Direction –Social Democracy,also commonly referred to as Smer,is a left-wing nationalist and left-wing populist political party in Slovakia led by the incumbent prime minister Robert Fico. The party identifies as social-democratic,and was described as a combination of "leftist economics and nationalist appeal".
Marian Kotleba is a Slovak politician and leader of the far-right,neo-Nazi political party Kotlebists –People's Party Our Slovakia.
Andrej Kiska is a Slovak politician,entrepreneur,writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in which he was elected to the presidency in the second round of voting over Prime Minister Robert Fico. Kiska declined to run for a second term in 2019. He has written two books about happiness,success and his life.
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction –Social Democracy (SMER–SD) party remained the strongest party,but lost its majority. The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union –Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS),which led the government between 2000–06 and 2010–12,was defeated heavily,failing to cross the electoral threshold and losing its representation in the National Council. The centre-right Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) also failed to cross the threshold for the first time since 1990,whilst the far-right nationalist Kotleba –People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) entered parliament for the first time.
Kotlebists –People's Party Our Slovakia is a far-right,neo-Nazi political party in Slovakia. The party claims to derive its origin from the legacy of Andrej Hlinka and Jozef Tiso.
In the run up to the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Slovakia. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March 2019. Incumbent President Andrej Kiska did not run for a second term.
Progressive Slovakia is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Slovakia established in 2017. The party is led by Michal Šimečka,a former Vice President of the European Parliament. It is a member of the Renew Europe group and is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. PS has three MEPs:Michal Šimečka,Martin Hojsík,and Michal Wiezik;the latter left the EPP and Democrats to join PS.
Milan Uhrík is a Slovak politician,MEP and the leader of the Republic Movement. A former non-inscrit,he is now a part of the ESN group in the European Parliament. He is a former deputy of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) and member of the Foreign Committee of the Slovak Republic.
Svedectvo (Testimony) is the official journal of the PV ZPKO,an organization which split from the Confederation of Slovak Political Prisoners in 1999. It is noted for its far-right orientation and apologist publications on the history of the Slovak State—especially those defending convicted war criminals.
Eduard Heger is a Slovak politician,who served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1 April 2021 to 15 May 2023. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Igor Matovič. Heger was a member of the presidium of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) party which he left in March 2023 to take over the extra-parliamentary Blue Coalition party,subsequently rebranded as Democrats.
Voice –Social Democracy,is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia. It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction –Social Democracy (Smer) led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October 2022,it was admitted as an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),although its membership was later suspended in October 2023.
Life –National Party,formerly known as Christian Democracy –Life and Prosperity –Alliance for Slovakia,is a far-right Christian political party in Slovakia.
Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However,on 15 December 2022 the government lost a no-confidence vote. Subsequently,the National Council amended the Constitution so that an early election could be held on 30 September 2023. This was the first snap election in the country since 2012.
The Republic Movement is an extremist far-right political party in Slovakia led by Milan Uhrík. The party is often regarded as neo-fascist despite some political experts contesting this description.
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2024. Incumbent president Zuzana Čaputováannounced in June 2023 that she would not run for a second term.
Gabriela Matečná is a Slovak agriculturalist and politician. Between 2016 and 2020,she served as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Since 2018,she is a member of the Slovak National Party.
Events in the year 2023 in Slovakia.
TomášTaraba is a Slovak politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and Minister of Environment in the Fourth cabinet of Robert Fico since 25 October 2023.
Ivan Štefunko is a Slovak politician,entrepreneur,and co-founder of multiple companies. He served as chairman of Progressive Slovakia from 2018 until 2019. Since 2023,he serves as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia.
