For the People
Za ľudí
Abbreviation
LeaderVeronika Remišová
Presidium
  • Miriam Šuteková
  • Viera Leščáková
Parliamentary leaderMiriam Šuteková
FounderAndrej Kiska
Founded2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)
HeadquartersBratislava
Youth wingYoung For the People
Membership (2021)Decrease 528[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4][5][6] to centre-right[7]
National affiliationOĽaNO and Friends
European affiliationEuropean People's Party[8]
Colours  Yellow   Blue
Slogan"We will not allow the mafia to return."
National Council
1 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
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
Flag of the For the People
Website
stranazaludi.sk

For the People (Slovak: Za ľudí) is a political party in Slovakia founded by former President Andrej Kiska in 2019.[11] Kiska became party's leader on 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]

Election results

National Council

Election Leader Votes  % Rank Seats +/– Status
2016 Andrej Kiska did not exist[lower-alpha 1]
1 / 150
New Opposition
2020 166,325
5.8%
7th
12 / 150
Increase 11 Coalition
2023 Igor Matovič[lower-alpha 2] 264,137
8.9%
4th
1 / 150
Decrease 10 Opposition
Running in coalition with the OĽaNO, 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.

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 3 years, 5 months and 7 days

See also

Footnotes

  1. "Výročná správa politickej strany: Za ľudí" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2021. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  2. "Neuer slowakischer Premier Heger besucht Wien". Der Standard (in German). 2021-05-03. Archived from the original on 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  3. "Slowakei: Neue Regierung während Corona-Krise - populistisch, rechts, unberechenbar". Deutsche Welle (in German). 2020-03-20. Archived from the original on 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  4. Germanová, Miroslava (2 March 2020). "Slovakia Wakes Up to a "New Era Without Fico"". Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. "Strana Za ľudí sľubuje nájomné byty aj škôlku pre každé dieťa". Finreport.sk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. "Slovak former president's party to enter coalition talks". Reuters.com. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. Istrate, Dominik (28 February 2020). "A divided Slovakia heads for the polls". Emerging Europe. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. In PACE.
  9. 1 2 3 Also with coalitions.
  10. 1 2 3 https://www.volbysr.sk/oso/sk/suhrnne_vysledky.html Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Exprezident Kiska představil novou stranu, pojmenoval ji Za lidi". iDNES.cz. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 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. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  13. "Remisova Elected as New Chair of For the People Party | NEWS NOW". Newsnow.tasr.sk. 8 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
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