Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
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Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
Liberalna demokracija Slovenije |
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| Leader | Tone Anderlič |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Youth wing | Young Liberal Democracy |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Light blue |
| National Assembly |
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| European Parliament |
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| Website | |
| http://www.lds.si | |
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Slovene: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) is a liberal and social-liberalpolitical party in Slovenia. Between 1992 and 2004 it was the largest (and ruling) party in the country. In the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election, it failed to win entry to the Slovenian National Assembly. The party was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The LDS dominated Slovenian politics during the first decade following independence. Except for a brief interruption in 2000, it held the parliamentary majority between 1994 and 2004, when it lost the election to the conservative Slovenian Democratic Party. The loss was followed by decline, infighting and political fragmentation. In the runup to the 2008 parliamentary election the LDS joined in an unofficial coalition with the Social Democrats and Zares, but lost nearly 80% of its seats, dropping from 23 to just 5 and becoming the smallest parliamentary party. In the 2011 parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, its support collapsed even further: it won only 1.48% of the vote, not reaching the parliamentary threshold of 4%.
In 1990, the well-known Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek was the LDS' candidate for the Presidency of Slovenia (an auxiliary body of the President of the Republic, abolished in 1992).
The LDS formed coalitions ruling the governments of Slovenia from 1992 to 2004, with an interruption for a few months in 2000. The first Prime Minister of Slovenia from LDS was Janez Drnovšek, who later became the President of Slovenia in 2002 and was succeeded by Anton Rop, former Finance Minister.
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