Democratic Left Alliance

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political party post-communist party social-democratic party

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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Statements (48)

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) → 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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Polish United Workers' Party → Polish United Workers' Party →	succeededBy
Democratic Left Alliance ("Democratic Left Alliance–Labour Union") →	electoralAlliance
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland ("Democratic Left Alliance electoral coalition") →	memberOf
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland →	mergedInto
Grzegorz Lato →	politicalParty