Democratic Union of Slovakia

Democratic Union of Slovakia

Demokratická únia Slovenska
Democratic Union of Slovakia Demokratická únia Slovenska
Abbreviation	DEÚS
Leader	Jozef Moravčík
Founded	23 April 1994
Dissolved	25 March 1995
Merger of	Alternative of Political Realism and Alliance of Democrats of Slovakia
Merged into	Democratic Union
Ideology	Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre
	Politics of Slovakia; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Union of Slovakia (Slovak: Demokratická únia Slovenska, DEÚS) was a political party in Slovakia led by Jozef Moravčík.^[2]

History

The party was created on 23 April 1994 by a merger of Alternative Political Realism and the Alliance of Democrats of Slovakia. In the parliamentary elections in September/October that year the party received 8.6% of the vote, winning 15 of the National Council.^[3]

On 25 March 1995 the party merged with the National Democratic Party to form the Democratic Union.

References

^ "Demokratická unie Slovenska – vznik, geneze a příčiny její "klinické smrti"". Středoevropské Politické Studie. 2 (3). December 2000.
^ Ian Jeffries (2002) Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to the Economies in Transition, Routledge, p352
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1752–1754 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7