The Slovak Green Party was established as the first Green Party in the former post communist countries. Its basic structures were made soon after 17 November 1989, when the "Velvet revolution" occurred in Slovakia.

The first Congress of the Green Party was held in February 1990 in Banska Bystrica and the first elected chairman was - Juraj Mesik. In 1990 - the first independent elections - the Slovak Green Party submitted an independent candidate list and it achieved 3,1 %, which was the guarantee for a participation of 6 representatives out of 150 in the Slovak National Council. The names as J.Mesik, A.Juris, P.Sremer - the first members of the Federal Parliament of the CSFR and M.Budaj, M.Huba, G. Kaliska, J.Pokorny, P.Sabo, Z.Tothovia - the first members of the Slovak National Council will remain forever in a close relation with the establishment of the Slovakian Green Party. During the period of the first two years of parliamentary work thanks to Greens a new legislation in environment was created. The biggest result of that season was the preparation and later the approval of articles 44 and 45 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. They guarantee the right of citizens for healthy environment and at the same time the duty to protect it.

In 1990 the representatives of Greens obtained 452 seats in the local parliaments and 54 mayors in the cities of Slovakia.
During 1991-92 the chairman of the Slovak Green Party was Peter Sabo. Under his leadership the basic programme of the party was prepared and the contacts with the European Greens developed. The First East-West Dialogue was held in Piestany with the topics of actual problems of green policy. It was our first contact with the European policy and also an opportunity to inform partners about our political attitudes. We were not successful with our independent way in national elections, we obtained only 2,14 % in the national parliament in 1992 and 2,62% in the at that time existing Federal Parliament of CSFR.

In 1992, at the 5th Congress, Jozef Pokorny was elected as a new chairman of Slovak Greens. Although we were not successful in the national elections, Greens obtained some important positions at the Slovak Ministry of Environment / state secretary L.Zimanova, director of the Section on Protection of Nature and Countryside - Jozef Pokorny /. The activities of Greens as an extra-parliamentary party ensured coalition power that led to the establishment of the first coalition of political parties in Slovakia in 1994. Within the left coalition - the Democratic Left Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Agrarian Movement and Slovak Greens thanks to 10,4 % of votes, Slovak Greens were again a parliamentary party. They obtained 2 members - A.Juris a J.Pokorny who were with the coalition in the opposition. In 1994, in the local elections, Greens obtained 206 councillors and 11 mayors. In 1995 the 6th Congress confirmed J.Pokorny as a chairman. Bratislava organized East-West Dialogue where 11 representatives of Greens from Europe discussed about problems on energy... There was suggested the Declaration of Greens to the questions on energy. The next dialoque focused on the Roma topic.

In the history of Slovak Greens June 1995 is significant when the Slovak Green Party at the meeting of the Council of European Federation of Green Parties in Budapest was unanimously accepted as the 28th member of EFGP.

The 7th Congress of the Slovak Green Party in 1997 elected a new chairmanship, with the leader Zdenka Tothova. The new chairmanship prepared the ground for Greens to enter the Party of Democratic Coalition , where the candidates on behalf of Greens accepted a membership in the Party of Democratic Coalition. Based on this, Slovak Greens obtained 4 members in the parliamentary elections in 1998 / L.Ambros, A.Juris, P.Prokopovic, and J. Rusnak/ . They were part of the so called Green Platform of SDK. Later on J.Rusnak and P.Prokopovic left the Slovak Greens and they entered into the new established party of the prime minister M.Dzurinda. L.Ambros was chairman of the Committee on Environment and A.Juris vice-chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. Z.Tothova accepted the position of state secretary on behalf of the Ministry on Environment. M.Hladik was elected by the National Council of Slovakia as a chairman of the State Aid Office, other Greens were active on the regional level as mayors and vice-mayors. The Slovak Greens had representatives in control bodies of the media too. In 1988 a member of the Greens was elected as a mayor / L.Piovarci - Leopoldov /, another 11 became mayors of municipalities and 127 members of local parliaments. The 9th Congress in 1999 elected L.Ambros as a chairman and enabled double membership to the members of SDK fraction of Greens and their return to the mother party.
In January 2002 Slovak Greens celebrated their 10th anniversary in Banska Bystrica. The programme of the party was prepared for the next season. The 10th Congress of Greens elected a new chairman - Pavol Petrik. The new political leadership prepared a separate action for the parliamentary election in 2002, but expectations were not fulfilled. The party obtained 0,98%, which meant 28 365 votes. Greens were unsuccessful in the first elections to the higher regional units (8) where Greens obtained no member. The result of the regional elections in 2002 was standard. Greens have representatives in the big cities of Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Trnava, Senica, Skalica, Handlova, Velky Krtis and so on.

The 11th Congress of Greens elected for the third time J.Pokorny and new faces of green policy. In the position of vice-chairmen are three women: A.Zahumenska, L.Kristofova and E.Lukianova. The next member of chairmanship is the chairman of the Green Youth, A.Piencikova. The ambitions of the present chairmanship is to increase the credit of Greens in Slovakia and to be a serious member of the European Green Party.

Main political issues of GPS

The Slovak Green Party has drawn up a new manifesto called "GPS Programme for the sustainable development of the Slovak Republic" which was approved at the 8th Congress of GPS in June 1998. This document was updated in January 2002. It's the 1st programme developed by a Slovak political party devoted to achieving sustainability for Slovakia. It is based on the Rio de Janeiro 92 UNCED AGENDA 21 and is divided into seven chapters dealing with: green philosophy, democracy and human rights, the environment and nature protection, the economy and sustainable development of Slovakia, social programme and the sustainable development of Slovakia, as well as national and international affairs. In addition to the aforementioned AGENDA 21, GPS also used other documents to develop their manifesto. Amongst others, these include; European Convention on Human Rights, European Social Charter, European Water Charter, European Charter of Local Self-governing Communities, the Guiding Principles of the European Federation of Green Parties and of course the Green Manifesto of European Elections 2004 adopted in February 2004 in Rome. Besides decentralisation and sustainability principles, many other proposals are included in the programme, e.g. an Ombudsman for environment issues; a new approach to the implementation of environmental law, a Green tax reform, a prosecution system specialised to deal with enviro-criminality, replacement of the Concept of Military Security with a Concept of Environmental Security based on excellent relations with neighbouring nations and opposition to nuclear energy.

Participation of GPS in the EU elections in 2004

The Slovak Green Party formed the coalition with the left oriented party "SMER" in the above mentioned elections.

Andrea Záhumenská was only one green representative who on the basis of the political programme of the European Greens and Slovakian Greens presented common green ideas within the campaign in Slovakia. Although the candidate did not obtain a seat in the European Parliament, the result of her preferential votes was successful especially when considering the fact that Slovakian Greens had a lot of problems with the financial situation during the campaign.

Thanks to her presentation the Slovakian Greens could present the common European green approach in the various areas of our lives in relation to the protection of the environment.  

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Latest Green Party Election Results:

• National Election Year: 2006
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• European Elections: 2004
  MEPs:
  Total No. European Votes:118.535
  % Gained:16,9 (in coalition)