Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)
The Democratic Left Alliance (Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej) was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed on 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in Poland between 1993 and 1997, and between 2001 and 2005, with four Prime ministers coming from the party: Józef Oleksy, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Leszek Miller and Marek Belka. It then faded into opposition, overshadowed by the rise of Civic Platform and Law and Justice.
Democratic Left Alliance Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej | |
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| Leader | Włodzimierz Czarzasty |
| Founder | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Founded | 9 July 1991 (as a coalition) 15 April 1999 (as a party) |
| Dissolved | 27 January 2020 |
| Merger of | SdRP, minor parties (1991) |
| Merged into | New Left |
| Headquarters | ul. Złota 9 Warsaw |
| Youth wing | Social Democratic Youth Federation |
| Membership (2018) | 33,554 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Atlanticism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | The Left[A] |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| lewica | |
^ A: Previously SLD-UP (2001–14), Left and Democrats (2006–08), United Left (2015) and the European Coalition (2019). | |
In February 2020, the party initiated a process to absorb the Spring party, choosing the name New Left (Polish: Nowa Lewica), and changing to a more modern logo.
The party was a member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance.