Prime Minister of Slovenia

The **prime minister of Slovenia**, officially the **president of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia** (), is the head of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

There have been nine officeholders since the country gained parliamentary democracy in 1989 and independence in 1991.

## ListkParties

Christian democrats:

Liberals:

Conservatives:

Social democrats:

Green:

Dušan Sernec (1929)

Drago Marušič (1929-1935)

Dinko Puc (1935)

Marko Natlačen (1935-1941)

Boris Kidrič (1945-1946)

Miha Marinko (1946-1953)

Boris Kraigher (1953-1962)

Viktor Avbelj (1962-1965)

Janko Smole (1965-1967)

Stane Kavčič (1967-1972)

Andrej Marinc (1972-1978)

Anton Vratuša (1978-1980)

Janez Zemljarič (1980-1984)

Dušan Šinigoj (1984-1990)

|rowspan="2"|#|colspan="3"|Prime Minister|colspan="3"|Term of office|Government|rowspan="2"|National Assembly|rowspan="2"|President of the Republic||||||||
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|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>1</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Lojze Peterle**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|16 May 1990|rowspan="2"  align="center"|14 May 1992|rowspan="2"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>I</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>C</big>** 1990|rowspan="13"  align="center"|**Milan Kučan** <small>8 October 1991 - 22 December 2002</small>|
|style="background:#568203; color:black;"||align="center"|DEMOS|align="center"|SKD–SDZS–SDZ–SLS–ZS|||||||||||||
|rowspan="6"  align="center"|**<big>2</big>**|rowspan="6"  align="center"||colspan="2" rowspan="4"  align="center"|<big>**Janez Drnovšek**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|14 May 1992|rowspan="2"  align="center"|25 January 1993|rowspan="6"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>II</big>**|rowspan="4"  align="center"|**<big>1</big>** 1992|||
|align="center"|LDS–DS–SDS–SSS–ZS–ZLSD|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|25 January 1993|rowspan="2"  align="center"|27 February 1997|align="center"|**<big>III</big>**|||||||||||||
|align="center"|LDS–SKD–SDS (1993–1994)–ZLSD (1993–1996)|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center" style="background-color: "||rowspan="2"  align="center"|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)|rowspan="2"  align="center"|27 February 1997|rowspan="2"  align="center"|7 June 2000|align="center"|**<big>IV</big>**|rowspan="5"  align="center"|**<big>2</big>** 1996|||||||
|align="center"|LDS–SLS–DeSUS|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"  align="center"|**<big>3</big>**|rowspan="3"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Andrej Bajuk**</big>|rowspan="3"  align="center"|7 June 2000|rowspan="3"  align="center"|30 November 2000|rowspan="3"  align="center"||rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>V</big>**|||||
|style="background:#568203; color:black;"||align="center"|Slovenian People's Party (SLS+SKD)|||||||||||||||
|style="background:; color:white"||align="center"|<small>later</small> New Slovenia (NSi)|align="center"|SLS–SKD–SDS|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>(2)</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Janez Drnovšek**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|30 November 2000|rowspan="2"  align="center"|19 December 2002|rowspan="2"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>VI</big>**|rowspan="4"  align="center"|**<big>3</big>** 2000|||
|style="background-color: "||align="center"|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)|align="center"|LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>4</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Anton Rop**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|19 December 2002|rowspan="2"  align="center"|3 December 2004|rowspan="2"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>VII</big>**|rowspan="4"  align="center"|**Janez Drnovšek** <small>22 December 2002 - 23 December 2007</small>|||
|style="background-color: "||align="center"|Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)|align="center"|LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3" align="center"|**<big>5</big>**|rowspan="3" align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Janez Janša**</big>|rowspan="3" align="center"|3 December 2004|rowspan="3" align="center"|21 November 2008|rowspan="3" align="center"||align="center"|**<big>VIII</big>**|rowspan="3" align="center"|**<big>4</big>** 2004|||
|rowspan="2" style="background:; color:black;"||rowspan="2" align="center"|Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)|rowspan="2" align="center"|SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS|||||||||||||
|rowspan="5"  align="center"|**Danilo Türk** <small>23 December 2007 - 22 December 2012</small>|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2" align="center"|**<big>6</big>**|rowspan="2" align="center"||colspan="2" align="center"|<big>**Borut Pahor**</big>|rowspan="2" align="center"|21 November 2008|rowspan="2" align="center"|10 February 2012|rowspan="2" align="center"||align="center"|**<big>IX</big>**|rowspan="2" align="center"|**<big>5</big>** 2008|||
