1992, it was the largest party within the

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. Between 1992 and 1996, it formed a

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with the

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, and its members were ministers in

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's second cabinet. Between 1996 and 2000, it stayed in opposition. In 2000, it merged with the

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. Soon afterwards, however, several prominent former members of the Christian Democrats, including Lojze Peterle and the Prime Minister

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, left the Slovene People's Party, and formed New Slovenia - Christian People's Party. The Slovene Christian Democrats were the official legal heir of the historical

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, the most important political party in the

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between 1907 and 1941. Parliamentary representation: ImageSize = width:350 height:120 PlotArea = width:250 height:80 left:50 bottom:20 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:25 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:3 start:0 PlotData= bar:Seats color:kelleygreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S bar:1990 from:start till:12 text:13.0% bar:1992 from:start till:13 text:14.5% bar:1996 from:start till:9 text:9.6%

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