For the People (Slovakia)
For the People Za ľudí | |
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Abbreviation | ZĽ |
Leader | Veronika Remišová |
Presidium |
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Parliamentary leader | Miriam Šuteková |
Founder | Andrej Kiska |
Founded | 2 September 2019 |
Headquarters | Bratislava |
Youth wing | Young For the People |
Membership (2021) | 528 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
National affiliation | OĽaNO and Friends |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
Colours | Yellow Blue |
Slogan | "We will not allow the mafia to return." |
National Council | 1 / 150 |
European Parliament | 0 / 14 |
Regional governors | 0 / 8 |
Regional deputies | 39 / 419 |
Mayors | 6 / 2,904 |
Local councillors | 111 / 20,462 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
stranazaludi | |
For the People (Slovak: Za ľudí) is a political party in Slovakia founded by former President Andrej Kiska in 2019. Kiska became party's leader on founding convention on 28 September 2019. Deputy Prime Minister and Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Veronika Remišová became the new chair of the party on 8 August 2020, having been elected by delegates at the party congress held in Trenčianske Teplice, defeating her rival candidate, MP and Hlohovec mayor Miroslav Kollár.
Election results
National Council
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | Status |
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2016 | Andrej Kiska | did not exist | 1 / 150
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New | Opposition | ||
2020 | 166,325 | 5.8% |
7th | 12 / 150
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11 | Coalition | |
2023 | Igor Matovič | 264,137 | 8.9% |
4th | 1 / 150
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10 | Opposition |
Running in coalition with the OĽaNO, KÚ and NOVA, which won 16 seats in total. |
- ^ Veronika Remišová switched from OĽaNO to ZĽ
- ^ Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) served as list leader and Veronika Remišová served as ZĽ's chairman.
History of leaders
Image | Name | Entered office | Left office | Length of Leadership | |
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1 | Andrej Kiska | 2 September 2019 | 8 August 2020 | 11 months and 6 days | |
2 | Veronika Remišová | 8 August 2020 | present | 3 years, 5 months and 23 days |
See also
- Category:For the People (Slovakia) politicians
- Politics of Slovakia
- List of political parties in Slovakia
Footnotes
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- ^ "Neuer slowakischer Premier Heger besucht Wien". Der Standard (in German). 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Slowakei: Neue Regierung während Corona-Krise - populistisch, rechts, unberechenbar". Deutsche Welle (in German). 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Germanová, Miroslava (2 March 2020). "Slovakia Wakes Up to a "New Era Without Fico"". Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Strana Za ľudí sľubuje nájomné byty aj škôlku pre každé dieťa". Finreport.sk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Slovak former president's party to enter coalition talks". Reuters.com. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Istrate, Dominik (28 February 2020). "A divided Slovakia heads for the polls". Emerging Europe. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ In PACE.
- ^ a b c Also with coalitions.
- ^ a b c Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania volbysr.sk Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Exprezident Kiska představil novou stranu, pojmenoval ji Za lidi". iDNES.cz. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Strana Za ľudí si zvolila svojho predsedu: Kiska na sneme v Košiciach dostal ponuku od PS/Spolu". Topky.sk. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Remisova Elected as New Chair of For the People Party | NEWS NOW". Newsnow.tasr.sk. 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.