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The Peasants' Party of Slovakia (''Roľnícka strana Slovenska'', RSS) was a political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 1997. It was established after the
Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ...
in October 1990. After the
1994 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 The early elections were necessary after the Vladimír Mečiar 1992 government had b ...
the party entered parliament as part of a joint electoral list with the HZDS. The chairman of the party was Paul Delinga and the vice president Miroslav Maxon. In 1997 the RSS got about 1-2% in the polls and it merged with the Movement of the Farmers of the Slovak Republic (''Hnutím poľnohospodárov SR'', HP SR). The name of the new Party was New Agrarian Party (''Nová agrárna strana'', NAS). Paul Delinga became Chairman of the NAS. In 1998 the NAS merged with the then governing party HZDS.


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Politics of Slovakia Politics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exercised in some cases also by the government or dir ...
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List of political parties in Slovakia This article lists political parties in Slovakia. Slovakia has a democratic multi-party system with numerous political parties, established after the fall of communism in 1989 and shaped into the present form with Slovakia's independence in 1993. ...


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* Rose, Richard and Neil Munro. 2009. Parties and Elections in New European Democracies. European Consortium for Political Research Press. {{Political parties in Slovakia Defunct political parties in Slovakia Organizations of the Revolutions of 1989 Velvet Revolution 1989 establishments in Slovakia 1997 disestablishments in Slovakia Defunct agrarian political parties in Europe