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This is a list of women who are or have been members of the European Parliament for Slovenia.
Image | Name | National party | EP group | Elected | Year left | Ref. |
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Mojca Drčar Murko | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | ALDE | 2004 | 2009 | [1] | |
Romana Jordan Cizelj | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | 2004 | 2014 | [2] [3] | |
Ljudmila Novak | New Slovenia | EPP | 2004 | 2009 | [4] | |
2019 | 2024 | [5] | ||||
Tanja Fajon | Social Democrats | S&D | 2009 | 2022 [lower-alpha 1] | [6] [7] [8] | |
Zofija Mazej Kukovič | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | 2011 [lower-alpha 2] | 2014 | [9] | |
Romana Tomc | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | 2014 | Incumbent | [10] [11] [12] | |
Patricija Šulin | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | 2014 | 2019 | [13] | |
Irena Joveva | List of Marjan Šarec (until 2022) | RE | 2019 | Incumbent | [14] [15] | |
Freedom Movement (from 2022) | ||||||
Zala Tomašič | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | 2024 | Incumbent | [16] |
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Slovenia has been a member of the European Union since 2004.