Prime Minister of Slovenia

NominatorPresidentAppointerNational AssemblyTerm lengthNo term limitConstituting instrumentConstitution of SloveniaInaugural holderLojze PeterleFormation16 May 1990; 33 years ago (1990-05-16) (de facto)
23 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-23) (de jure)Salary€76,586 annually^[2]Websitewww.vlada.si/predsednik_vlade

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The prime minister of Slovenia, officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Predsednik Vlade Republike Slovenije), is the head of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. There have been nine officeholders since the country gained parliamentary democracy in 1989 and independence in 1991.

The prime minister of Slovenia is nominated by the president of the republic after consultation with the parties represented in the National Assembly. He is then formally elected by a simple majority of the National Assembly. If no candidate receives a majority, a new vote must be held within 14 days. If no candidate receives a majority after this round, the President must dissolve the legislature and call new parliamentary elections unless the National Assembly agrees to hold a third round. If no candidate is elected after a third round, then the legislature is automatically dissolved pending new elections. In practice, since the appointee must command a majority of the National Assembly in order to govern, the appointee is usually the leader of the majority party in the National Assembly or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition. The National Assembly can only withdraw its support from a prime minister by way of a constructive vote of no confidence–that is, a motion of no confidence is of no effect unless a prospective successor has the support of a majority. The prime minister is also the president of the National Security Council.

Election

The prime minister is elected by the National Assembly of Slovenia.

First round

Following the parliamentary election new National Assembly meets at the constitutive session (usually around 2–3 weeks after election; the president of the republic convenes the session after receiving the official report on election from the State Election Commission), after which new parliamentary groups are officially formed. After all groups are formed (usually within few days), the president meets with leaders of the groups for consultations. During the consultations, the president tries to identify a candidate that could secure an absolute majority in the National Assembly (46 votes). After the consultations, the president can officially propose a candidate to the president of the National Assembly, this has to be done within 30 days after the constitutive session. Assembly takes vote on the candidate within 7 days, but not earlier than 48 hours after proposal. Candidate has to present his vision of his government before the National Assembly before the vote. When a prime minister is elected, the formation of a new government begins.

Second round

If there is no prime minister elected, the second round will take place. After new consultations, the president can propose a new candidate or the same candidate again within 14 days of the first round vote. In the second round parliamentary groups and groups of 10 MPs can propose a candidate as well. Vote takes place no earlier than 48 hours from the proposal but not later than 7 days from it. If there are more candidates proposed, the National Assembly will first vote on the candidate proposed by the president, only if that candidate is not elected, The assembly will take votes on other candidates in the order of submission of the proposals. A prime minister is elected with absolute majority (46 votes). When a prime minister is elected, formation of a new government begins.

If the National Assembly once again fails to elect a prime minister, the president will dissolve the National Assembly and call a snap election, unless the National Assembly decides, within 48 hours from the vote, to hold a third round of election.

Third round

In the third round, the prime minister is elected by a relative majority (majority of present MPs). Votes take place within seven days from the decision but not earlier than 48 hours. In the third round, the National Assembly first votes on all the candidates from the first and second round, and if none of the candidates receives a majority of votes, then it will vote on new proposals, first on the proposal by the president, then on the other in the order of submission. If a prime minister is elected formation of a new government begins, if not, the president dissolves the National Assembly and snap election takes place.

Oath of office

The prime minister officially takes office after all of his ministers take oath of office before the National Assembly, following the election of government with a relative majority in the National Assembly. The prime minister takes the oath of office after his election.

The prime minister and other ministers take the same oath of office according to the Article 104 of the Constitution: “I swear that I shall uphold the constitutional order, that I shall act according to my conscience and that I shall do all in my power for the good of Slovenia.”

List of prime ministers of Slovenia

Preceding posts (prior to independence)

Province within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Name (Birth–Death)			Term of office		Political party	King of Yugoslavia (reign)
			Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Slovenes (1918–1919)
		Jožef Pogačnik (1866–1932)	31 October 1918	20 January 1919	Slovene People's Party	Peter I (1918–1921)
Governors of Drava Banovina (1929–1941)
		Dušan Sernec (1882–1952)	9 October 1929	4 December 1930	Slovene People's Party	Alexander I (1921–1934)
		Drago Marušič (1884–1964)	4 December 1930	8 February 1935	Yugoslav National Party
		Dinko Puc (1879–1945)	8 February 1935	10 September 1935	Yugoslav Democratic Party	Peter II (1934–1941)
		Marko Natlačen (1886–1942)	10 September 1935	16 April 1941	Slovene People's Party

