Civic Democratic Union (Slovakia)

Civic Democratic Union Občianska demokratická únia
Abbreviation	ODÚ
Founded	October 1991
Dissolved	March 1994
Preceded by	Public Against Violence
Merged into	Democratic Party
Ideology	Liberalism[1] Liberal conservatism[2]
Political position	Centre to centre-right
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The Civic Democratic Union (Slovak: Občianska demokratická únia) was a liberal political party in Slovakia between 1991 and 1994. It was founded as the Civic Democratic Union–Public Against Violence (Slovak: Občianska demokratická únia–Verejnosť proti násilu) as a new political party succeeding the former political movement Public Against Violence (VPN). During his term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, Marián Čalfa joined the party and became one of the leading members. In the 1992 Slovak parliamentary election, the party failed to gain any seats in parliament. In 1994, the party merged into the Democratic Party.[3][4]

References

1. Suk, Jiří. CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1989: CAUSES, RESULTS, AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGES (PDF). Czech Science Foundation. p. 154.
2. Szomolányi, Soňa (1999). WHY SLOVAKIA'S TRANSITION TRAJECTORY HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT. p. 6.
3. Koudelka, Zdeněk (14 February 1997). "Současná Slovenská politika" (PDF). Politologický Časopis: 204. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
4. "magyarok-szlovakiaban-III.qxd" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-07.