Slovak National Party
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The Slovak National Party (Slovak: Slovenská národná strana, SNS) is an ultranationalist[16] political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values.[17]
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Slovak National Party Slovenská národná strana | |
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Abbreviation | SNS |
Chairman | Andrej Danko |
General Secretary | Stanislav Kmec |
Founded | 7 March 1990; 34 years ago (1990-03-07) |
Preceded by | Slovak National Party (not legal predecessor) |
Headquarters | Bratislava |
Youth wing | Slovak National Party Youth |
Women's wing | Marína – Club of Slovak National Party Women |
Membership (2022) | 2,205[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing[10] to far-right[11] |
European affiliation | Identity and Democracy Party |
Colours | White, blue and red (Slovak national colors) |
Slogan | "To serve and work for the nation." |
National Council | 10 / 150 |
European Parliament | 0 / 15 |
Regional governors | 0 / 8 |
Regional deputies | 15 / 416 |
Mayors[lower-alpha 1] | 395 / 2,904 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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Since 1990 SNS has won seats in every Slovak parliament but three (in 2002, 2012 and 2020) and was part of the coalition government formed after the 2006 election with Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD). In the 2012 parliamentary election, SNS failed to meet the 5% electoral threshold and thus lost parliamentary representation. At the following party congress in October 2012, the delegates chose lawyer Andrej Danko as the new chairman of the party.[18] Under Danko SNS returned to another coalition government with Smer-SD after the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election. In the next election in 2020, the party again failed to meet the threshold for parliamentary representation. In the next election, SNS again returned in 2023 and once again formed a coalition government with Fico.