Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia

Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije
Leader Karl Erjavec
Founded 1991
Headquarters Ljubljana
Ideology Single-issue politics,
Centrism,
Social justice
International affiliation None
European affiliation None
European Parliament Group None
Official colours Green, Blue
National Assembly
7 / 90
Website
http://www.desus.si
Politics of Slovenia
Political parties
Elections

The 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

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