The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) is a political party in Slovakia.

It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 and the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

 dealing with the Conscientious objection on religious grounds.

The party was established in 1990. In the 1990s it was led by Ján Čarnogurský

Ján Carnogurský

Ján Čarnogurský is a former Slovak politician, a former Prime Minister of Slovakia and the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement .He is married and has 4 children.- Before 1989 :...

 and then since 2000 by Pavol Hrušovský

Pavol Hrušovský

Pavol Hrušovský was the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 15 October 2002 to 7 February 2006 and party leader of the Christian Democratic Movement....

. Currently, it is led by Ján Figeľ

Ján Figel

Ján Figeľ is a Slovakian politician, previously European Commissioner for Education, Training & Culture. His area of responsibility also covered sport, youth, and relations with civil society.-Early career:...

.

In the parliamentary election of 17 June 2006

Slovak parliamentary election, 2006

The 2006 parliamentary elections in Slovakia took place on Saturday June 17, 2006. The voters selected 150 representatives for the National Council of the Slovak Republic. The highest number of seats, 50, was won by left-wing party Direction - Social Democracy led by Robert Fico. In total, six...

, the party won 8.3 % of the popular vote and 14 out of 150 seats.

Four prominent parliamentary members (František Mikloško

František Mikloško

František Mikloško is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and a former member of Christian Democratic Movement. Mikloško was Speaker of the Slovak National Council from 1990 to 1992. Mikloško is the longest-serving member of parliament in Slovakia...

, Vladimír Palko

Vladimír Palko

Vladimír Palko is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and former Interior Minister of Slovakia...

, Rudolf Bauer and Pavol Minárik) left the party on 21 February 2008 due to their dissatisfaction with the party, its leadership and its policies, and founded the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia

Conservative Democrats of Slovakia

The Conservative Democrats of Slovakia , abbreviated to KDS, is a Slovakian political party established by four MPs who belonged to the Christian Democratic Movement, but left it on 21 February 2008 over disagreements with the party leader...

 in July.

KDH is a member of the European People's Party

European People's Party

The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

 (EPP).

See also

• Politics of Slovakia
  Politics of Slovakia
  Politics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exerced in some cases also by the government or directly by citizens. Executive power is exercised by the...
  
  
• List of political parties in Slovakia