|style="background-color: ; color:black;"||align="center"|Social Democrats (SD)|align="center"|SD–DeSUS (2008–2011)–LDS–Zares (2008–2011)|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3" align="center"|**<big>(5)</big>**|rowspan="3" align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Janez Janša**</big>|rowspan="3" align="center"|10 February 2012|rowspan="3" align="center"|20 March 2013|rowspan="3" align="center"||align="center"|**<big>X</big>**|rowspan="6" align="center"|**<big>6</big>** 2011|||
|rowspan="2" style="background:; color:black;"||rowspan="2" align="center"|Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)|rowspan="2" align="center"|SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS–DL|||||||||||||
|rowspan="12"  align="center"|**Borut Pahor** <small>22 December 2012 - present</small>|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="3" align="center"|**<big>7</big>**|rowspan="3" align="center"||colspan="2" align="center"|<big>**Alenka Bratušek**</big>|rowspan="3" align="center"|20 March 2013|rowspan="3" align="center"|18 September 2014|rowspan="3" align="center"||rowspan="2" align="center"|**<big>XI</big>**|||||
|style="background:; color:black;"||align="center"|Positive Slovenia (PS)|||||||||||||||
|style="background:; color:black"||align="center"|<small>later</small> Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB)|align="center"|PS–DeSUS–DL–SD–ZaAB|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>8</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Miro Cerar**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|18 September 2014|rowspan="2"  align="center"|13 September 2018|rowspan="2"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>XII</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>7</big>** 2014|||
|style="background-color: ; color:white;"||align="center"|Modern Centre Party (SMC)|align="center"|SMC–DeSUS–SD|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>9</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Marjan Šarec**</big>|rowspan="2"  align="center"|13 September 2018|rowspan="2"  align="center"|13 March 2020|rowspan="2"  align="center"||align="center"|**<big>XIII</big>**|rowspan="4" align="center"|**<big>8</big>** 2018|||
|style="background:#1980C7"||align="center"|List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ)|align="center"|LMŠ–SD–SMC–SAB–DeSUS|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>(5)</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Janez Janša**</big>|rowspan="2" align="center"|13 March 2020|rowspan="2" align="center"|1 June 2022|rowspan="2" align="center"||align="center"|**<big>XIV</big>**|||||
|style="background:; color:black;"||align="center"|Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)|align="center"|SDS–SMC–NSi–DeSUS|||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"  align="center"|**<big>10</big>**|rowspan="2"  align="center"||colspan="2"  align="center"|<big>**Robert Golob**</big>|rowspan="2" align="center"|1 June 2022|rowspan="2" align="center"|_Incumbent_|rowspan="2" align="center"||align="center"|**<big>XV</big>**|rowspan="2" align="center"|**<big>9</big>** 2022|||
|style="background:; color:black;"||align="center"|Freedom Movement (GS)|align="center"|GS–SD–SAB–LMŠ–Levica|||||||||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President of the Government
- **body**: the Republic of Slovenia
- **image**: Robert Golob - 52114942369 (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: 155x155px
- **imagesize**: 155px
- **incumbent**: Robert Golob
- **incumbentsince**: 1 June 2022
- **member of**: Government of Slovenia
European Council (EU)
Euro summit (EU)
National Security Council (Slovenia), National Security Council

Also:
North Atlantic Council (NATO)
- **reports to**: National Assembly (Slovenia), National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
- **appointer**: National Assembly (Slovenia), National Assembly
- **residence**: None
- **termlength**: No term limit

- **formation**: 16 May 1990 (_de facto_, following the 1990 Slovenian parliamentary election, first democratic election)
23 December 1991 (_de jure_, following adoption of the current Constitution of Slovenia)
- **inaugural**: Lojze Peterle _as President of the Executive Council until 23 December 2019, then as President of the Government_
- **style**: Prime Minister, Mr. Prime Minister or President of the Government

Mr. President (title), Mr. President

His Excellency

- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Slovenia
- **precursor**: President of the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
- **department**: Government of Slovenia
Office of the Prime Minister
- **seat**: Gregorčičeva 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
also:  Government Building and President's Office, Predsedniška palača
- **type**: Head of Government
- **salary**: Euro, € 5.419,54 monthly (basic salary)
- **deputy**: Deputy Prime Minister

- **nominator**: President of Slovenia, President of the Republic
or MPs
- **insignia**: Flag_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Slovenia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 105px
- **insigniacaption**: Flag of Slovenia, Standard of the President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
(not in use)
- **unofficial names**: Premier