Socialist Republic within the SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1990)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
Prime Ministers (1945–1953)
1		Boris Kidrič (1912–1953)	5 May 1945	June 1946	Communist Party of Slovenia
2		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	June 1946	1953	Communist Party of Slovenia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Slovenia
	Presidents of the Executive Council (1953–1991)
		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	1953	15 December 1953	League of Communists of Slovenia
3		Boris Kraigher (1914–1967)	15 December 1953	25 June 1962	League of Communists of Slovenia
4		Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)	25 June 1962	1965	League of Communists of Slovenia
5		Janko Smole (1921–2010)	1965	1967	League of Communists of Slovenia
6		Stane Kavčič (1919–1987)	1967	8 November 1972	League of Communists of Slovenia
7		Andrej Marinc (born 1930)	27 November 1972	9 May 1978	League of Communists of Slovenia
8		Anton Vratuša (1915–2017)	April 1978	July 1980	League of Communists of Slovenia
9		Janez Zemljarič (1928–2022)	July 1980	23 May 1984	League of Communists of Slovenia
10		Dušan Šinigoj (born 1933)	23 May 1984	16 May 1990	League of Communists of Slovenia
					Party of Democratic Renewal

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Slovenia

Social democrats (1);   ZLSD / SD     Social liberals (6);   LDS   PS   ZaAB   SMC   LMŠ   GS Christian democrats (2);   SKD   SLS   NSi     National conservatives (1);   SDS
No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Coalition		National Assembly	President (term)
				Took office	Left office	Days
	1		Lojze Peterle (born 1948)	16 May 1990	14 May 1992	729	SKD	•	SKD–SDZS–SDZ–SLS–ZS	C (1990)		M. Kučan (1990–2002)
	2		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	14 May 1992	25 January 1993	2,946	LDS	I	LDS–DS–SDS–SSS–ZS–ZLSD	1 (1992)
				25 January 1993	27 February 1997			II	LDS–SKD–SDS (1993–1994)–ZLSD (1993–1996)
				27 February 1997	7 June 2000			III	LDS–SLS–DeSUS	2 (1996)
	3		Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011)	7 June 2000	4 August 2000	176	SLS	•	SLS–SKD–SDS
				4 August 2000	30 November 2000		NSi
	(2)		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	30 November 2000	19 December 2002	749	LDS	IV	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD	3 (2000)
	4		Anton Rop (born 1960)	19 December 2002	3 December 2004	715	LDS	•	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD			J. Drnovšek (2002–2007)
	5		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 December 2004	21 November 2008	1,449	SDS	I	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS	4 (2004)
	6		Borut Pahor (born 1963)	21 November 2008	10 February 2012	1,176	SD	•	SD–DeSUS (2008–2011)–LDS–Zares (2008–2011)	5 (2008)		D. Türk (2007–2012)
	(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	10 February 2012	20 March 2013	404	SDS	II	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS–DL	6 (2011)
	7		Alenka Bratušek (born 1970)	20 March 2013	18 September 2014	547	PS	•	PS–DeSUS–DL–SD–ZaAB			B. Pahor (2012–2022)
							ZaAB
	8		Miro Cerar (born 1963)	18 September 2014	13 September 2018	1,456	SMC	•	SMC–SD–DeSUS	7 (2014)
	9		Marjan Šarec (born 1977)	13 September 2018	3 March 2020	537	LMŠ	•	LMŠ–SD–SMC–SAB–DeSUS, with Levica support	8 (2018)
	(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 March 2020	1 June 2022	820	SDS	III	SDS–SMC–DeSUS (2020–2021)–NSi, with SNS support
	10		Robert Golob (born 1967)	1 June 2022	Incumbent	688	GS	•	GS (LMŠ–SAB, 2022)–SD–Levica	9 (2022)
												N. Pirc Musar (2022–)

