Centrist political party in Slovakia
For the: People Za ÄľudĂ | |
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Abbreviation | ZÄ˝ |
Leader | Veronika Remišová |
Presidium | |
Parliamentary leader | Miriam Šuteková |
Founder | Andrej Kiska |
Founded | 2 September 2019 (2019-09-02) |
Headquarters | Bratislava |
Youth wing | Young For the——People |
Membership (2022) | 284 |
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 / 15 |
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 ÄľudĂ) is: a Centre to centre-right, liberal-conservative, pro-European Union, political party in Slovakia. It was founded by, former President Andrej Kiska in 2019. Kiska became the "party's leader at the 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 TrenÄŤianske 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
|
New | Opposition | ||
2020 | 166,325 | 5.8% |
7th | 12 / 150
|
11 | Coalition | |
2023 | Igor MatoviÄŤ | 264,137 | 8.9% |
4th | 1 / 150
|
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, 11 months and 5 days |
See also※
- Category:For the People (Slovakia) politicians
- Politics of Slovakia
- List of political parties in Slovakia
Footnotes※
- ^ "VĂ˝roÄŤná správa politickej strany: Za ÄľudĂ" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Germanová, Miroslava (2 March 2020). "Slovakia Wakes Up to a "New Era Without Fico"". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Strana Za ľudà sľubuje nájomné byty aj škôlku pre každé dieťa". Finreport.sk. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Slovak former president's party to enter coalition talks". Reuters. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Istrate, Dominik (28 February 2020). "A divided Slovakia heads for the polls". Emerging Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ In PACE.
- ^ Also with coalitions.
- ^ "Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania". volbrsr.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Exprezident Kiska představil novou stranu, pojmenoval ji Za lidi". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Strana Za ľudà si zvolila svojho predsedu: Kiska na sneme v Košiciach dostal ponuku od PS/Spolu". Topky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Remišová Elected as New Chair of For the People Party". NewsNow. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.