The Party of Alenka Bratušek (, SAB) was a political party in Slovenia. The party was formed from a split from Positive Slovenia in May 2014, and merged into the Freedom Movement in June 2022. The party participated in both the Bratušek and Šarec governments.
History The party was formed by Alenka Bratušek, who resigned as Prime Minister of Slovenia on 5 May 2014, and other former members of Positive Slovenia (PS). The party was founded on 31 May 2014 under the name the Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (, ZaAB).
Among the founding members were incumbent PS MPs Maša Kociper, Jerko Čehovin, Jani Möderndorfer, Maja Dimitrovski, former MP Peter Vilfan, ministers Roman Jakič and Metod Dragonja. Present were also several guests: former Mercator retail group chief executive Miran Goslar, Verjamem party leader Igor Šoltes, MEP Tanja Fajon and Social Democrat MP Matjaž Han, Zares party president Darja Radić and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia's Gorazd Žmauc.
The party won 4.34% of the vote in 13 July 2014's Slovenian parliamentary election – and four seats in parliament.Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014 Republika Slovenija – Državna volilna komisija. Retrieved 13 July 2014
On 21 November 2014, the party became a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
On 21 May 2016 the party was renamed to the Alliance of Social-Liberal Democrats (). On 7 October 2017, the party again changed its title to include the founder's name in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections, becoming the Party of Alenka Bratušek. The party's Secretary General Jernej Pavlič stated that the name was changed to improve name recognition.
In the 3 June 2018 parliamentary election, the party garnered 5.11% of the vote and won five MP seats. In 13 September 2018 party became a coalition partner in the Šarec government, a cabinet formed by the List of Marjan Šarec, Social Democrats, Modern Centre Party and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.
In the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, the party failed to win any seats in the National Assembly. Subsequently, the party members voted in June 2022 to dissolve the party and merge with the Freedom Movement, the social liberal party of Robert Golob which formed government after the 2022 general election. The Freedom Movement voted in favor of the merger on 27 June, with the official merger completed on 12 July.
Leadership President Alenka Bratušek
Vice-Presidents Maša Kociper Tatjana Voj Slavko Šterman
Party Council Members elected in 2014 included Metod Dragonja, Roman Jakič, Jani Möderndorfer and Stojan Pelko.
Supervisory board Members elected in 2014 included Nika Poglajen, Tatjana Voj, Dejan Radunić.
Electoral results National Assembly Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government 2014Alenka Bratušek 38,293 4.38 (#7) New 2018 45,492 5.11 (#7) 1 2022 31,117 2.61 (#9) 5 Extra-parliamentaryGovernment
European Parliament Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– 2019 Angelika Mlinar 19,369 4.0 (#7) New
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