liberalism in slovakia

This article gives an overview of liberalism in Slovakia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

Introduction

Liberalism did never play an important role in Slovakia and never grew to become a major force. The Alliance of the New Citizen (Aliancia Novho Občana, observer LI, member ELDR) is a right of center market liberal party.

The timeline

From Independent Hungarian Initiative to Hungarian Civic Party

1989: Hungarian liberals establish the Independent Hungarian Initiative (Fggetlen Magyar Kezdemnyesez)
1991: The party is renamed the Hungarian Civic Party (Magyar Polgri Part)
1998: The party merges into the Hungarian Coalition Party (Magyar Koalci Prtja)

From Alliance of Democrats to Democratic Union of Slovakia

1993: Dissidents from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia established the Alliance of Democrats of the Slovak Republic, led by Milan Kňažko
1994: It merged with a second dissident group, the Alliance for Political Realism, into the Democratic Union of Slovakia (Demokratick nia na Slovensku)
2002: The party merged into the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (Slovensk demokratick a kresťansk nia)

Alliance of the New Citizen

2001: Liberals around Pavel Rusko established the Alliance of the New Citizen (Aliancia Novho Občana)

Liberal leaders

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References

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