National Assembly (Slovenia)
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The National Assembly is the general representative body
of the Slovenia
n nation. According to the Constitution of Slovenia
and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia
. It is unicameral. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term, 88 members elected by the mixed member proportional representation
system and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians
and Hungarians) using the Borda count
, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.
Since September 2011, the President of the National Assembly has been Ljubo Germič
. The vice-presidents are Miran Potrč, Vasja Klavora and France Cukjati
.
Representative democracy
Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
of the Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n nation. According to the Constitution of Slovenia
Constitution of Slovenia
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia was adopted by the Slovenian National Assembly on December 23, 1991. The document is divided into ten chapters:# General Provisions# Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms# Economic and Social Relations...
and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Constitutional Court of Slovenia
The Constitutional Court of Slovenia is a special court established by the Slovenian Constitution. Since its inception, the Court has been located in the city of Ljubljana.-Jurisdiction:...
, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia
Slovenian Parliament
The Slovenian Parliament is the informal designation of the general representative body of the Slovenian nation and the legislative body of the Republic of Slovenia....
. It is unicameral. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term, 88 members elected by the mixed member proportional representation
Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...
system and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians
Italian language in Slovenia
The Italian language is an officially recognized minority language in Slovenia, along with Hungarian. Around 3,700 Slovenian citizens speak Italian as their mother tongue. Italian has a strong presence in Slovenia, both historical and current...
and Hungarians) using the Borda count
Borda count
The Borda count is a single-winner election method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner of an election by giving each candidate a certain number of points corresponding to the position in which he or she is ranked by each voter. Once all...
, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.
Since September 2011, the President of the National Assembly has been Ljubo Germič
Ljubo Germic
Ljubo Germič is a Slovenian politician and a member of the Slovenian National Assembly. After the resignation of Pavel Gantar, Germič was elected president of the National Assembly on September 2, 2011....
. The vice-presidents are Miran Potrč, Vasja Klavora and France Cukjati
France Cukjati
France Cukjati is a Slovenian politician, physician, theologian and a former Jesuit. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the National Assembly of Slovenia....
.
Presidents of the National Assembly
- France BučarFrance BucarFrance Bučar is a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first chairman of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the independence of Slovenia on June 25, 1991. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of...
(Slovenian Democratic UnionSlovenian Democratic UnionThe Slovenian Democratic Union was a Slovenian liberal political party, active between 1989 and 1991, during the democratization and the secession of the Republic of Slovenia from Yugoslavia....
) 17 May 1990 - 23 December 1992 - Herman Rigelnik (Liberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of Slovenia is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Katarina Kresal and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party...
) 23 December 1992 - 16 September 1994 - Jožef ŠkolčJožef ŠkolcJožef Školč is a Slovenian left liberal politician. He is currently serving as State Secretary for the Relations with NGOs in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Slovenia....
(Liberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of Slovenia is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Katarina Kresal and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party...
) 16 September 1994 - 3 December 1996 - Janez PodobnikJanez PodobnikJanez Podobnik is a Slovenian conservative politician.He was born in the small town of Cerkno in western Slovenia, in what was then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied medicine at the University of Ljubljana, where he graduated in 1984...
(Slovenian People's PartySlovenian People's PartyThe Slovenian People's Party is a rural-based conservative political party in Slovenia. Formed in 1988 under the name of Slovenian Peasant Union as the first non-Communist political organization in Yugoslavia, it merged with the Slovene Christian Democrats to form the present-day party in 2000...
) 3 December 1996 - 10 November 2000 - Borut PahorBorut PahorBorut Pahor is a Slovenian politician who has been Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2008. A longtime president of the Social Democrats party, Pahor served several terms as a member of the National Assembly and was its chairman from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, Pahor was elected as member of the European...
(United List of Social Democrats) 10 November 2000 - 12 July 2004 - Feri HorvatFeri HorvatFeri Horvat is a Slovenian manager and politician, and one of the founders of the United List of Social Democrats, now known as the Social Democrats...
(United List of Social Democrats) 12 July 2004 - 22 October 2004 - France CukjatiFrance CukjatiFrance Cukjati is a Slovenian politician, physician, theologian and a former Jesuit. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the National Assembly of Slovenia....
(Slovenian Democratic PartySlovenian Democratic PartyThe Slovenian Democratic Party , known until 2003 as the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia is a Slovenian centre-right liberal conservative and Christian democratic party...
) 22 October 2004 - 15 October 2008 - Pavel GantarPavel GantarPavel Gantar, also known as Pavle Gantar is a Slovenian politician and sociologist.Gantar was born in the Upper Carniolan village of Gorenja vas near Škofja Loka, Slovenia, in what was then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After finishing a professional school for carpentry, he decided to...
(ZaresZaresZares – Social Liberals is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. Its president is Gregor Golobič, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and former close advisor to the late Janez Drnovšek, who had previously abandoned active political involvement due to...
) 15 October 2008 - 2 September 2011 - Ljubo GermičLjubo GermicLjubo Germič is a Slovenian politician and a member of the Slovenian National Assembly. After the resignation of Pavel Gantar, Germič was elected president of the National Assembly on September 2, 2011....
(Liberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of SloveniaLiberal Democracy of Slovenia is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Katarina Kresal and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party...
) 2 September 2011 - present
Latest election
Further reading
- Toplak, Jurij. The parliamentary election in Slovenia, October 2004. Electoral Studies 25 (2006) 825-831.
External links
- National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (official page).