- Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
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Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
Demokratična stranka upokojencev SlovenijeLeader Karl Erjavec Founded 1991 Headquarters Ljubljana Ideology Single-issue politics,
Centrism,
Social justiceInternational affiliation None European affiliation None European Parliament Group None Official colours Green, Blue National Assembly 7 / 90Website http://www.desus.si Politics of Slovenia
Political parties
ElectionsThe Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Slovene: Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije, also known by the acronym DeSUS) is a Slovenian political party led by Karl Erjavec.
DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008. In the 2008 elections the party won 7.4% of vote and 7 out of 90 seats and joined the coalition government led by Borut Pahor together with SD , Zares and LDS having a combined seat of 50 out of 90.
Parliamentary representation:
Prominent members and supporters
- Vasja Klavora
- Neda Pagon
- Ignac Golob
External links
Political parties in Slovenia Parliamentary parties Social Democrats (28) - Slovenian Democratic Party (27) - Zares (9) - Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (7) - Slovenian People's Party (6 )- Slovenian National Party (5) - Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (5)Extra-parliamentary parties Democratic Party of Slovenia - Greens of Slovenia - Gregor Virant's Civic List - Lipa - New Slovenia – Christian People's Party - Positive Slovenia - Slovenia is Ours - Slovenian Pirate Party - Youth Party – European GreensFormer parties Active Slovenia - League of Communists of Slovenia (known also as the Communist Party of Slovenia) - National Democratic Party - Party of Slovenian Nation - Slovene Christian Democrats - Slovenian Democratic UnionThis article about a Slovenian political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.