sentences:  The parliamentary elections were won by the opposition, known as the DEMOS coalition led by the dissident Jože Pučnik.At the same time, Milan Kučan, the former chairman of the League of Communists of Slovenia (ZKS), was elected President of the Republic.The democratically elected parliament nominated the Christian Democratic leader Lojze Peterle as Prime Minister, which effectively ended the 45-year-long rule of the Communist Party.