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Matej Tonin
Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia
In office
22 June 2018 – 23 August 2018
Preceded byMilan Brglez
Succeeded byDejan Židan
Member of the National Assembly for Kamnik Electoral District
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 (age 41)
Political partyNew Slovenia
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
ProfessionPolitical science

Matej Tonin (born 30 June 1983[1]) is a Slovenian politician.

Tonin graduated from political sciences at the University of Ljubljana in 2007.[2] A member of the New Slovenia (NSi) party, he was seen as one of the key people that helped the party win seats in the 2011 parliamentary election[3], having been absent in the 2008–2011 assembly. Tonin was also elected a MP in the 2014 and 2018 election.

In January 2018, Ljudmila Novak announced her resignation as the president of NSi and Tonin took over the party.[4]

On 22 June 2018 Tonin was elected 13th Speaker of the National Assembly. Following the formation of the coallition around Marjan Šarec, Tonin stepped down on 23 August 2018 to be replaced by Dejan Židan of Social Democrats.[5]

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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia
2018
Succeeded by