Christian Democratic Movement

Christian Democratic Movement Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie
Leader	Ján Figeľ
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Bratislava
Ideology	Christian democracy, Social conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International (observer)
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament Group	European People's Party
Official colours	White, red, blue (Colours of the Slovak flag)
National Council	15 / 150
European Parliament	2 / 13
Website
http://www.kdh.sk/
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"KDH" redirects here. For the airport with IATA code KDH, see Kandahar International Airport.

The Christian Democratic Movement (Slovak: Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie) (KDH) is a political party in Slovakia.

It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the Conscientious objection on religious grounds.

The party was established in 1990. In the 1990s it was led by Ján Čarnogurský and then since 2000 by Pavol Hrušovský. Currently, it is led by Ján Figeľ.

In the parliamentary election of 17 June 2006, the party won 8.3 % of the popular vote and 14 out of 150 seats.

Four prominent parliamentary members (František Mikloško, Vladimír Palko, Rudolf Bauer and Pavol Minárik) left the party on 21 February 2008 due to their dissatisfaction with the party, its leadership and its policies, and founded the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia in July.

KDH is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).

External links

• (Slovak) Official website

See also

• Politics of Slovakia
• List of political parties in Slovakia