Prime Minister of Slovenia

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.

President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Predsednik Vlade Republike Slovenije
Flag of Slovenia
Incumbent Janez Janša since 13 March 2020
Government of Slovenia Office of the Prime Minister
Style	Mr. Prime Minister or President of the Government Slovene: Gospod predsednik vlade (formal) Mr. President Slovene: Gospod predsednik (informal) His Excellency Slovene: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence and abroad only)
Type	Head of Government
Member of	Government of Slovenia European Council (EU) Euro summit (EU) National Security Council Also: North Atlantic Council (NATO)
Reports to	National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
Residence	None
Seat	Gregorčičeva 25 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia also: Predsedniška palača
Nominator	President of the Republic or MPs (second and third round of election only)
Appointer	National Assembly (with absolute majority)
Term length	No term limit Serves at the pleasure of the National Assembly. After a parliamentary election, resignation, removal from office or impeachment, the officeholder remains in office and leads a caretaker government until a new government is elected.
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Slovenia
Precursor	President of the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Formation	16 May 1990 (de facto, following the first democratic election) 23 December 1991 (de jure, following adoption of the current Constitution of Slovenia)
First holder	Lojze Peterle as President of the Executive Council until 23 December 2019, then as President of the Government
Unofficial names	Premier
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister (not an official office, held by one or more members of the government)
Salary	€ 76,586 annually[1]
Website	www.vlada.si/predsednik_vlade/

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, he or she 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 of the Republic meets with leaders of the groups for consultations. During the consultations, the president of the Republic tries to identify a candidate that could secure an absolute majority in the National Assembly (46 votes). After the consultations, the president of the Republic 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 of the Republic 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 of the Republic, 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 National Assembly once again fails to elect a Prime Minister, then President of the Republic will dissolve the National Assembly and call a snap election, unless the National Assembly decides, within 48 hours from the vote, to hold the 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 7 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 of the Republic, 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

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Parties

Conservatives:

•   SLS

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	King of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (reign)
			Took office	Left office	Days
1		Jožef Pogačnik (Knight) (1866–1932)	31 October 1918	20 January 1919	81	Slovene People's Party (SLS)	Peter I (1 December 1918–16 August 1921)

Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Parties

•   KPS/ZKS
•   SDP

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	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	27 November 1972	League of Communists of Slovenia
7	Andrej Marinc (born 1930)		27 November 1972	April 1978	League of Communists of Slovenia
8	Anton Vratuša (1915–2017)		April 1978	July 1980	League of Communists of Slovenia
9	Janez Zemljarič (born 1928)		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
(10)					Party of Democratic Renewal

Republic of Slovenia

Parties

Christian democrats:

•   SKD
•   SLS
•   NSi

Liberals:

•   LDS
•   PS
•   ZaAB (now SAB)
•   SMC
•   LMŠ

Conservatives:

•   SDS

Social democrats:

•   SD

#	Prime Minister			Term of office			Government	National Assembly	President of the Republic
	Political party			Took office	Left Office	Time in office	Coalition
1		Lojze Peterle (born 1948)		16 May 1990	14 May 1992	729	I centre-right majority government	C 1990	Milan Kučan 8 October 1991 - 22 December 2002
			DEMOS				SKD–SDZS–SDZ–SLS–ZS
2		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)		14 May 1992	25 January 1993	2,946	II centrist majority government	1 1992
							LDS–DS–SDS–SSS–ZS–ZLSD
				25 January 1993	27 February 1997		III centrist majority government (1993-1996) centrist minority government (1996-1997)
							LDS–SKD–SDS (1993–1994)–ZLSD (1993–1996)
				27 February 1997	7 June 2000		IV centrist majority government	2 1996
			Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)				LDS–SLS–DeSUS
3		Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011)		7 June 2000	30 November 2000	176	V centre-right minority government
			Slovenian People's Party (SLS+SKD)
			later New Slovenia (NSi)				SLS–SKD–SDS
(2)		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)		30 November 2000	19 December 2002	749	VI centrist majority government	3 2000
			Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)				LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD
4		Anton Rop (born 1960)		19 December 2002	3 December 2004	715	VII centrist majority government		Janez Drnovšek 22 December 2002 - 23 December 2007
			Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)				LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD
5		Janez Janša (born 1958)		3 December 2004	21 November 2008	1,449	VIII centre-right majority government	4 2004
			Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)				SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS		Danilo Türk 23 December 2007 - 22 December 2012
6		Borut Pahor (born 1963)		21 November 2008	10 February 2012	1,176	IX centre-left majority government (2008-2011) centre-left minority government (2011-2012)	5 2008
			Social Democrats (SD)				SD–DeSUS (2008–2011)–LDS–Zares (2008–2011)
(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)		10 February 2012	20 March 2013	404	X centre-right majority government	6 2011
			Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)				SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS–DL		Borut Pahor 22 December 2012 - present
7		Alenka Bratušek (born 1970)		20 March 2013	18 September 2014	547	XI centre-left majority government
			Positive Slovenia (PS)
			later Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB)				PS–DeSUS–DL–SD–ZaAB
8		Miro Cerar (born 1963)		18 September 2014	13 September 2018	1,456	XII centre-left majority government	7 2014
			Modern Centre Party (SMC)				SMC–DeSUS–SD
9		Marjan Šarec (born 1977)		13 September 2018	13 March 2020	547	XIII centre-left minority government	8 2018
			List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ)				LMŠ–SD–SMC–SAB–DeSUS
(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)		13 March 2020	Incumbent	156	XIV centre-right majority government
			Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)				SDS–SMC–NSi–DeSUS

Timeline

Living former prime ministers

There are 6 former living prime ministers. Incumbent Prime Minister Janez Janša held the office between 2004-2008 and 2012-2013 as well. There were only two other prime ministers, Janez Drnovšek and Andrej Bajuk. Drnovšek died in 2008 and Bajuk in 2011.

• 
  Lojze Peterle
  Age: 72
  served 1990–1992
• 
  Anton Rop
  Age: 59
  served 2002–2004
• 
  Borut Pahor
  Age: 56
  served 2008–2012
• 
  Alenka Bratušek
  Age: 50
  served 2013–2014
• 
  Miro Cerar
  Age: 57
  served 2014–2018
• 
  Marjan Šarec
  Age: 42
  served 2018–2020

Upon retirement former prime ministers do not receive any special honours or privileges. They are however entitled to a funeral with military honors.

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	72 years, 42 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	59 years, 233 days (living)
5	Janša, JanezJanez Janša	17 September 1958(17 September 1958)	46 years, 77 days	ongoing	Incumbent	Living	61 years, 334 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	56 years, 288 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	50 years, 138 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	56 years, 357 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	42 years, 258 days (living)

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
X Janez Janša	Radovan Žerjav		SLS	Minister of Economic Development and Technology	10 February 2020	25 February 2013
	Karl Erjavec		DeSUS	Minister of Foreign Affairs	10 February 2020	22 February 2013
	Ljudmila Novak		NSi	Minister without portfolio for Slovenians Abroad	10 February 2020	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	Incumbent
	Matej Tonin		NSi	Minister of Defence	13 March 2020	Incumbent
	Aleksandra Pivec		DeSUS	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	13 March 2020	Incumbent

References

1. "IG.com Pay Check". IG.

See also

• President of Slovenia