Statistics

No.	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Age at inauguration (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Peterle, AlojzAlojz Peterle	5 July 1948(5 July 1948)	41 years, 315 days	1 year, 364 days	43 years, 314 days	Living	75 years, 289 days (living)
2	Drnovšek, JanezJanez Drnovšek	17 May 1950(17 May 1950)	41 years, 363 days	10 years, 45 days	52 years, 216 days	23 February 2008	57 years, 282 days
3	Bajuk, AndrejAndrej Bajuk	October 18, 1943(18 October 1943)	56 years, 233 days	176 days	57 years, 43 days	16 August 2011	67 years, 302 days
4	Rop, AntonAnton Rop	27 December 1960(27 December 1960)	41 years, 357 days	1 year, 350 days	43 years, 342 days	Living	63 years, 114 days (living)
5	Janša, JanezJanez Janša	17 September 1958(17 September 1958)	46 years, 77 days	7 years, 109 days	63 years, 250 days	Living	65 years, 215 days (living)
6	Pahor, BorutBorut Pahor	2 November 1963(2 November 1963)	45 years, 19 days	3 years, 81 days	48 years, 100 days	Living	60 years, 169 days (living)
7	Bratušek, AlenkaAlenka Bratušek	31 March 1970(31 March 1970)	42 years, 354 days	1 year, 182 days	44 years, 171 days	Living	54 years, 19 days (living)
8	Cerar Jr., MiroslavMiroslav Cerar Jr.	25 August 1963(25 August 1963)	51 years, 24 days	3 years, 360 days	55 years, 19 days	Living	60 years, 238 days (living)
9	Šarec, MarjanMarjan Šarec	2 December 1977(2 December 1977)	40 years, 285 days	1 year, 182 days	42 years, 102 days	Living	46 years, 139 days (living)
10	Golob, RobertRobert Golob	23 January 1967(2 December 1977)	55 years, 122 days	ongoing	Incumbent	Living	57 years, 87 days (living)

Timeline

Deputy prime minister

Deputy prime minister is an unofficial title given to certain ministers in the government (usually leaders of coalition parties other than that from which prime minister comes). Deputy prime minister does not have any additional duties to those that come with the office of minister. There are usually multiple deputy prime ministers in each government.

List of deputy prime ministers

Government	Deputy Prime Ministers				Took office	Left office
Prime Minister	Name	Party		Other functions in the government
I Lojze Peterle	Mitja Malešič			None; responsible for social activities	16 May 1990	14 May 1992
	Jože Mencinger			None; responsible for economy	16 May 1990	8 May 1991
	Andrej Ocvirk			None; responsible for economy	8 May 1991	14 May 1992
	Leopold Šešerko			None; responsible for environment and regional development	16 May 1990	14 May 1992
II Janez Drnovšek	Jože Pučnik		SDSS	None	14 May 1992	25 January 1993
	Herman Rigelnik		LDS	None	14 May 1992	25 January 1993
	Viktor Žakelj		LDS	None	14 May 1992	25 January 1993
IV Janez Drnovšek	Marjan Podobnik		SLS		27 February 1997	15 April 2000
X Janez Janša	Radovan Žerjav		SLS	Minister of Economic Development and Technology	10 February 2010	25 February 2013
	Karl Erjavec		DeSUS	Minister of Foreign Affairs	10 February 2010	22 February 2013
	Ljudmila Novak		NSi	Minister without portfolio for Slovenians Abroad	10 February 2010	20 March 2013
XI Alenka Bratušek	Dejan Židan		SD	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	20 March 2013	18 September 2014
	Gregor Virant		DL	Minister of the Interior and Public Administration	20 March 2013	18 September 2014
	Karl Erjavec		DeSUS	Minister of Foreign Affairs	20 March 2013	18 September 2014
XII Miro Cerar	Boris Koprivnikar		SMC	Minister of Public Administration	18 September 2014	13 September 2018
	Karl Erjavec		DeSUS	Minister of Foreign Affairs	18 September 2014	13 September 2018
	Dejan Židan		SD	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	18 September 2014	13 September 2018
XIII Marjan Šarec	Andrej Bertoncelj		LMŠ	Minister of Finance	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
	Jernej Pikalo		SD	Minister of Education, Science and Sport	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
	Miro Cerar		SMC	Minister of Foreign Affairs	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
	Alenka Bratušek		SAB	Minister of Infrastructure	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
	Karl Erjavec		DeSUS	Minister of Defence	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
XIV Janez Janša	Zdravko Počivalšek		SMC	Minister of Economic Development and Technology	13 March 2020	1 June 2022
	Matej Tonin		NSi	Minister of Defence	13 March 2020	1 June 2022
	Aleksandra Pivec		DeSUS	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	13 March 2020	5 October 2020
XV Robert Golob	Tanja Fajon		SD	Minister of Foreign and European Affairs	1 June 2022	Incumbent
	Luka Mesec		The Left	Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities	1 June 2022	Incumbent
	Danijel Bešič Loredan		GS	Minister of Health	1 June 2022	13 July 2023

References

See also

• Government of Slovenia
• President of Slovenia