The Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene : Vlada Republike Slovenije) exercises executive authority in Slovenia pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of Slovenia. It is also the highest administrative authority in Slovenia. [1]
The government carries out the country's domestic and foreign policy, shaped by the National Assembly; it directs and coordinates the work of government institutions and bears full responsibility for everything occurring within the authority of executive power. The government, headed by the Prime Minister, thus represents the country's political leadership and makes decisions in the name of the whole executive power.
The following duties are attributed to the government: [1] [2]
The longest-serving Prime Minister to date was Janez Drnovšek who held the post for ten years and 45 days (3,695 days) between the years 1992 and 2002, [3] [4] [5] [6] followed by Janez Janša who ruled for over seven years (2,663 days). [7] [8] [9] 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 in the 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 coalition's break up. [10] Since then, Slovenia witnessed its second preliminary election in 2014, when Janša's second cabinet broke up after DeSUS and DL left the coalition and the cabinet found itself in the minority. Another snap election was called in 2018, before in 2022, the first regularly scheduled parliamentary election since 2008 was held. [11]
The composition of the current Slovenian government (as of August 2022) is the following: [1]
Portfolio | Party | Minister | Took office | Left office | |
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Prime Minister | GS | Robert Golob | 25 May 2022 | ||
Deputy Prime Minister(s) | |||||
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs | SD | Tanja Fajon | 1 June 2022 | ||
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities | Left | Luka Mesec | 1 June 2022 | ||
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health | GS | Danijel Bešič Loredan | 1 June 2022 | ||
Ministers | |||||
Minister of the Interior | GS | Tatjana Bobnar | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Defence | GS/LMŠ | Marjan Šarec | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Finance | GS | Klemen Boštjančič | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Economic Development and Technology | SD | Matjaž Han | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Justice | SD | Dominika Švarc Pipan | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Public Administration | GS | Sanja Ajanovič Hovnik | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Education, Science and Sport | GS | Igor Papič | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Infrastructure | GS | Bojan Kumer | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Culture | Left | Asta Vrečko | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food | GS | Mateja Čalušić | 12 January 2024 | ||
Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning | GS | Uroš Brežan | 1 June 2022 | ||
Ministers without portfolio | |||||
Minister without portfolio, responsible for Development and European Cohesion Policy | SD | Aleksander Jevšek | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister without portfolio, responsible for Digital Transformation | GS | Emilija Stojmenova Duh | 1 June 2022 | ||
Minister without portfolio, responsible for relations between the Republic of Slovenia and the autochthonous Slovene national community in neighboring countries and between the Republic of Slovenia and Slovenes around the world | GS | Matej Arčon | 1 June 2022 | ||
Attending, non-member | |||||
Secretary-General | |||||
Chief of Staff |
Slovenian National Council (Slovene : :Slovenski narodni svet) was the first executive council established in Slovenia, though it never became Slovenian parliament. The Council named on the 31. of October 1918 the first Slovene National government (Slovene : :Narodna vlada). Knight Josip Pogačnik was named as the first Slovene prime minister in the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (SHS). The government, which had full organisational capabilities, took care of peace and order, economy, transport, education, food, science, culture and other public affairs. The Cabinet consisted of 12 departments called poverjeništva, that were led by representatives of all major Slovenian parties at the time. The government was active until 20. January 1919, when it was relieved by the new government of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in Belgrade. [12]
Assembly of Socialist Republic of Slovenia in 1990 accepted two new acts that allowed the unification of political parties in the Republic and elections to new assemblies. The president of the Assembly Miran Potrč determined the date of the first democratic elections in Socialist Republic of Slovenia to be on the 8 of April 1990. Since 16 May 1990 (the first multi-party parliamentary election held following the 45-year Communist rule), the Republic of Slovenia has had a total of twelve governments headed by eight different prime ministers. The prime minister in the first government of the Republic of Slovenia was Lojze Peterle. That government was formed by the coalition Democratic Opposition of Slovenia (Demos), which composed of five parties: Slovene Christian Democrats (SKD), (Slovenian Social Democratic Union (SDZS), Slovenian Democratic Union (SDZ), Farmers' Alliance (SLS) and Greens of Slovenia (ZS). Since the first government eight governments have been formed by the left parties and four by the right political parties. [13]
The cabinet was sworn on 1 June 2022. [1]
The cabinet was sworn on 13 March 2020. [9]
Name | Position | Party | Took office | |
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Janez Janša (born 1958) | Prime Minister | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Zdravko Počivalšek (born 1957) | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Economic Development and Technology | SMC/Concretly | 13 March 2020 | |
Matej Tonin (born 1983) | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Defence | NSi | 13 March 2020 | |
Jože Podgoršek (born 1974) | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food | DeSUS | 15 October 2020 | |
Simona Kustec (born 1976) | Minister of Education, Science and Sport | SMC/Concretly | 13 March 2020 | |
Janez Cigler Kralj (born 1978) | Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity | NSi | 13 March 2020 | |
Jernej Vrtovec (born 1985) | Minister of Infrastructure | NSi | 13 March 2020 | |
Aleš Hojs (born 1961) | Minister of the Interior | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Andrej Vizjak (born 1964) | Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Andrej Šircelj (born 1959) | Minister of Finance | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Vasko Simoniti (born 1951) | Minister of Culture | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Janez Poklukar (born 1978) | Minister of Health | Ind. | 23 February 2021 | |
Boštjan Koritnik (born 1979) | Minister of Public Administration | SMC/Concretly | 13 March 2020 | |
Anže Logar (born 1976) | Minister of Foreign Affairs | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Marjan Dikaučič (born 1981) | Minister of Justice | SMC/Concretly | 15 June 2021 | |
Zvone Černač (born 1962) | Minister without portfolio for Development and European Cohesion Policy | SDS | 13 March 2020 | |
Helena Jaklitsch (born 1976) | Minister without portfolio for Slovenian Diaspora | SDS | 13 March 2020 |
The cabinet was sworn on 13 September 2018. [14]
The cabinet was sworn on 18 September 2014. [15]
The cabinet was sworn on 20 March 2013. [16]
The cabinet was sworn in on 10 February 2012. [17]
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