President of Slovenia

The office of **President of Slovenia**, officially President of the Republic of Slovenia (), 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.

### Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Parties;
||width=180|Name|Portrait|colspan=2|Term of office|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center" colspan="6"|**Chairman of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People**||||||
|Josip Vidmar||3 October 1943|19 February 1944|KPS|||
|align="center" colspan="5"|**President of Presidium of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council**||||||
|Josip Vidmar||19 February 1944|1945|KPS|||
|align="center" colspan="5"|**President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly**||||||
|Josip Vidmar||1945|March 1953|KPS ZKS|||
|align="center" colspan="6"|**Presidents of the People's Assembly**||||||
|Miha Marinko||December 1953|1962|ZKS|||
|Vida Tomšič||1962|1963|ZKS|||
|Ivan Maček||1963|1967|ZKS|||
|Sergej Kraigher||1967|1973|ZKS|||
|Tone Kropusec||1973|1974|ZKS|||
|Marijan Brecelj||1974|1974|ZKS|||
|align="center" colspan="6"|**Presidents of the Presidency**||||||
|Sergej Kraigher||May 1974|May 1979|ZKS|||
|Tone Kropušek||1973|1974|ZKS|||
|Viktor Avbelj||May 1979|7 May 1984|ZKS|||
|France Popit||7 May 1984|May 1988|ZKS|||
|rowspan=2|Janez Stanovnik|rowspan=2||May 1988|10 May 1990|ZKS||
|SDP|||||||
|Milan Kučan||10 May 1990|23 December 1991|KPS|||

### Republic of Slovenia

||width=180|Name|Portrait|Elected|colspan=2|Term of office|Political affiliation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center" colspan="7"|**Presidents**|||||||
|Milan Kučan||1990 1992 1997|| 23 December 1991 || 22 December 2002 || Independent||||||
|rowspan=2|Janez Drnovšek|rowspan=2||2002|22 December 2002|23 December 2007|LDS||
|Independent||||||||
|Danilo Türk||2007|23 December 2007|22 December 2012|Independent|||
|rowspan=2|Borut Pahor|rowspan=2||2012|22 December 2012|23 December 2022|SD||
|2017|Independent|||||||
|Nataša Pirc Musar||2022|23 December 2022|Incumbent|Independent|||

## Other websites

- Official site of the President of the Republic of Slovenia

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Republic of Slovenia
- **native name**: <small>Predsednik Republike Slovenije</small>
- **insignia**: Naval flag of the President of Slovenia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 105px
- **insigniacaption**: Flag of Slovenia, Standard of the President of the Republic
(not in use)
- **image**: Nataša Pirc Musar (2023-05-19).jpg
- **imagesize**: 155px
- **incumbent**: Nataša Pirc Musar
- **incumbentsince**: 23 December 2022
- **member of**: National Security Council (Slovenia), National Security Council (upon invitation of the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Prime Minister)
- **reports to**: People of Slovenia
also: National Assembly (Slovenia), National Assembly
- **appointer**: Direct election, Popular vote
- **type**: Head of state
- **seat**: Government Building and President's Office, Presidential Palace, Ljubljana
- **termlength**: Five years, renewable once
- **formation**: May 10, 1990 (_de facto_, following 1990 Slovenian presidential election, first democratic elections)
December 23, 1991 (_de jure_, under current Constitution)
- **inaugural**: Milan Kučan, as President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia until 23 December 1991, then as President of the Republic
- **website**: [http://www.up-rs.si/ Official website]
- **style**: Mr. President (title), Mr. President

His Excellency

- **salary**: Euro, € 5.419,54 monthly (basic salary)
- **residence**: None
- **deputy**: _de jure_ None
_de facto_ Speaker of the National Assembly
- **succession**: by Speaker of the National Assembly
- **unofficial names**: Predsednik države
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, Constitution
- **precursor**: President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia and Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (as collective organ)
- **department**: Office of the President of the Republic
- **nominator**: Political party with signatures of 3 MPs or 3000 voters or
5000 voters