2022 in Slovenia
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Events in the year 2022 in Slovenia.
2022 has been dubbed "super election year" in Slovenia because general elections are scheduled for the three representative political bodies (president, National Assembly and municipal government), as well as elections to the National Council.[1]
Incumbents
- President: Borut Pahor (until December 22); Nataša Pirc Musar onwards
- Prime Minister: Janez Janša (until 1 June), Robert Golob (from 1 June)
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
- April 24 - Freedom Movement led by Robert Golob wins a landslide victory in the Slovenian parliamentary election, unseating Janez Janša (SDS).[2]
- May 12 - an explosion in the chemical factory Melamin in Kočevje claims six lives, the deadliest industrial accident in the history of independent Slovenia.[3]
- May 13 - the 9th National Assembly of Slovenia is formed according to the results of the April parliamentary election; Urška Klakočar Zupančič from the Freedom Movement becomes the first female president of the Assembly.[4]
- May 23 - the first case of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak is confirmed in Slovenia.[5]
- May 30 - COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia: Slovenian government abolishes the last remaining anti-COVID measures and disbands the expert counselling group in response to decreasing prevalence of infections.[6]
- June 1 - the National Assembly endorses the 15th Government of Slovenia led by prime minister Robert Golob.[7]
- November 13 - 2022 Slovenian presidential election: Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president.[8]
- November 20 - 2022 Slovenian local elections
Deaths
- May 27 - Marko Račič, athlete (b. 1920)[9]
- May 30 - Boris Pahor, writer (b. 1913)[10]
- June 17 - Marlenka Stupica, painter and illustrator (b. 1924)[11]
- August 4 - Kostja Gatnik, painter, graphic designer and illustrator (b. 1945)[12]
- September 15 - Radko Polič, actor (b. 1942)[13]
References
- ^ Bucik Ozebek, Nataša (2021-06-13). "Dušan Vučko, direktor službe državne volilne komisije: Za digitalne volitve še nismo zreli". Nedeljski dnevnik. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ "Freedom Movement wins landslide as Slovenians vote for change". Slovenian Press Agency. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "Eksplozija v Melaminu najbolj tragična industrijska nesreča v Sloveniji" [The Melamin explosion the most tragic industrial accident in Slovenia]. 24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ Eržen, Barbara; Intihar, Anja (2022-05-13). "Urška Klakočar Zupančič postala prva predsednica državnega zbora" [Urška Klakočar Zupančič became the first female president of the National Assembly]. Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ Klipšteter, Tomaž (2022-05-24). "Tudi Slovenija na zemljevidu opičjih koz" [Slovenia on the monkeypox map too]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Odpravljeni še zadnji epidemični ukrepi, strokovna skupina za covid-19 prenehala z delom" [The last epidemic measures abolished, the expert group for covid-19 finishes work] (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Slovenia's parliament approves a new centre-left government". Reuters. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Slovenia to hold runoff for 2022 presidential election". Foreign Brief. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ "Umrl Marko Račič, najstarejši slovenski olimpijec" [Marko Račič, the oldest Slovene olympian, has died]. Primorske novice (in Slovenian). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Boris Pahor, Trieste-based Slovenian writer, dies". Slovenian Press Agency. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Umrla slikarka in ilustratorka Marlenka Stupica" [Painter and illustrator Marlenka Stupica has died]. 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ "Poslovil se je Kostja Gatnik" [Kostja Gatnik has passed away]. Delo (in Slovenian). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Umrl je velikan slovenskega igralstva Radko Polič" [The giant of Slovene acting Radko Polič has died] (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-15.