Slovenian independence referendum, 1990
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The Slovenian independence referendum about the Slovenia
n independence from Yugoslavia
was held on December 23, 1990. It was summoned by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, then a federal unit of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. Both the ruling centre-right coalition and the left wing opposition supported the referendum and called the people to cast a vote in favour of Slovenian independence.
The voters were asked the question: "Should the Republic of Slovenia become an independent and sovereign state (samostojna in neodvisna država)?" 93,2% of the Slovenian voters turned out, of which 95% voted in favour of independence. This means that around 88,5% of all Slovenian voters supported independence, far above the threshold of 50%, which was set by the Slovenian Parliament for the validity of the plebiscite.
On December 26, the results of the referendum were officially proclaimed by the National Assembly
, automatically obliging the Slovenian authorities to declare the independence of the country within six months. On June 25, passed the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Slovenia. It declared its independence on 26 June.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n independence from Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
was held on December 23, 1990. It was summoned by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, then a federal unit of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. Both the ruling centre-right coalition and the left wing opposition supported the referendum and called the people to cast a vote in favour of Slovenian independence.
The voters were asked the question: "Should the Republic of Slovenia become an independent and sovereign state (samostojna in neodvisna država)?" 93,2% of the Slovenian voters turned out, of which 95% voted in favour of independence. This means that around 88,5% of all Slovenian voters supported independence, far above the threshold of 50%, which was set by the Slovenian Parliament for the validity of the plebiscite.
On December 26, the results of the referendum were officially proclaimed by the National Assembly
National Assembly
National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known National Assembly, and the first legislature to be known by this title, was that established during the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale...
, automatically obliging the Slovenian authorities to declare the independence of the country within six months. On June 25, passed the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Slovenia. It declared its independence on 26 June.