Alliance of the New Citizen
The Alliance of the New Citizen (Slovak: Aliancia nového občana, ANO) was a liberal political party in Slovakia existing from 2001 to 2011. The acronym was a pun on áno, Slovak for "yes". It was founded and led by media entrepreneur Pavol Rusko. The party positioned itself as liberal and was a member of international liberal organisations. It was part of the centre-right governing coalition of Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda from October 2002 to September 2005.
Alliance of the New Citizen Aliancia nového občana | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Dissolved | 2017 |
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| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | ELDR |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (2001–2009) |
| European Parliament group | ELDR (2004) |
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After its first election, its populist appeal waned and it developed a more liberal approach.
ANO was legally renamed and thus succeeded (but not in terms of personnel or political positions) by the Free Word Party of Nora Mojsejová (Slovak: Strana Slobodné Slovo – Nory Mojsejovej, SSS-NM) in November 2011, when Eleonóra Mojsejová a Slovak businesswoman and TV personality took over the party. The party changed its name to CITIZENS (Slovak: OBČANIA) in 2013 and in 2014 to IDEA. It was finally dissolved in 2017. The last president was Miroslav Leňo.