Party of Alenka Bratušek

Party of Alenka Bratušek
Stranka Alenke Bratušek
LeaderAlenka Bratušek
Founded31 May 2014
Dissolved27 June 2022
Split fromPositive Slovenia
Merged intoFreedom Movement
HeadquartersLjubljana
IdeologySocial liberalism[1]
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre[2] to centre-left[3]
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Website
www.sab.si

The Party of Alenka Bratušek (Slovene: Stranka Alenke Bratušek, SAB) was a political party in Slovenia. The party was formed from a split from Positive Slovenia in May 2014, and merged into the Freedom Movement in June 2022. The party participated in both the Bratušek and Šarec governments.

History

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The party was formed by Alenka Bratušek, who resigned as Prime Minister of Slovenia on 5 May 2014, and other former members of Positive Slovenia (PS).[4] The party was founded on 31 May 2014 under the name the Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (Zavezništvo Alenke Bratušek, ZaAB).[5][6]

Among the founding members were incumbent PS MPs Maša Kociper, Jerko Čehovin, Jani Möderndorfer, Maja Dimitrovski, former MP Peter Vilfan, ministers Roman Jakič and Metod Dragonja.[7] Present were also several guests: former Mercator retail group chief executive Miran Goslar, Verjamem party leader Igor Šoltes, MEP Tanja Fajon and Social Democrat MP Matjaž Han, Zares party president Darja Radić and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia's Gorazd Žmauc.[8]

The party won 4.34% of the vote in 13 July 2014's Slovenian parliamentary election – and four seats in parliament.[9]

On 21 November 2014, the party became a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.[10]

On 21 May 2016 the party was renamed to the Alliance of Social-Liberal Democrats (Zavezništvo socialno-liberalnih demokratov).[11] On 7 October 2017, the party again changed its title to include the founder's name in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, becoming the Party of Alenka Bratušek. The party's Secretary General Jernej Pavlič stated that the name was changed to improve name recognition.[12]

In the 3 June 2018 parliamentary election, the party garnered 5.11% of the vote and won five MP seats.[13] In 13 September 2018 party became a coalition partner in the Šarec government, a cabinet formed by the List of Marjan Šarec, Social Democrats, Modern Centre Party and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.[14]

In the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, the party failed to win any seats in the National Assembly.[15] Subsequently, the party members voted in June 2022 to dissolve the party and merge with the Freedom Movement, the social liberal party of Robert Golob which formed government after the 2022 general election.[16] The Freedom Movement voted in favor of the merger on 27 June, with the official merger completed on 12 July.[17]

Leadership

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President[5]
Vice-Presidents[5]
  • Maša Kociper
  • Tatjana Voj
  • Slavko Šterman
Party Council[5]

Members elected in 2014 included Metod Dragonja, Roman Jakič, Jani Möderndorfer and Stojan Pelko.

Supervisory board[5]

Members elected in 2014 included Nika Poglajen, Tatjana Voj, Dejan Radunić.

Electoral results

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National Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2014 Alenka Bratušek 38,293 4.38 (#7)
4 / 90
 New Opposition
2018 45,492 5.11 (#7)
5 / 90
 Increase 1 Coalition 2018–20
Opposition 2020–22
2022 31,117 2.61 (#9)
0 / 90
 Decrease 5 Extra-parliamentary
Government

European Parliament

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/–
2019 Angelika Mlinar 19,369 4.0 (#7)
0 / 8
 New

References

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  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Slovenia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Will Miro Cerar Fulfil High Expectations?". The Slovenia Times. 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "PM-Designate: SDS Open to All Options, Šarec Wants More Talks". total-slovenia-news.com. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Konec vlade Alenke Bratušek". Delo.si. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e Čebokli, Andrej. ""Želim, da ob dveh črkah ne vidite le mojega imena, ampak začetnici abecede"". rtvslo.si. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  6. ^ "PM Bratušek to Form New Party on 31 May". 21 May 2014.
  7. ^ K, P. J., K. (31 May 2014). "FOTO: Bratuškova ustanavlja stranko, v stilu Jankovića pripeljala družino". old.slovenskenovice.si. Retrieved 23 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Kdo vse je prišel na ustanovni kongres stranke Alenke Bratušek?". Siol.net. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  9. ^ Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014 Republika Slovenija – Državna volilna komisija. Retrieved 13 July 2014
  10. ^ "ALDE Party welcomes new member parties | ALDE Party". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  11. ^ "STA: Alliance of Social-Liberal Democrats established".
  12. ^ "Alenka Bratušek se vrača v ime svoje stranke". Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Izidi glasovanja za celotno Slovenijo – Predčasne volitve v Državni zbor 2018". volitve.gov.si (in Slovenian). 15 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Slovenian Opposition Mulls Forming Rival 'Government' to Jansa". 9 October 2020.
  15. ^ "DVK – Volitve / Elections". volitve.dvk-rs.si. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Gibanje Svoboda podprlo pripojitev LMŠ-ja in SAB-a, o kandidaturi Marte Kos še organi stranke".
  17. ^ "Lista Marjana Šarca in Stranka Alenke Bratušek tudi uradno pod okriljem Gibanja Svoboda". MMC RTV Slovenija. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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