For the People (Slovakia)

For the People (Slovak: Za ľudí) is a centre to centre-right, liberal-conservative political party in Slovakia. It was founded by former President Andrej Kiska in 2019.^[11] Kiska became the party's leader at the founding convention on 28 September 2019.^[12] 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 Trenčianske Teplice, defeating her rival candidate, MP and Hlohovec mayor Miroslav Kollár.^[13]

For the People Za ľudí
Abbreviation	ZĽ
Leader	Veronika Remišová
Presidium	Miriam Šuteková Viera Leščáková
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[1]
Ideology	Liberal conservatism[2][3] Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre[4][5][6] to centre-right[7]
National affiliation	OĽaNO and Friends
European affiliation	European People's Party[8]
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[9][10]	39 / 419
Mayors[9][10]	6 / 2,904
Local councillors[9][10]	111 / 20,462
Party flag
Website
stranazaludi.sk
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Election results

National Council

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Status
2016	Andrej Kiska	did not exist[a]			1 / 150	New	Opposition
2020		166,325	5.8%	7th	12 / 150	11	Coalition
2023	Igor Matovič[b]	264,137	8.9%	4th	1 / 150	10	Opposition
		Running in coalition with the OĽaNO, KÚ and NOVA, which won 16 seats in total.

1. Veronika Remišová switched from OĽaNO to ZĽ
2. Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) served as list leader and Veronika Remišová served as ZĽ's chairman.

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024[a]	Peter Pollák	29,385	2.0%	9th	0 / 15	New	–

1. Run in a joint list with Slovakia and NOVA.

History of leaders

	Image	Name	Entered office	Left office	Length of Leadership
1		Andrej Kiska	2 September 2019	8 August 2020	11 months and 6 days
2		Veronika Remišová	8 August 2020	present	4 years and 3 months

See also

• Category:For the People (Slovakia) politicians
• Politics of Slovakia
• List of political parties in Slovakia

Footnotes

1. "Výročná správa politickej strany: Za ľudí" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
2. "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.
3. "Slowakei: Neue Regierung während Corona-Krise - populistisch, rechts, unberechenbar". Deutsche Welle (in German). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
4. Germanová, Miroslava (2 March 2020). "Slovakia Wakes Up to a "New Era Without Fico"". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
5. "Strana Za ľudí sľubuje nájomné byty aj škôlku pre každé dieťa". Finreport.sk. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
6. "Slovak former president's party to enter coalition talks". Reuters. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
7. Istrate, Dominik (28 February 2020). "A divided Slovakia heads for the polls". Emerging Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
8. In PACE.
9. Also with coalitions.
10. "Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania". volbrsr.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
11. "Exprezident Kiska představil novou stranu, pojmenoval ji Za lidi". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
12. "Strana Za ľudí si zvolila svojho predsedu: Kiska na sneme v Košiciach dostal ponuku od PS/Spolu". Topky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
13. "Remišová Elected as New Chair of For the People Party". NewsNow. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

• Official website