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This is a list of cabinets of Slovenian Government, the chief executive body of the Republic of Slovenia. Unlike the President of Slovenia, who is directly elected, the prime minister is appointed by the National Assembly, and must control a majority there in order to govern successfully, even though it is judicially allowed to govern with a minority cabinet.

Between 1990 and 2014 Slovenia had 12 governments. The government is formed by political parties that are elected on democratic elections every four years, except if preliminary elections are determined to be held, which has happened two times since the independence. Slovenia had in total of ten Prime Ministers, nine men and one woman.

Statistics

The longest serving Prime Minister to date was Janez Drnovšek who held the post for 10 years and 45 days (3,695 days) between the years 1992 and 2002, followed by Janez Janša who ruled for 5 years and 28 days (2,584 days). He also holds the longest uninterrupted mandate of 2,180 days, between the years 2004 and 2008. The shortest term is held by Andrej Bajuk, who was on position for 176 days. Alenka Bratušek is the first woman to take the position of the Prime Minister of Slovenia and until now the only one to do so. The first minority cabinet was led by Borut Pahor in 2012 as two coalition parties: Zares and DeSUS left the coalition. The first preliminary elections followed just a few months after the break up of the coalition. Since then Slovenia witnessed another preliminary elections in 2014, when Janša's second cabinet broke up after DeSUS and DL, left the coalition and the cabinet found itself in minority.

No. Cabinet Dates Days Prime Minister Coalition parties
1st Peterle 16 May 1990 – 14 May 1992 729 Lojze Peterle SKD - SDZS - SDZ - SLS - ZS
2nd Drnovšek I 14 May 1992 – 25 Jan 1993 256 Janez Drnovšek LDS - DS - SDS - SSS - ZS - ZLSD
3rd Drnovšek II 25 Jan 1993 – 27 Feb 1997 1,494 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SKD - SDS (1993-1994) - ZLSD (1993-1996)
4th Drnovšek III 27 Feb 1997 –  7 Jun 2000 1,196 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SLS - DeSUS
5th Bajuk 7 Jun 2000 – 30 Nov 2000 176 Andrej Bajuk SLS + SKD - SDS
6th Drnovšek IV 30 Nov 2000 – 19 Dec 2002 749 Janez Drnovšek LDS - SLS - DeSUS - ZLSD
7th Rop 19 Dec 2002 –  3 Dec 2004 715 Anton Rop LDS - SLS - DeSUS - ZLSD
8th Janša I 3 Dec 2004 – 21 Nov 2008 2,180 Janez Janša SDS - NSi - SLS - DeSUS
9th Pahor 21 Nov 2008 – 10 Feb 2012 1,176 Borut Pahor SD - DeSUS (2008-2011) - LDS - Zares (2008-2011)
10th Janša II 10 Feb 2012 – 20 Mar 2013 404 Janez Janša SDS - NSi - SLS - DeSUS - DL
11th Bratušek 20 Mar 2013 – 18 Sep 2014 547 Alenka Bratušek PS - DeSUS - DL - SD - ZaAB
12th Cerar 18 Sep 2014 – present         594 Miro Cerar SMC - DeSUS - SD
Source: Vlada Republike Slovenije
# Prime Minister Date of birth Age at inauguration
(first term)		 Time in office
(total)		 Age at retirement
(last term)		 Date of death Longevity
1 Alojz Peterle 5 Jul 1948 41 years, 315 days 1 year,  364 days 43 years, 314 days Living 67 years, 304 days (Living)
2 Janez Drnovšek 17 May 1950 41 years, 363 days 10 years,  45 days 52 years, 216 days 23 Feb 2008 57 years, 282 days
3 Andrej Bajuk 18 Oct 1943 56 years, 233 days 176 days 57 years,  43 days 16 Aug 2011 67 years, 302 days
4 Anton Rop 27 Dec 1960 41 years, 357 days 1 year,  350 days 43 years, 342 days Living 55 years, 129 days (Living)
5 Janez Janša 17 Sep 1958 46 years, 77 days 5 years,  28 days 54 years, 184 days Living 57 years, 230 days (Living)
6 Borut Pahor 2 Nov 1963 45 years,  19 days 3 years,  81 days 48 years, 100 days Living 52 years, 184 days (Living)
7 Alenka Bratušek 31 Mar 1970 42 years, 354 days 1 year, 182 days 44 years, 171 days Living 46 years,  34 days (Living)
8 Miroslav Cerar ml. 25 Aug 1963 51 years,  24 days 1 year,  229 days (Ongoing) Incumbent Living 52 years, 253 days (Living)

Current government

The cabinet was sworn on 18 September 2014. Since then the prime minister of the government is Miro Cerar. There are two deputy prime ministers: Karl Erjavec and Dejan Židan. Both deputy prime ministers are also government ministers. The coalition was formed by three parties: Party of Miro Cerar (SMC, later renamed to Modern Centre Party), Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) and Social Democrats (SD). At the inauguration the government consisted of 16 ministers, two of them without portfolio, with men:women ratio 9:7. The cabinet had on the day of the naming the highest number of female ministers to date in modern Slovenian history.

Miro Cerar's Government in 2014
Name Position Portfolio Party Period
Miro Cerar Prime Minister Prime Minister SMC 2014-
Karl Erjavec Vice president Minister of Foreign Affairs DeSUS 2014-
Dejan Židan Vice president Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food SD 2014-
Boris Koprivnikar Vice president Minister of Public Administration (Slovenia) SMC 2014-
Dušan Mramor Minister Minister of Finance SMC 2014-
Vesna Györkös Žnidar Minister Minister of Interior SMC 2014-
Janko Veber Minister Minister of Defence SD 2014-2015
Andreja Katič 2015-
Jožef Petrovič Minister Minister of Economic Development and Technology SMC 2014
Zdravko Počivalšek 2014-
Goran Klemenčič Minister Minister of Justice SMC 2014-
Anja Kopač Mrak Minister Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities SD 2014-
Milojka Kolar Minister Minister of Health SMC 2014-
Stanka Setnikar Cankar Minister Minister of Education, Science and Sport SMC 2014-2015
Klavdija Markež 2015
Maja Makovec Brenčič 2015-
Peter Gašperšič Minister Minister of Infrastructure SMC 2014-
Julijana Bizjak Mlakar Minister Minister of Culture DeSUS 2014-
Irena Majcen Minister Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning DeSUS 2014-
Violeta Bulc Minister Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion SMC 2014
Alenka Smerkolj 2014-
Gorazd Žmavc Minister Minister without portfolio for Slovenian diaspora DeSUS 2014-

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