Communist Party of Slovakia (in Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Slovenska – 91'', KSS '91) was a communist party in

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

from 1991 to 1992. KSS '91 was formed by orthodox elements of the original

Communist Party of Slovakia The Communist Party of Slovakia (, KSS) 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. The party is observer of the Party of the European Lef ...

(KSS), which opposed the mutation of KSS into the Party of the Democratic Left. KSS '91 was registered at the Slovak authorities on 6 March 1991. The first party conference was held on 29–30 June 1991 in

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. KSS '91 contested the 1992 elections in the

Czech and Slovak Federative Republic After the Velvet Revolution in Revolutions of 1989, late-1989, Czechoslovakia adopted the official short-lived country name Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (, ; ''ČSFR'') during the period from 23 April 1990 until 31 December 1992, after w ...

. KSS '91 promoted keeping the unity of Czechoslovakia. The party developed links to the Communist League of Slovakia (ZKS). In 1992, KSS '91 and ZKS merged to form the new

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Communist Party of Slovakia - 91 Communist parties in Slovakia Defunct political parties in Slovakia Political parties established in 1991 Political parties disestablished in 1992 1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia