The 14th Government of Slovenia was formed following the resignation of Prime Minister of the 13th Government Marjan Šarec in January 2020. Janez Janša of Slovenian Democratic Party formed a coalition with Modern Centre Party, New Slovenia, and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia. The government was confirmed on 13 March 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government formation On 27 January 2020 Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (LMŠ) resigned following the resignation of the Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj (LMŠ) and previously announced resignation of Minister of Health Aleš Šabeder (LMŠ) due to disagreements around new healthcare legislation.
On 25 February 2020 President Pahor concluded the second round of consultations with political parties. Parties that are forming the new government confirmed the coalition agreement which was signed on the same day.
On 26 February 2020 President of the Republic Borut Pahor proposed to the National Assembly Janez Janša as candidate for Prime Minister.
On 3 March 2020 Janez Janša was elected Prime Minister with 52 votes, which means 3 opposition MPs voted for him, most probably MPs of SNS. Jani Ivanuša (SNS) also publicly stated he would support Janša.
On 6 March 2020 Prime Minister-elect Janez Janša proposed to the National Assembly the list of candidates for ministers. Hearings took place from 10 until 13 March 2020. Ministers of the 13th Government worked closely with the incoming formation in the time of transition to inform incoming ministers on the situation related to the coronavirus outbreak. Such coordination has not happened before. Both formations had a joint meeting on 9 March 2020. On 12 March 2020 outgoing Minister of Health Aleš Šabeder declared epidemic. Prime Minister-elect was critical of some decision taken by the outgoing formation.
On 13 March 2020 the National Assembly confirmed the list of ministers and the government took office.
Election of the prime minister The prime minister is elected by the National Assembly with majority of all votes. Candidate is proposed by the president of the Republic (1st, 2nd and 3rd round) or by MPs (2nd and 3rd round only). If a prime minister is not elected in the first two rounds, the National Assembly can decide with relative majority of votes, to hold the third round, where only relative majority is needed to elect a prime minister.Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, Article 111. +DateCandidateProposerIn favorAgainstInvalidNoteSource3 March 2020Janez JanšaPresident of the Republic52311Secret ballot, absolute majority (46 votes) needed
Government confirmation vote After being elected Prime Minister-elect proposes his government to the National Assembly. Government is elected with relative majority. Only after the government is elected and sworn in, Prime Minister and ministers take their offices. Swearing-in ceremony takes place immediately after the vote.Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, Articles 112 and 113. DateGovernmentPrime Minister-electIn favorAgainstAbstainNoteSource13 March 202014th – Janša IIIJanez Janša52311Roll call, relative majority needed
Cabinet
Cabinet level positions are those of Prime Minister, ministers and ministers without portfolio. Others are present at the cabinet meetings (e.g. Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Secretary-General of the Government, Head of the Government Legal Service, state secretaries in the Office of the Prime Minister etc.). State secretaries can substitute ministers when absent. If Prime Minister is absent, he is substituted by one of the ministers, usually one of those holding the unofficial title of Deputy Prime Minister. Cabinet usually takes decisions by consensus, but it can also decide with relative majority of votes. + Name PositionParty Took office Janez Janša(born 1958) Prime Minister SDS13 March 2020 Zdravko Počivalšek(born 1957) Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of Economic Development and Technology SMC13 March 2020 Matej Tonin(born 1983) Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of Defence NSi13 March 2020 Jože Podgoršek(born 1974) Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food DeSUS15 October 2020 Simona Kustec(born 1976) Minister of Education, Science and Sport SMC13 March 2020 Janez Cigler Kralj(born 1978) Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity NSi13 March 2020 Jernej Vrtovec(born 1985) Minister of Infrastructure NSi13 March 2020Aleš Hojs(born 1961) Minister of the Interior SDS13 March 2020 Andrej Vizjak(born 1964) Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning SDS13 March 2020 Andrej Šircelj(born 1959) Minister of Finance SDS13 March 2020 Vasko Simoniti(born 1951) Minister of Culture SDS13 March 2020 Janez Poklukar (born 1978) Minister of Health Ind.23 February 2021 Boštjan Koritnik(born 1979) Minister of Public Administration SMC13 March 2020 Anže Logar(born 1976) Minister of Foreign Affairs SDS13 March 2020 Marjan Dikaučič(born 1981) Minister of Justice SMC15 June 2021 Zvone Černač(born 1962) Minister without portfolio for Development and European Cohesion Policy SDS13 March 2020 Helena Jaklitsch(born 1976) Minister without portfolio for Slovenian Diaspora SDS13 March 2020
Government coalition
PartyLeaderMPsCoalition MPsMinisters Women MinistersState SecretariesWomen St SecSDSSlovenian Democratic PartySlovenska demokratska strankaJanez JanšaSMCModern Centre PartyStranka modernega centraZdravko PočivalšekNSiNew SloveniaNova SlovenijaMatej ToninDeSUSDemocratic Party of Pensioners of SloveniaDemokratična stranka upokojencev SlovenijeAleksandra PivecParliamentary supportSNSSlovenian National PartySlovenska nacionalna StrankaZmago Jelinčič/////IMNSItalian and Hungarian National MinorityFelice ŽižaFerench Horváth/////Extraparliamentary partiesSLSSlovenian People's PartySlovenska ljudska StrankaMarjan Podobnik////NLSNew People's Party of SloveniaNova ljudska stranka SlovenijeŽeljko Vogrin////Ind.Independent politician/////Total:GovernmentSupportTotal
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