Democratic Left Alliance

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The Democratic Left Alliance was a major post-communist social-democratic political party in Poland that played a leading role in the country’s politics during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
post-communist party
social-democratic party
abbreviation SLD
activePeriod 1990s
2000s
coalitionPartner Labour Union (Poland)
Polish People's Party
color red
country Poland
dissolved 2021
electoralAlliance Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union
EuropeanAffiliation Party of European Socialists
EuropeanParliamentGroup Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
founded 1991
headquartersLocation Warsaw
historicalContext post-communist transition in Poland
ideology democratic socialism
social democracy
language Polish
legalForm coalition of parties
political party
mergedInto New Left (Poland)
nativeLabel Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej
notableElection 1993 Polish parliamentary election
2001 Polish parliamentary election
notableLeader Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Grzegorz Napieralski
Leszek Miller
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
opposedTo Law and Justice (party)
linked to: PiS

Solidarity Electoral Action
origin successor to former communist structures in Poland
parliamentaryRepresentation Sejm
Senate of Poland
participatedInGovernment 1993–1997
2001–2005
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSystemContext Third Polish Republic
predecessor Polish United Workers' Party
primeMinisterFromParty Leszek Miller
Marek Belka
roleInPolitics governing party in Poland
major party in post-communist Poland
supportedPresident Aleksander Kwaśniewski
transformedInto New Left (Poland)
wonElection 1993 Polish parliamentary election
2001 Polish parliamentary election

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Polish United Workers' Party succeededBy Democratic Left Alliance
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland mergedInto Democratic Left Alliance
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland memberOf Democratic Left Alliance electoral coalition
linked to: Democratic Left Alliance
Democratic Left Alliance electoralAlliance Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union
linked to: Democratic Left Alliance
Polish United Workers' Party succeededBy Democratic Left Alliance
subject linked to: PZPR
Grzegorz Lato politicalParty Democratic Left Alliance
Solidarity Electoral Action opposedBy Democratic Left Alliance
Karol Modzelewski memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
Aleksander Kwaśniewski memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Left Alliance
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz parliamentaryGroup Democratic Left Alliance
Democratic Left Alliance shortName Democratic Left Alliance
subject linked to: SLD
1993 Polish parliamentary election mainWinningParty Democratic Left Alliance
New Left (Poland) formedByMergerOf Democratic Left Alliance
New Left (Poland) predecessor Democratic Left Alliance
New Left (Poland) hasPredecessorParty Democratic Left Alliance
Marek Belka memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Left Alliance
Leszek Miller memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
Leszek Miller parliamentaryGroup Democratic Left Alliance
Grzegorz Napieralski memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
Grzegorz Napieralski politicalParty Democratic Left Alliance
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Left Alliance
Józef Oleksy memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
Monika Jaruzelska representedParty Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (Democratic Left Alliance)
linked to: Democratic Left Alliance