List of political parties in Slovakia

Currently relevant parties (as of early 2004)

• Aliancia Nového Občana (Alliance of the New Citizen) - in the government, arose in 2001
• Demokratická strana (Democratic Party) - arose in late 1989
• Hnutie za demokraciu (Movement for Democracy) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002
• Krest'ansko-demokratické hnutie (Christian Democratic Movement) - in the government, arose in 1990
• Ľudová strana - Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) - in the parliament, arose in 1991
• Ľudová únia (People's Union) - split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2003, in the parliament
• Slobodné fórum (Free Forum) - split from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union in 2004, in the parliament
• Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska (Social Democratic Party of Slovakia) - arose in 1990, see also Alexander Dubcek
• Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition), in the government
• Strana zelených Slovenska (Green Party of Slovakia)
• Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia) - in the parliament
• Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union) - in the government
• Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party - arose in 1990
• Smer (Direction (Party)) - in the parliament, split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice

Parties relevant in the past

• Demokratická strana (Democratic Party - an important party between 1944 and 1948, this is also a current party
• Demokratická únia (Democratic Union) - in the government between 1998 and 2002, now part of the Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia
• Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia) - leading force between 1948 and 1989, this is also a current party
• Občianska demokratická únia (Civic Democratic Union) - arose in 1991, its members are now in the Democratic Party and the small Občianska konzervatívna strana (Civic Conservative Party)
• Strana slovenskej obrody (Party of Slovak Revival) - arose in 1948 from the Democratic Party (see above, see also National Front (Czechoslovakia)), ceased in late 1989 when the new Democratic Party was founded (see above)
• Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party - in existence between 1870 and 1938, this is also a current party
• Slovak People's Party - between 1913/1918 and 1945 (see Jozef Tiso)
• Strana občianskeho porozumenia (Party of Civic Understanding) - in the government between 1998 and 2002
• Strana demokratickej ľavice (Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)) - before 2002, arose in 1990 from the Communist Party of Slovakia
• Združenie robotníkov Slovenska (Union of the Workers of Slovakia) - in the government between 1994 and 1998, split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice
• Verejnosť proti násiliu (Public against Violence) - the first party after the fall of the Communists in late 1989, ceased in 1991 (split into the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia(HZDS) and the Občianska demokratická únia (ODU))

See also

• Politics of Slovakia