Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije
Tanja Fajon - 52115201735 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Tanja Fajon
since 1 June 2022
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)
Formation16 May 1990
Deputyde iure None
de facto State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salary 5.311 monthly (basic salary)
Website www.mzz.gov.si/si/

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.

The 11th and current minister of foreign affairs is Tanja Fajon. She was elected and sworn in by the National Assembly on 1 June 2022.

List of ministers of foreign affairs

#MinisterPartyPrime MinisterGovernmentTermRef.
1 Dimitrij-Rupel.jpg Dimitrij Rupel DEMOS Lojze Peterle DEMOS First 16 May 199014 May 1992 [1]
LDS Janez Drnovšek LDS Second 14 May 199225 January 1993
2 Lojze Peterle (2002-04-25) (cropped).jpg Lojze Peterle NSi Third 25 January 199331 October 1994
3 Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png Zoran Thaler LDS 26 January 199516 May 1996
4 Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png Davorin Kračun LDS 19 July 199627 February 1997
(3) Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png Zoran Thaler LDS Fourth 27 February 199725 September 1997
5 Blank portrait, male (rectangular).png Boris Frlec LDS 25 September 19972 February 2000
(1) Dimitrij-Rupel.jpg Dimitrij Rupel LDS 2 February 20007 June 2000
(2) Lojze Peterle (2002-04-25) (cropped).jpg Lojze Peterle NSi Andrej Bajuk NSi Fifth 7 June 200030 November 2000
(1) Dimitrij-Rupel.jpg Dimitrij Rupel LDS Janez Drnovšek LDS Sixth 30 November 200019 December 2002
Tone Rop LDS Seventh 19 December 20026 July 2004
6 Ivo Vajgl 2015.jpg Ivo Vajgl LDS 6 July 20043 December 2004
(1) Dimitrij-Rupel.jpg Dimitrij Rupel SDS Janez Janša SDS Eighth 3 December 20047 November 2008
7 Samuel Zbogar 2011 cropped.jpg Samuel Žbogar SD Borut Pahor SD Ninth 21 November 200820 September 2011
8 Informal meeting of ministers for foreign affairs (Gymnich). Arrivals Karl Viktor Erjavec (36956301561) (cropped).jpg Karl Erjavec DeSUS Janez Janša SDS Tenth 10 February 201222 February 2013
Alenka Bratušek SAB Eleventh 20 March 201318 September 2014
Miro Cerar SMC Twelfth 18 September 201413 September 2018
9 Miro Cerar (32865607737).jpg Miro Cerar SMC Marjan Šarec LMŠ Thirteenth 13 September 201813 March 2020
10 124. seja Vlade RS dr Anze Logar.jpg Anže Logar SDS Janez Janša SDS Fourteenth 13 March 20201 June 2022
11 Tanja Fajon - 52115201735 (cropped).jpg Tanja Fajon SD Robert Golob GS Fifteenth 1 June 2022Incumbent

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