The Slovenian Democratic Party,formerly the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia,is a conservative parliamentary party;it is also one of the largest parties in Slovenia,with approximately 30,000 reported members in 2013.
Ivan Janša,baptized and best known as Janez Janša,is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia,a position he had held from 2004 to 2008,from 2012 to 2013,and from 2020 to 2022. Since 1993,Janša has led the Slovenian Democratic Party,which has emerged as the pre-eminent Slovenian conservative party. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022,his party defeated by the Freedom Movement party.
Zoran Janković is a Slovenian businessman and politician serving as Mayor of Ljubljana since April 2012. He previously served as mayor from 2006 to 2011.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Slovenia have significantly evolved over time,and are considered among the most advanced of the former communist countries. Slovenia was the first post-communist country to have legalised same-sex marriage,and anti-discrimination laws regarding sexual orientation and gender identity have existed nationwide since 2016.
Mitja Ribičič was a Slovenian and Yugoslav communist politician. He was the only Slovenian Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1969 to 1971.
Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 11 November 2012,with a run-off held on 2 December. Slovenia's 1.7 million registered voters chose between the incumbent president Danilo Türk,the SDS/NSi party candidate Milan Zver and Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats who was also supported by the Civic List. The first round was won,contrary to the opinion poll predictions,by Pahor,with Türk placing second. In the run-off election,Pahor won with roughly two-thirds of the vote.
In the run up to the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election,various organizations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Slovenia. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls are from the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election,held on 3 June,to the present day. The next parliamentary election was held on 24 April 2022.
The 8th National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia was elected in the 3 June 2018 Slovenian parliamentary elections. At the order of President Borut Pahor,it first convened on 22 June 2018. The assembly was in session during the outgoing 12th Government of Prime Minister Miro Cerar and elected the 13th and 14th governments. It was the fourth consecutive time in which centre-left and left-wing parties had a majority.
Požareport.si is a Slovenian news and opinion website and blog that focuses on political and corruption events,investigative reporting into government corruption,nepotism,government controlled corporations,and personal disclosures about Slovenian politicians,media,and local media personalities and celebrities.
The 14th Government of Slovenia was formed following the resignation of Prime Minister of the 13th Government Marjan Šarec in January 2020. Janez Janša of Slovenian Democratic Party formed a coalition with Modern Centre Party,New Slovenia,and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia. The government was confirmed on 13 March 2020,amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrej Vizjak is a Slovenian politician. Between 2004 and 2008 he served as Minister of Economy in the 8th Government of Slovenia,and between 2012 and 2013 as Minister of Labour,Family and Social Affairs in the 10th Government of Slovenia. From 2020 to 2022 he was Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning in the 14th Government of Slovenia.
The Freedom Movement is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. It was founded on 26 January 2022,as the successor of the extraparliamentary Green Actions Party (Z.DEJ). At the January congress,Robert Golob was elected as the party's first president and the party received its new identity and name.
In the run-up to the next Slovenian parliamentary election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Slovenia. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
Robert Golob is a Slovenian businessman and politician,serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022.
Danijel BešičLoredan is a Slovenian orthopedic surgeon and politician. He served as the deputy prime minister and minister of health of Slovenia in the cabinet of Robert Golob between 2022 and 2023.
Klemen Boštjančič Slovenian businessman and politician. He has served as the minister of finance of the Republic of Slovenia since 2022.
Sanja AjanovićHovnik is a Slovenian politician. She serves as the minister of public administration of the Republic of Slovenia in the government of Robert Golob since 2022.
Shortly after the third Janša government took office in early 2020,a series of large,mostly-peaceful protests were held. The start of the protests coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia,with temporary restriction of movement and public gatherings in force to curb the spread of the disease. Early protests included the display of flags and banners from balconies and windows. At the end of April,public rallies began to be organised;most protesters bicycled,since recreational movement was permitted in public places. Between April 2020 and April 2022,when a scheduled parliamentary election was held,there were 105 protest rallies organised each Friday by a coalition of non-governmental organisations and civil groups called "People's Protest Assembly". Besides the periodic Friday protests,there were occasional demonstrations called for by other groups,including protests against anti-Covid measures and pro-government rallies;notably,on 5 November 2020,protests organized by groups not associated with the regular protests led to riots. Several systemic and operative flaws were identified in the Police handling of the protests,including excessive use of force.
Aleksander Jevšek is a Slovenian policeman,lawyer,politician and veteran of the war for Slovenia.
Emilija Stojmenova Duh is a Macedonian-Slovenian electrical engineer and politician. She is the current minister for digital transformation of the Republic of Slovenia.
