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The Free Forum (Slovak: Slobodné fórum; "Free" is meant in the freedom sense here) is a political party in Slovakia, founded in 2004 by dissident parliamentarians from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ). Zuzana Martináková is the leader of the party.

In the Slovak parliamentary election in 2006, the party did not join the Slovak Parliament (it got only 3.47%; a minimum of 5% was required).

[edit] Establishment and development of the party

January 13, 2004 - Ivan Šimko and a group of MPs left the SDKÚ, after frictions with Mikuláš Dzurinda
March 27, 2004 - surprisingly Zuzana Martináková was elected the party leader
October 2004 - Ivan Šimko left the party and founded a new political party named Mission 21 (Slovak: Misia 21)

Political Parties in Slovakia (as of 19 March 2006)

Parliamentary parties:
Governing coalition: SMER · ĽS-HZDS · SNS Opposition: SDKÚ-DS · SMK-MKP · KDH

Extra-parliamentary parties:
ANO · ASV · B-RRS · DÚ · HZD · KČaS · KSS · ĽB · ĽS · ĽÚ · Misia 21 · NÁDEJ · NF · NOSNP · OKS · OL · PS · RIS ·
SDĽ · SF · SLNKO · SĽS · SNJ · S.O.S. · SP · SPV-G3000 · SRK · SRS · SZ · ÚSVIT · VPRED · ZRS · Z-SNP · ZSNS · ZVON