Prime Minister of Slovenia

The prime minister is elected by the National Assembly of Slovenia.

First round

Following the parliamentary election new National Assembly meets at the constitutive session (usually around 2–3 weeks after election; the president of the republic convenes the session after receiving the official report on election from the State Election Commission), after which new parliamentary groups are officially formed. After all groups are formed (usually within few days), the president meets with leaders of the groups for consultations. During the consultations, the president tries to identify a candidate that could secure an absolute majority in the National Assembly (46 votes). After the consultations, the president can officially propose a candidate to the president of the National Assembly, this has to be done within 30 days after the constitutive session. Assembly takes vote on the candidate within 7 days, but not earlier than 48 hours after proposal. Candidate has to present his vision of his government before the National Assembly before the vote. When a prime minister is elected, the formation of a new government begins.

Second round

If there is no prime minister elected, the second round will take place. After new consultations, the president can propose a new candidate or the same candidate again within 14 days of the first round vote. In the second round parliamentary groups and groups of 10 MPs can propose a candidate as well. Vote takes place no earlier than 48 hours from the proposal but not later than 7 days from it. If there are more candidates proposed, the National Assembly will first vote on the candidate proposed by the president, only if that candidate is not elected, The assembly will take votes on other candidates in the order of submission of the proposals. A prime minister is elected with absolute majority (46 votes). When a prime minister is elected, formation of a new government begins.

If the National Assembly once again fails to elect a prime minister, the president will dissolve the National Assembly and call a snap election, unless the National Assembly decides, within 48 hours from the vote, to hold a third round of election.

Third round

In the third round, the prime minister is elected by a relative majority (majority of present MPs). Votes take place within seven days from the decision but not earlier than 48 hours. In the third round, the National Assembly first votes on all the candidates from the first and second round, and if none of the candidates receives a majority of votes, then it will vote on new proposals, first on the proposal by the president, then on the other in the order of submission. If a prime minister is elected formation of a new government begins, if not, the president dissolves the National Assembly and snap election takes place.

Oath of office

The prime minister officially takes office after all of his ministers take oath of office before the National Assembly, following the election of government with a relative majority in the National Assembly. The prime minister takes the oath of office after his election.

The prime minister and other ministers take the same oath of office according to the Article 104 of the Constitution: “I swear that I shall uphold the constitutional order, that I shall act according to my conscience and that I shall do all in my power for the good of Slovenia.”

Preceding posts (prior to independence)

Province within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Name (Birth–Death)			Term of office		Political party	King of Yugoslavia (reign)
			Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Slovenes (1918–1919)
		Jožef Pogačnik (1866–1932)	31 October 1918	20 January 1919	Slovene People's Party	Peter I (1918–1921)
Governors of Drava Banovina (1929–1941)
		Dušan Sernec (1882–1952)	9 October 1929	4 December 1930	Slovene People's Party	Alexander I (1921–1934)
		Drago Marušič (1884–1964)	4 December 1930	8 February 1935	Yugoslav National Party
		Dinko Puc (1879–1945)	8 February 1935	10 September 1935	Yugoslav Democratic Party	Peter II (1934–1941)
		Marko Natlačen (1886–1942)	10 September 1935	16 April 1941	Slovene People's Party

Socialist Republic within the SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1990)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
Prime Ministers (1945–1953)
1		Boris Kidrič (1912–1953)	5 May 1945	June 1946	Communist Party of Slovenia
2		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	June 1946	1953	Communist Party of Slovenia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Slovenia
	Presidents of the Executive Council (1953–1991)
		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	1953	15 December 1953	League of Communists of Slovenia
3		Boris Kraigher (1914–1967)	15 December 1953	25 June 1962	League of Communists of Slovenia
4		Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)	25 June 1962	1965	League of Communists of Slovenia
5		Janko Smole (1921–2010)	1965	1967	League of Communists of Slovenia
6		Stane Kavčič (1919–1987)	1967	8 November 1972	League of Communists of Slovenia
7		Andrej Marinc (born 1930)	27 November 1972	9 May 1978	League of Communists of Slovenia
8		Anton Vratuša (1915–2017)	April 1978	July 1980	League of Communists of Slovenia
9		Janez Zemljarič (1928–2022)	July 1980	23 May 1984	League of Communists of Slovenia
10		Dušan Šinigoj (born 1933)	23 May 1984	16 May 1990	League of Communists of Slovenia
					Party of Democratic Renewal

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Slovenia

Social democrats (1);   ZLSD / SD     Social liberals (6);   LDS   PS   ZaAB   SMC   LMŠ   GS Christian democrats (2);   SKD   SLS   NSi     National conservatives (1);   SDS
No.		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Coalition		National Assembly	President (term)
				Took office	Left office	Days
	1		Lojze Peterle (born 1948)	16 May 1990	14 May 1992	729	SKD	•	SKD–SDZS–SDZ–SLS–ZS	C (1990)		M. Kučan (1990–2002)
	2		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	14 May 1992	25 January 1993	2,946	LDS	I	LDS–DS–SDS–SSS–ZS–ZLSD	1 (1992)
				25 January 1993	27 February 1997			II	LDS–SKD–SDS (1993–1994)–ZLSD (1993–1996)
				27 February 1997	7 June 2000			III	LDS–SLS–DeSUS	2 (1996)
	3		Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011)	7 June 2000	4 August 2000	176	SLS	•	SLS–SKD–SDS
				4 August 2000	30 November 2000		NSi
	(2)		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	30 November 2000	19 December 2002	749	LDS	IV	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD	3 (2000)
	4		Anton Rop (born 1960)	19 December 2002	3 December 2004	715	LDS	•	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD			J. Drnovšek (2002–2007)
	5		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 December 2004	21 November 2008	1,449	SDS	I	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS	4 (2004)
	6		Borut Pahor (born 1963)	21 November 2008	10 February 2012	1,176	SD	•	SD–DeSUS (2008–2011)–LDS–Zares (2008–2011)	5 (2008)		D. Türk (2007–2012)
	(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	10 February 2012	20 March 2013	404	SDS	II	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS–DL	6 (2011)
	7		Alenka Bratušek (born 1970)	20 March 2013	18 September 2014	547	PS	•	PS–DeSUS–DL–SD–ZaAB			B. Pahor (2012–2022)
							ZaAB
	8		Miro Cerar (born 1963)	18 September 2014	13 September 2018	1,456	SMC	•	SMC–SD–DeSUS	7 (2014)
	9		Marjan Šarec (born 1977)	13 September 2018	3 March 2020	537	LMŠ	•	LMŠ–SD–SMC–SAB–DeSUS, with Levica support	8 (2018)
	(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 March 2020	1 June 2022	820	SDS	III	SDS–SMC–DeSUS (2020–2021)–NSi, with SNS support
	10		Robert Golob (born 1967)	1 June 2022	Incumbent	697	GS	•	GS (LMŠ–SAB, 2022)–SD–Levica	9 (2022)
												N. Pirc Musar (2022–)

Timeline

Deputy prime minister is an unofficial title given to certain ministers in the government (usually leaders of coalition parties other than that from which prime minister comes). Deputy prime minister does not have any additional duties to those that come with the office of minister. There are usually multiple deputy prime ministers in each government.

List of deputy prime ministers

• Government of Slovenia
• President of Slovenia