Homeland (Slovak political party)

Slovak political party

This article is about the political party in Slovakia. For "The Homeland", the Neo-Nazi party in Germany formerly known as the NPD, see National Democratic Party of Germany.

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Homeland

VLASŤ

Leader| Štefan Harabin
Chairperson| Anna Žatková
Founded| 28 November 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-28) (DNES)
24 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-24) (VLASŤ)
Dissolved| 1 April 2021[1]
Headquarters| Vajnorská 1417/136, Bratislava-Nové Mesto
Membership (2019)|  832[2]
Ideology| National conservatism
Slovak nationalism
Right-wing populism
Anti-immigration
Euroscepticism
Political position| Right-wing to far-right
Colours|  Blue and red
Website
https://stranavlast.sk

* Politics of Slovakia
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* Elections

Homeland (Slovak: Vlasť) was a non-parliamentary political party in Slovakia.

## Party's names

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* (2011-11-28) (2011-12-13)28 November – 13 December 2011: TODAY (Slovak: DNES)
* (2011-12-13) (2013-09-27)13 December 2011 – 27 September 2013: Civic Party TODAY (Slovak: Občianska strana DNES, DNES)
* (2013-09-27) (2019-06-24)27 September 2013 – 24 June 2019: Civic Left Party (Slovak: Strana občianskej ľavice, SOĽ)
* From 24 June 2019 (2019-6-24): HOMELAND (Slovak: VLASŤ)

## History

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As a juridical person, it was registered by the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic on 28 November 2011, under no. OVVS 3-2011 / 029917 and obtained the identification number of the organization 42257344. During its existence, there were three amendments to the Articles of Association (13 December 2011, 27 September 2013, 24 June 2019) and four changes to the statutory body (8 December 2011, 11 July 2012, August 11, 2017, October 3, 2019), with the general manager of the party, Ing. Anna Žatková.[3]

At a press conference on October 1, 2019, former Minister of Justice (nominee of Mečiar's People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) and Supreme Court Judge Štefan Harabin, a failed candidate in the 2019 presidential election, announced that he would run in the 2020 parliamentary election as leader of the political party Homeland.[4][5][6][7][8]

19 year old Juraj Krajčík, son of party member Juraj Krajčík Senior began the largest hate crime of the country in Slovakia in 2022.[9] The neo-fascist began a double murder of two gay men in Bratislava and bragged about the crime on Twitter and in the dark web forum "4chan". His father claimed his son was innocent.[10]

## Some members or candidates of the party

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* Štefan Harabin
* Roman Michelko
* Anna Žatkova
* Igor Čombor

## Election results

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The party did not participate in the parliamentary elections held during its operation (2012, 2016; EP 2019), with the exception of the 2014 European Parliament election. The party received 1,311 votes (0.23%) and no mandate.[11]

The only regional elections this party participated in were the 2017 regional elections. The party ran 15 candidates in Prešov Region, of which none were elected.[12]

National Council Election | Leader  | Performance  | Rank  | Government

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Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/–
2020 | Štefan Harabin | 84,507  |

2.93%

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0 / 150

| New | 12th  | Extra-parliamentary (OĽaNO-SR-SaS-ZĽ)
Extra-parliamentary (OĽaNO-SR-ZĽ)
European Parliament Election | Party leader  | EU Party  | Performance  | Rank  | EP Group

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Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/–
2014 | Vladislav Borík | None | 1,311  |

0.23%

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0 / 14

| New | 26th  | –
2019 | Did not contest
President Election | Candidate  | First round  | Second round  | Result

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Votes | % | Votes | %
2019 | Endorsed Štefan Harabin | 307,823  |

14.35%

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## See also

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* List of political parties in Slovakia

## References

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1. ^ "Register of Political Parties and Political Movements". Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
2. ^ https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2019/VS19_VLAST.pdf [bare URL PDF]
3. ^ Výpis z registra politických strán a politických hnutí [online]. Bratislava : Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky, [s. a.] [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online Archived 2018-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
4. ^ KRAUS KRBATOVÁ, Lucia. Harabin vstupuje do politického boja. Ohlásil stranu Vlasť [online]. In SME, 2019-10-01 [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online.
5. ^ KERN, Miro. Harabin zakladá stranu Vlasť a ide do volieb (+video) [online]. In Denník N, 2019-10-01 [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online.
6. ^ BEDNÁROVÁ, Martina – KORDA, Eugen. Štefan Harabin ide do volieb. Zakladá politickú stranu Vlasť [online]. In .týždeň, 2019-10-01 [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online.
7. ^ DEBNÁR, Ján – SLIZ, Martin. Voľby 2020: Štefan Harabin bude volebným lídrom strany Vlasť [online]. In Aktuality.sk, 2019-10-01 [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online.
8. ^ TASR. Harabin zakladá stranu Vlasť, bude jej volebným lídrom [online]. In Pravda, 2019-10-01 [cit. 2019-11-02]. Dostupné online.
9. ^ Burke, Jason (2024-01-21). "'You will not replace us': a deadly attack on a Slovakian gay bar – and its link to a fast-spreading racist ideology". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
10. ^ "Angriff auf die LGBTQ-Community in der Slowakei – DW – 25.10.2022". dw.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-20.
11. ^ "Euro voľby 2014 na Slovensku". vysledkyvolieb.sk.
12. ^ "Voľby do VÚC (Župné voľby) 2017 na Slovensku". vysledkyvolieb.sk.

## External links

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* Oficiálne webové sídlo