Cabinet of Slovenia

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This article is a list of cabinets of Slovenia, the chief executive body of the Republic of Slovenia. Unlike the President of Slovenia, who is directly elected, the prime minister of Slovenia is appointed by the National Assembly and must control a parliamentary majority there in order to govern successfully, even though it is judicially allowed to govern with a minority cabinet.

Since 1990, Slovenia has had 13 governments. The government is formed by political parties that are elected on democratic elections every four years, except if preliminary elections are determined to be held, which has happened two times since the independence. Slovenia has had in total of nine prime ministers, nine men and one woman, since 1990.

Statistics

The longest-serving prime minister to date was Janez Drnovšek, who held the post for 10 years and 45 days (3,695 days) between the years 1992 and 2002, followed by Janez Janša who ruled for 5 years and 28 days (2,584 days). He also holds the longest uninterrupted mandate of 2,180 days, between the years 2004 and 2008. The shortest term is held by Andrej Bajuk, who was on position for 176 days. Alenka Bratušek is the first woman to take the position of the prime minister of Slovenia and until now the only one to do so. The first minority cabinet was led by Borut Pahor in 2012 as two coalition parties: Zares and DeSUS left the coalition. The first preliminary elections followed just a few months after the break up of the coalition. Since then Slovenia witnessed another preliminary elections in 2014, when Janša's second cabinet broke up after DeSUS and DL, left the coalition and the cabinet found itself in minority.

No.CabinetDatesDaysPrime ministerCoalition parties
1st Peterle 16 May 1990 – 14 May 1992729 Lojze Peterle SKD - SDZS - SDZ - SLS - ZS
2nd Drnovšek I 14 May 1992 – 25 Jan 1993256 Janez Drnovšek LDS - DS - SDS - SSS - ZS - ZLSD
3rd Drnovšek II 25 Jan 1993 – 27 Feb 19971,494 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SKD - SDS (1993-1994) - ZLSD (1993-1996)
4th Drnovšek III 27 Feb 1997 – 7 Jun 20001,196 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SLS - DeSUS
5th Bajuk 7 Jun 2000 – 30 Nov 2000176 Andrej Bajuk SLS + SKD - SDS
6th Drnovšek IV 30 Nov 2000 – 19 Dec 2002749 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SLS - DeSUS - ZLSD
7th Rop 19 Dec 2002 – 3 Dec 2004715 Anton Rop LDS - SLS - DeSUS - ZLSD
8th Janša I 3 Dec 2004 – 21 Nov 20082,180 Janez Janša SDS - NSi - SLS - DeSUS
9th Pahor 21 Nov 2008 – 10 Feb 20121,176 Borut Pahor SD - DeSUS (2008-2011) - LDS - Zares (2008-2011)
10th Janša II 10 Feb 2012 – 20 Mar 2013404 Janez Janša SDS - NSi - SLS - DeSUS - DL
11th Bratušek 20 Mar 2013 – 18 Sep 2014547 Alenka Bratušek PS - DeSUS - DL - SD - ZaAB
12th Cerar 18 Sep 2014 – 13 Sep 20181,456 Miro Cerar SMC - DeSUS - SD
13th Šarec 13 Sep 2018 – 13 Mar 2020547 Marjan Šarec LMS - SD - SMC - SAB - DeSUS
14th Janša III 13 Mar 2020 – 1 Jun 2022822 Janez Janša SDS - Concretely - NSi
15th Golob 1 Jun 2022 – present1,262 Robert Golob GS - SD - The Left
Source: Vlada Republike Slovenije
#Prime ministerDate of birthAge at inauguration
(first term)
Time in office
(total)
Age at retirement
(last term)
Date of deathLongevity
1 Alojz Peterle 5 Jul 1948Living77 years, 132 days (Living)
2 Janez Drnovšek 17 May 195023 Feb 200857 years, 282 days
3 Andrej Bajuk 18 Oct 194316 Aug 201167 years, 302 days
4 Anton Rop 27 Dec 1960Living64 years, 322 days (Living)
5 Janez Janša 17 Sep 1958Living67 years, 58 days (Living)
6 Borut Pahor 2 Nov 1963Living62 years, 12 days (Living)
7 Alenka Bratušek 31 Mar 1970Living55 years, 228 days (Living)
8 Miro Cerar 25 Aug 19633 years, 360 days55 years, 19 daysLiving62 years, 81 days (Living)
9 Marjan Šarec 2 Dec 197740 years, 285 days1 year, 172 days42 years, 92 daysLiving47 years, 347 days (Living)
10 Janez Janša 17 Sep 195861 years, 168 days2 years, 90 days63 years, 257 daysLiving67 years, 58 days (Living)
11 Robert Golob 23 Jan 196755 years, 129 days3 years, 166 days (Ongoing)IncumbentLiving58 years, 295 days (Living)

Current government

The 15th Government of Slovenia was sworn on 1 June 2022. It is headed by Prime Minister Robert Golob.

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