Slovenian People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka | |
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Leader | Marko Balažic |
Founder | Ivan Oman |
Founded | 12 May 1988 |
Preceded by | Slovene People's Party (legal predecessor) |
Headquarters | Gospodinjska ulica 8, Ljubljana |
Newspaper | Slovenec |
Youth wing | New Generation of the Slovenian People's Party[1] |
Women's wing | Slovenian Women's Union at the Slovenian People's Party[2] |
Ideology | Conservatism[3] Agrarianism[4][5] Christian democracy[6][7] Pro-Europeanism[8] |
Political position | Centre-right[9] |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | EPP Group |
Colours | Green and blue |
National Assembly | 0 / 90 |
European Parliament | 0 / 8 |
Mayors | 15 / 212 |
Municipal council | 240 / 2,750 |
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The Slovenian People's Party (Slovene: Slovenska ljudska stranka, pronounced [slɔˈʋèːnska ˈljúːtska ˈstráːŋka], Slovene abbreviation SLS [ɛsɛlˈɛ́(ː)s])[10] is a conservative,[3] agrarian,[3][11] Christian-democratic[6][7] political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first democratic political organization in Yugoslavia, it changed its name to Slovenian People's Party in 1992. On 15 April 2000 it merged with the Slovene Christian Democrats to form the SLS+SKD Slovenian People's Party, and changed its name in 2001 to Slovenian People's Party.
SLS won seats in the National Parliament in general elections in Slovenia in the years 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011,[12] but missed the parliamentary threshold in 2014. SLS won 6.83% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining 6 seats in the National Assembly.[13] From March 2013 to December 2014, Franc Bogovič led SLS. In the 2014 European Parliamentary elections, SLS got their first seat in the European Parliament with Franc Bogovič being elected member of the European Parliament on the NSi and SLS joint-list. Despite SLS narrowly missed the parliamentary threshold in July 2014, it had been victorious in local elections in October 2014. [14] On 6 December 2014 Marko Zidanšek took over the party, but did not manage to return to the parliament in the 2018 elections. After elections Marko Zidanšek resigned and subsequently Marjan Podobnik got elected president. In 2019 Franc Bogovič was elected member of the European Parliament once again on the SDS and SLS joint-list. Prior to the parliamentary elections in 2022, the party initiated the new movement Connect Slovenia (Povežimo Slovenijo), which consisted of the parties Konkretno, Zeleni Slovenije, New People's Party and New Social Democracy. After the movement failed to enter the parliament, Marjan Podobnik resigned.
In July 2022 Marko Balažic took over as president. [15]
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