President of Slovenia
head of state
The office of President of Slovenia, officially President of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Predsednik Republike Slovenije), was created on 23 December 1991 when the National Assembly passed a new Constitution as a result of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
President of the Republic of Slovenia
Predsednik Republike Slovenije | |
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Office of the President of the Republic | |
Style | Mr. President Slovene: Gospod predsednik His Excellency Slovene: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence and abroad only) |
Type | Head of state |
Member of | National Security Council (upon invitation of the Prime Minister) |
Reports to | People of Slovenia also: National Assembly |
Residence | None |
Seat | Presidential Palace, Ljubljana |
Nominator | Political party with signatures of 3 MPs or 3000 voters or 5000 voters |
Appointer | Popular vote |
Term length | Five years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution |
Precursor | President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia and Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (as collective organ) |
Inaugural holder | Milan Kučan, as President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia until 23 December 1991, then as President of the Republic |
Formation | May 10, 1990 (de facto, following first democratic elections) December 23, 1991 (de jure, under current Constitution) |
Succession | by Speaker of the National Assembly |
Unofficial names | Predsednik države |
Deputy | de jure None de facto Speaker of the National Assembly |
Salary | € 5.419,54 monthly (basic salary) |
Website | Official website |
List of presidents of Slovenia
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No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | |||||||||||||
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Chairman of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People 1943–1944 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) |
3 October 1943 | 19 February 1944 | KPS | |||||||||||||
President of Presidium of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council 1944–1945 | |||||||||||||||||
Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) |
19 February 1944 | 1945 | KPS | ||||||||||||||
President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1945–1953 | |||||||||||||||||
Josip Vidmar (1895–1992) |
1945 | March 1953 | KPS renamed in 1952 to ZKS | ||||||||||||||
Presidents of the People's Assembly 1953–1974 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Miha Marinko (1900–1983) |
December 1953 | 1962 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
3 | Vida Tomšič (1913–1998) |
1962 | 1963 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
5 | Ivan Maček (1908–1993) |
1963 | 1967 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
6 | Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001) |
1967 | 1973 | ZKS | 7 | Tone Kropusec (1928-2017) |
1973 | 1974 | ZKS | 8 | Marijan Brecelj (1910–1989) |
1974 | 1974 | ZKS | |||
Presidents of the Presidency 1974–1991 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001) |
May 1974 | May 1979 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
Tone Kropušek (1928–2017) |
1973 | 1974 | ZKS | 10 | Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993) |
May 1979 | 7 May 1984 | ZKS | |||||||||
11 | France Popit (1921–2013) |
7 May 1984 | May 1988 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
12 | Janez Stanovnik (1922–2020) |
May 1988 | 10 May 1990 | ZKS | |||||||||||||
(12) | SDP | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Milan Kučan (born 1941) |
10 May 1990 | 23 December 1991 | KPS |
Republic of Slovenia
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Portrait | Elected | Term of office | Political affiliation | |
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Presidents 1991–present | ||||||
1 | Milan Kučan (born 1941) |
1990 1992 1997 |
23 December 1991 | 22 December 2002 | Independent | |
2 | Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008) |
2002 | 22 December 2002 | 23 December 2007 | LDS | |
(2) | Independent | |||||
3 | Danilo Türk (born 1952) |
2007 | 23 December 2007 | 22 December 2012 | Independent | |
4 | Borut Pahor (born 1963) |
2012 | 22 December 2012 | 23 December 2022 | SD | |
(4) | 2017 | Independent | ||||
5 | Nataša Pirc Musar (born 1968) |
2022 | 23 December 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |
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