slovenia

Country information

• EU Constitution
  EU Constitution ratified on 1 February 2005 (more).
  
  
• The Lisbon Treaty: ratified by the National Assembly on 29 January 2008.
  
  
• EU Presidency: January-June 2008
  
  
• Government Type: parliamentary republic
  
  
• Executive Branch
  
  � HEAD OF STATE
  President Danilo TURK(since 22 December 2007) 
  
  � HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
  Prime Minister Janez JANSA (since 9 November 2004)
  
  � MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
  Dimitrij RUPEL
  
  
• Legislative branch
  
  � ELECTIONS (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY)
  Last elections: 3 October 2004
  Next elections: October 2008
  
  � ELECTION RESULTS
  SDS 29.1% (29 seats)
  LDS 22.8% (23 seats)
  ZLSD 10.2% (10 seats)
  NSi 9.0% (9 seats)
  SLS 6.8% (7 seats)
  SNS 6.3% (6 seats)
  DeSUS 4.1% (4 seats)
  Other 11.7% (Hungarian and Italian minorities, 1 seat each)
  
  
• Additional information
  
  � PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
  Last held 21 October and 11 November 2007 (next to be held in the fall of 2012); following National Assembly elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually nominated to become prime minister by the president and elected by the National Assembly