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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia | |
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Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije | |
Government of Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Mr. Minister Slovenian: Gospod minister (formal) His Excellency Slovenian: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence) |
Status | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Member of | Government of Slovenia Foreign Affairs Council General Affairs Council National Security Council Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs |
Reports to | National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister |
Residence | None |
Seat | Prešernova cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia also: Mladika |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | National Assembly on the proposal of the Prime Minister |
Term length | No term limit |
Constituting instrument | Law on the Government of the Republic of Slovenia |
Inaugural holder | Dimitrij Rupel (as a Secretary of International Cooperation in the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia) |
Formation | 16 May 1990 |
Deputy | de iure None de facto State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Salary | € 5.311 monthly (basic salary) |
Website | www |
The minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije) is a senior official of the Government of Slovenia, and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They are, together with the prime minister and president of the Republic, responsible for foreign policy and international relations of the Republic Slovenia.
The foreign minister is nominated by the prime minister-designate and elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, following the hearing and confirmation by its Committee on Foreign Policy. Usually, but not always, the foreign minister is also the deputy prime minister, since the position is held by one of the government coalition party leaders.
The foreign minister is member of the National Security Council and president of the Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs. Minister is also member of the EU bodies - Foreign and General Affairs Councils.
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# | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Government | Term | Ref. | |||||
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1 | Dimitrij Rupel | DEMOS | Lojze Peterle | DEMOS | First | 16 May 1990 | 14 May 1992 | [1] | |||
LDS | Janez Drnovšek | LDS | Second | 14 May 1992 | 25 January 1993 | ||||||
2 | Lojze Peterle | NSi | Third | 25 January 1993 | 31 October 1994 | ||||||
3 | Zoran Thaler | LDS | 26 January 1995 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||
4 | Davorin Kračun | LDS | 19 July 1996 | 27 February 1997 | |||||||
(3) | Zoran Thaler | LDS | Fourth | 27 February 1997 | 25 September 1997 | ||||||
5 | Boris Frlec | LDS | 25 September 1997 | 2 February 2000 | |||||||
(1) | Dimitrij Rupel | LDS | 2 February 2000 | 7 June 2000 | |||||||
(2) | Lojze Peterle | NSi | Andrej Bajuk | NSi | Fifth | 7 June 2000 | 30 November 2000 | ||||
(1) | Dimitrij Rupel | LDS | Janez Drnovšek | LDS | Sixth | 30 November 2000 | 19 December 2002 | ||||
Tone Rop | LDS | Seventh | 19 December 2002 | 6 July 2004 | |||||||
6 | Ivo Vajgl | LDS | 6 July 2004 | 3 December 2004 | |||||||
(1) | Dimitrij Rupel | SDS | Janez Janša | SDS | Eighth | 3 December 2004 | 7 November 2008 | ||||
7 | Samuel Žbogar | SD | Borut Pahor | SD | Ninth | 21 November 2008 | 20 September 2011 | ||||
8 | Karl Erjavec | DeSUS | Janez Janša | SDS | Tenth | 10 February 2012 | 22 February 2013 | ||||
Alenka Bratušek | SAB | Eleventh | 20 March 2013 | 18 September 2014 | |||||||
Miro Cerar | SMC | Twelfth | 18 September 2014 | 13 September 2018 | |||||||
9 | Miro Cerar | SMC | Marjan Šarec | LMŠ | Thirteenth | 13 September 2018 | 13 March 2020 | ||||
10 | Anže Logar | SDS | Janez Janša | SDS | Fourteenth | 13 March 2020 | 1 June 2022 | ||||
11 | Tanja Fajon | SD | Robert Golob | GS | Fifteenth | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent |
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