Liberal Democracy of Slovenia

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Liberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS (Slovenian: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije) is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Jelko Kacin and is a member of the Liberal International.

In 1990, the well-known Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek was the LDS' candidate for the Presidency of Slovenia (an ausiliary body of the President of the Republic, abolished in 1992).

At the European election LDS won 21.9% of the vote, which yielded 2 seats in the European Parliament out of Slovenia's allocation of 7.

The LDS formed coalitions ruling the governments of Slovenia from 1992 to 2004, with an interruption for a few months in 2000. The first prime minister from LDS was Janez Drnovšek, who became the President of Slovenia in 2002 and was succeeded by Anton Rop, former Minister of Finances.

At the 2004 elections, the party suffered a considerable loss of votes. As of 2005, it holds 23 seats (22.8%) in Državni zbor and as the second-largest parliamentary party forms the opposition to Janša's government.

At the moment the party is experiencing internal turmoil and has seen a drop in membership numbers.

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