Anton Rop is a Slovenian politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia,from 2002 to 2004. Until 2005 he was also the president of the Liberal Democratic Party,the legal successor of the Slovenian Association of Socialist Youth. On 20 March 2007 he left the party and joined the Social Democrats. In 2010,he was appointed a vice-president of the European Investment Bank.
The Social Democrats is a centre-left and pro-European social-democratic political party in Slovenia led by Tanja Fajon. From 1993 until 2005,the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats. It is the successor of the League of Communists of Slovenia. As of 2022,the party is a member of a three-party coalition government with Robert Golob's Freedom Movement alongside The Left,as well as a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance.
Ivan Janša,baptized and best known as Janez Janša,is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia,a position he had held from 2004 to 2008,from 2012 to 2013,and from 2020 to 2022. Since 1993,Janša has led the Slovenian Democratic Party,which has emerged as the pre-eminent Slovenian conservative party. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022,his party defeated by the Freedom Movement party.
Alojz "Lojze" Peterle is a Slovenian politician. He is a member of New Slovenia,part of the European People's Party. He served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1990 to 1992,Leader of the Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until it merged with the Slovenian People's Party in 2000,and was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994 and again in 2000. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2004,and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019.
Borut Pahor is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012.
Mihael Brejc,also known as Miha Brejc is a Slovenian politician and former Member of the European Parliament.
Karl Viktor Erjavec is a Slovenian lawyer and politician who served in the government of Slovenia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2018. He was the president of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia,having held the position from 2005 to January 2020 and again from December 2020 until March 2021. He was Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2008 and 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning from 2008 to 2010.
Iztok Jarc is a Slovenian diplomat and politician. From 2007 to 2008 he served as Minister of Agriculture of Slovenia. He was serving as an ambassador of Slovenia in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2013.
Gregor Virant is a Slovenian politician and public servant. Between 2004 and 2008,he served as Minister of Public Administration in Janez Janša's first government,between 2011–2013 he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He also served as Minister of the Interior and Public Administration in the government of Alenka Bratušek between 2013 and 2014.
Majda Širca Ravnikar is a Slovenian art historian,journalist and politician. She served as Minister of Culture in the government of Borut Pahor.
Miroslav Cerar Jr. is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia,leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Government. He is a full professor at the Chair of Theory and Sociology of Law at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law.
Dejan Židan is a Slovenian politician,former leader of the Social Democrats,and the former speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia.
Marjan Šarec is a Slovenian politician,actor and comedian who served as prime minister of Slovenia from 2018 to 2020. He has served as the minister of defence in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob since 1 June 2022.
Matej Tonin is a Slovenian politician.
Luka Mesec is a Slovenian politician and activist who has been the leader of the eco-socialist The Left party since June 2017. Mesec was elected to the Slovenian National Assembly for the first time at the 2014 parliamentary election,and reelected at the 2018 parliamentary election. He is the coordinator of the Council of the Initiative for Democratic Socialism,Labour-Punk University,and its successor,the Institute for Labour Studies.
The 13th Government of Slovenia was elected on 13 September 2018 by the 8th National Assembly. It is the first minority government in the history of Slovenia. On 27 January 2020,following the resignation of the Minister of Finance Andrej Bertoncelj,Prime Minister Marjan Šarec announced his resignation. The National Assembly was informed on the same day following which the term of the 13th Government ended. Šarec is the third consecutive and in total fourth Prime Minister to resign,before him Miro Cerar,Alenka Bratušek and Janez Drnovšek resigned as well,the latter due to being elected President of the Republic. The 13th Government is the fifth consecutive and eighth government in total to not finish its term.
Anže Logar is a Slovenian politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the third Janša cabinet from March 2020 to June 2022.
A referendum on amendments to the Waters Act was held in Slovenia on 11 July 2021. According to the environmental activists and the domain experts,the provisions of the law would have detrimental effects on the environment and on clean water. With one of the highest turnouts in recent history,the Act was overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.
Robert Golob is a Slovenian businessman and politician,serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022.
Irena Majcen is a Slovenian agricultural engineer and civil servant who was Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning from 2014 until 2018. Prior to becoming minister,she was mayor of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica (2005–2010) and head of their Department of Agriculture,Food,Forestry,and Economy and Department for Environment,Spatial Affairs,Transport,and Communications.
