Slovenia - Election 1990 - National Assembly
In 1990, the first democratic elections took place and were won by the united opposition movement. Alojz Peterle forms the coalition Government (Executive Council of the Assembly), composed of Slovenian Democratic Union, Social Democratic Union of Slovenia, Slovenian Christian Democrats, Slovenian Farmers’ Association, the Slovenian Craftsmen's Party and the Greens of Slovenia - the DEMOS coalition (the government term ended on 14 May 1992). In the same year more than 88% of the electorate voted for a sovereign and independent Slovenia. Milan Kucan won the presidential seat in the second round with 58, 6 % of the vote. Jože Pucnik gets 41,4 % of the vote. Slovenia declared independence on 25 June 1991. A 10-day war ensued, following which the Yugoslav Army withdrew from Slovenia. The European Union recognised Slovenia in January 1992 and the UN accepted it as a member in May 1992.
In 1992 the Assembly removed the government of Alojz Peterle through a constructive vote of no confidence following increasing disagreements in the ruling coalition of Demos, consisting of parties established during the democratic changes. As a result Janez Drnovšek became the prime minister of a coalition government composed of Social Democratic Party of Slovenia, Democratic Party, Greens of Slovenia, Liberal Democrats of Slovenia, United list of Social Democrats and Socialist Party of Slovenia.
Janez Drnovsek served as the second Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1992 to 2002. He played a truly historic role in giving birth to a free and independent Slovenia, while avoiding the bloodshed and warfare that engulfed other nations as they seceded from the former Yugoslavia. A brilliant economist, he unleashed the entrepreneurial spirit of the Slovenian people and played a historic role in establishing his new nation as a robust democracy with one of the most successful economies in Central and Eastern Europe.
His party, LDS, won the elections in December 1992 and Milan Kucan, until then president of the presidency of Slovenia, was elected president of the republic. The government term ended on 25 January 1993. Janez Drnovšek formed his second government composed of Liberal Democrats of Slovenia (23,5% of the vote), Slovenian Christian Democrats (14,5% of the vote), United list of Social Democrats (13,6% of the vote) and Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (3,3% of the vote). The latest withdrew from the government in 1994 and United list of Social Democrats withdrew in 1996. The government term ended on 27 February 1997.
The ruling liberal democrats again became the strongest party in the parliament after the autumn 1996 parliamentary elections with six other parties crossing the threshold. Parliamentary elections took place, and the majority of the vote went to the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (27, 01%), following by Slovenian People's Party (19,38 %), Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (16,13%), Slovenian Christian Democrats (9,62%), United List of Social Democrats (9,03%), Democratic Party of Slovenian Pensioners (4,32%), Slovenian National Party (3,22% ).
Social Democratic Party of Slovenia and SLS+SKD Slovenian People's Party formed a coalition government led by Andrej Bajuk, after the third Drnovšek’s cabinet was toppled following a constructive no-confidence vote on 8 April 2000. The government term ended on 30 November 2000.
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