The Social Democratic Party of Slovakia (in Slovak: Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska; abbreviated SDSS) was a left wing political party in Slovakia. Its last chairman, since 1993, was Jaroslav Volf, its chairman in 1992 was Alexander Dubček. The Slovak language (slovenčina, slovenský jazyk) is an Indo-European language, more precisely a West Slavic language (together with mainly the Czech, Polish, and Sorbian languages). ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... National motto: None Official language Slovak Capital Bratislava President Ivan Gašparovič Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 126th 49,035 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked 103rd 5,379,455 109/km² Independence January 1, 1993 (division of Czechoslovakia) Currency Slovak koruna Time zone  - in summer CET... Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (November 27, 1921 _ November 7, 1992) was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969). ...

Czechoslovakia (till 1992)

The party arose after the Velvet Revolution, in January 1990, and declared that it will attempt to continue the work of the "Slovak Social Democratic Party of (the Kingdom of) Hungary" (1905-1918) and of other social democratic parties forbidden in 1948 by the Communists. The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Most of the time it failed to win seats in elections. In 1992 the party gained five seats (6,1% of the votes in Slovakia) in the "House of Nations" (Sněmovna národů) of the federal parliament of Czechoslovakia, which however was only due to the fact that the party chairman was briefly Alexander Dubček, the ex-Czechoslovak leader, in 1992. Prior to his early death in September 1992, he was one of their MP's in the federal parliament. Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (November 27, 1921 _ November 7, 1992) was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969). ...

Independent Slovakia (from 1993)

From 1994 to 1998, they were members of a coalition of parties called "Common Choice" (Spoločná voľba) that gained 10,18% (5 seats) in the Slovak parliament. They were not in the government.

After the 1998 elections, they were part of the ruling Slovak Democratic Coalition from 1998 to 2002.

After Slovakia's EU-accession (May 2004), the were part of the pan-European Party of European Socialists, along with the Party of the Democratic Left. The party was also a member of the Socialist International. Logo of the Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) Parti Socialiste Européen (PSE) Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE) Partido socialista Europeo (PSE) is a European political party whose members are the social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ... The Party of the Democratic Left (Slovak: Strana demokratickej ľavice) is a political party in Slovakia. ... The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic parties. ...

An agreement was signed with Smer (the "Direction (the Third Way)" party), in 2003, to work closely together in all spheres. On January 1, 2005 the party was merged with Smer. The Direction (the Third Way) party (Slovak: Smer (tretia cesta), often just Smer) is a political party in Slovakia, led by Robert Fico. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

External links

SDSS official site (in Slovak) (http://www.sdss.sk/)