Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije |
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| Leader | Karl Erjavec |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Ideology | Pensioners' Party, Single-issue politics, Centrism, Social justice |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | None |
| Colours | Green, Blue |
| National Assembly |
5 / 90
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| Website | |
| http://www.desus.si | |
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 won 6.97% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining 6 seats in the National Assembly.[1] In April 2012, the party excluded Ivan Simčič after it has been disclosed that he faked his secondary school report,[2] thus losing one seat.[3]
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.
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Prominent members and supporters [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011". National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Prosecution Confirms Simčič's School Report Forgery". English Service: News (Slovenian Press Agency). 7 March 2012.
- ^ "DeSUS Excludes Disgraced MP from the Party". English Service: News (Slovenian Press Agency). 17 April 2012.
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