Liberal Democrats (Slovenia)

The Liberal Democrats (Slovene: Liberalni demokrati; LIDE) is a centrist to centre-left Slovenian political party. It was founded on 12 January 2022 by the then president of the National Assembly of Slovenia, Igor Zorčič.[1]

Liberal Democrats
Liberalni demokrati
AbbreviationLIDE
LeaderIgor Zorčič
FounderIgor Zorčič
Founded12 January 2022 (2022-01-12)
Split fromModern Centre Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre to centre-left
National affiliationLIDE-DeSUS-LDS
Colours    Blue
National Assembly
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Website
lide.si

History

On March 26, 2021, Igor Zorčič, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, with MPs Janja Sluga and Branislav Rajić withdrew from the Modern Centre Party and co-founded a parliamentary group of unaffiliated deputies.[2] Since then, possible transfers to other parties have been mentioned several times. At the end of 2021, Zorčič announced a new liberal political party.

The inaugural congress took place on Wednesday, 12 January 2022, in Ljubljana. Igor Zorčič was elected president, but at the time of its establishment it was determined that there could be a maximum of three presidents at a time. They also set out the party's abstract program.[1]

On 15 February 2022, the leadership of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) supported a joint participation in the 2022 parliamentary election with the LIDE party.[3]

Party leadership
  • Chairman: Igor Zorčič
  • Party Council: Štefan Skalar, Ivan Backovič, Eva Omerza, Marko Veselič, Stanko Tomše, Andrejka Ribnikar, Aleksander Pahor, Roman Dobnikar, David Dremelj, Lana Gobec

References
  1. "Na politični parket stopila stranka LIDE, na kongresu za člana predsedstva izvoljen Igor Zorčič". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. "Zorčič, Sluga, Rajić in Lep ustanavljajo svojo skupino, koalicija išče novega predsednika DZ-ja". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  3. "STA: DeSUS in LIDE na volitve s skupno kandidatno listo". www.sta.si. Retrieved 2022-02-15.


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