President of Slovenia

President of the Republic of Slovenia
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Standard of the President of Slovenia
Incumbent Borut Pahor since 22 December 2012
Residence	Presidential Palace
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Milan Kučan
Formation	23 December 1991
Website	Official website

The office of President of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Predsednik Republike Slovenije) was established on 23 December 1991, when the National Assembly passed a new Constitution as a result of independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Although entrusted with limited power by the Constitution, in practice the position is mostly ceremonial. Among other things the President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Slovenian Armed Forces. The office of the President is the Presidential Palace in Ljubljana. The President of Slovenia is directly elected by universal adult suffrage once every five years. Any Slovenian citizen can run for president, but can hold only two consecutive terms in office.

List of Presidents of Slovenia

Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Parties

  KPS/ZKS   SDP   Independent

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Party
Chairman of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People 1943–1944
rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 1	Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		3 October 1943	19 February 1944	Communist Party of Slovenia
President of Presidium of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council (SNOS) 1944–1945
Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		19 February 1944	1945	Communist Party of Slovenia
President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1945–1953
Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		1945	March 1953	Communist Party of Slovenia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Slovenia
Presidents of the People's Assembly 1953–1974
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 2	Miha Marinko (1900–1983)		December 1953	1962	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 3	Vida Tomšič (1913–1998)		1962	1963	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 4	Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)		1963	1965	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 5	Ivan Maček (1908–1993)		1965	1967	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 6	Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)		1967	1973	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7	Tone Kropušek (1928–)		1973	1974	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 8	Marijan Brecelj (1910–1989)		1974	1974	League of Communists of Slovenia
Presidents of the Presidency 1974–1991
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 9	Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)		May 1974	May 1979	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 10	Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)		May 1979	7 May 1982	League of Communists of Slovenia
style="background:Template:Communist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 11	France Popit (1921–2013)		7 May 1982	May 1988	League of Communists of Slovenia
12	Janez Stanovnik (1922–)		May 1988	10 May 1990	League of Communists of Slovenia (until 1989) Party of Democratic Renewal (from 1989)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 13	Milan Kučan (1941–)		10 May 1990	23 December 1991	Independent

Republic of Slovenia

  LDS/GPR   SD   Independent

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political Affiliation
Presidents 1991–present
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 1	Milan Kučan (1941–)		1990 1992 1997	23 December 1991	22 December 2002	Independent
style="background:Template:Liberal Democracy of Slovenia/meta/color; color:black;"| 2	Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)		2002	22 December 2002	23 December 2007	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (until 2006) Movement for Justice and Development (from 2006)
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black;"| 3	Danilo Türk (1952–)		2007	23 December 2007	22 December 2012	Independent supported by Social Democrats Zares
style="background:Template:Social Democrats (Slovenia)/meta/color; color:white"| 4	Borut Pahor (1963–)		2012	22 December 2012	Incumbent	Social Democrats

Latest election

Main article: Slovenian presidential election, 2012

See also

• Prime Minister of Slovenia

External links

• Official site of the President of the Republic of Slovenia