Prime Minister of Slovenia

President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Predsednik Vlade Republike Slovenije
Standard of the President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (not in use)
Incumbent Janez Janša since 22 May 2026
Government of Slovenia Office of the Prime Minister
Style	Mr. Prime Minister or President of the Government Slovene: Gospod predsednik vlade (formal) Mr. President Slovene: Gospod predsednik (informal) His Excellency Slovene: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence and abroad only)
Type	Head of Government
Member of	Government of Slovenia European Council (EU) Euro summit (EU) National Security Council Also: North Atlantic Council (NATO)
Reports to	National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
Residence	None
Seat	Gregorčičeva 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia also: Predsedniška palača
Nominator	President of the Republic or MPs (second and third round of election only)
Appointer	National Assembly
Term length	No term limit Serves at the pleasure of the National Assembly. After a parliamentary election, resignation, removal from office or impeachment, the officeholder remains in office and leads a caretaker government until a new government is elected.
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Slovenia
Precursor	President of the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Inaugural holder	Lojze Peterle as President of the Executive Council until 23 December 2019, then as President of the Government
Formation	16 May 1990 (de facto, following the first democratic election) 23 December 1991 (de jure, following adoption of the current Constitution of Slovenia)
Unofficial names	Premier
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister (not an official office, held by one or more members of the government)
Salary	€ 5.419,54 monthly (basic salary)
Website	www.vlada.si/predsednik_vlade/

The prime minister of Slovenia, officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Predsednik Vlade Republike Slovenije), is the head of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

There have been nine officeholders since the country gained parliamentary democracy in 1989 and independence in 1991.

List of prime ministers of Slovenia

Preceding posts (prior to independence)

Province within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)		Term of office		Political party	King of Yugoslavia (reign)
			Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Slovenes (1918–1919)						Peter I (1918–1921)
1		Jožef Pogačnik (1866–1932)	31 October 1918	20 January 1919	Slovene People's Party
Presidents of the Provincial Government (1919–1924)
2		Janko Brejc (1869–1934)	20 January 1919	14 December 1920	Slovene People's Party
3		Leonid Pitamic (1885–1971)	14 December 1920	19 February 1921	Independent	Alexander I (1921–1934)
4		Viljem Baltič (1878–1959)	19 February 1921	9 July 1921	Independent
5		Ivan Hribar (1851–1941)	9 July 1921	3 December 1924	Yugoslav Democratic Party
Governors of Drava Banovina (1929–1941)
6		Dušan Sernec (1882–1952)	9 October 1929	4 December 1930	Slovene People's Party
7		Drago Marušič (1884–1964)	4 December 1930	8 February 1935	Yugoslav National Party
8		Dinko Puc (1879–1945)	8 February 1935	10 September 1935	Yugoslav Democratic Party	Peter II (1934–1941)
9		Marko Natlačen (1886–1942)	10 September 1935	16 April 1941	Slovene People's Party

Socialist Republic within the SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1990)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1945–1953)
1		Boris Kidrič (1912–1953)	5 May 1945	June 1946	Communist Party of Slovenia
2		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	June 1946	1953	Communist Party of Slovenia renamed in 1952 to League of Communists of Slovenia
Presidents of the Executive Council (1953–1991)
(2)		Miha Marinko (1900–1983)	1953	15 December 1953	League of Communists of Slovenia
3		Boris Kraigher (1914–1967)	15 December 1953	25 June 1962	League of Communists of Slovenia
4		Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)	25 June 1962	1965	League of Communists of Slovenia
5		Janko Smole (1921–2010)	1965	1967	League of Communists of Slovenia
6		Stane Kavčič (1919–1987)	1967	8 November 1972	League of Communists of Slovenia
7		Andrej Marinc (1930–2025)	27 November 1972	9 May 1978	League of Communists of Slovenia
8		Anton Vratuša (1915–2017)	April 1978	July 1980	League of Communists of Slovenia
9		Janez Zemljarič (1928–2022)	July 1980	23 May 1984	League of Communists of Slovenia
10		Dušan Šinigoj (1933–2024)	23 May 1984	16 May 1990	League of Communists of Slovenia
					Party of Democratic Renewal

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Slovenia

Legend:

Social democrats (1);   ZLSD / SD     

Social liberals (6);   LDS   PS   ZaAB / SAB   SMC   LMŠ   GS

Christian democrats (2);   SKD   SLS   NSi     

National conservatives (1);   SDSS / SDS

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Government coalition		National Assembly	President (term)
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lojze Peterle (1948–)	16 May 1990	14 May 1992	1 year, 364 days	SKD	I	SKD–SDZ–SLS–SDSS–ZS	Constituent (1990)		Milan Kučan (1990–2002)
2		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	14 May 1992	25 January 1993	8 years, 24 days	LDS	II	LDS–DS–SDS–SSS–ZS–ZLSD
			25 January 1993	27 February 1997			III	LDS–SKD–SDS (1993–1994)–ZLSD (1993–1996)	1 (1992)
			27 February 1997	7 June 2000			IV	LDS–SLS–DeSUS	2 (1996)
3		Andrej Bajuk (1943–2011)	7 June 2000	30 November 2000	176 days	SLS (Jun–Aug 2000) NSi (Aug–Nov 2000)	V	SLS–SKD–SDS
(2)		Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)	30 November 2000	19 December 2002	2 years, 19 days	LDS	VI	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD	3 (2000)
4		Anton Rop (born 1960)	19 December 2002	3 December 2004	1 year, 350 days	LDS	VII	LDS–SLS–DeSUS–ZLSD			Janez Drnovšek (2002–2007)
5		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 December 2004	21 November 2008	3 years, 354 days	SDS	VIII	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS	4 (2004)
6		Borut Pahor (born 1963)	21 November 2008	10 February 2012	3 years, 81 days	SD	IX	SD–DeSUS (2008–2011)–LDS–Zares (2008–2011)	5 (2008)		Danilo Türk (2007–2012)
(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	10 February 2012	20 March 2013	1 year, 38 days	SDS	X	SDS–NSi–SLS–DeSUS–DL	6 (2011)
7		Alenka Bratušek (born 1970)	20 March 2013	18 September 2014	1 year, 182 days	PS (2013–2014) ZaAB (May–Sep 2014)	XI	PS–DeSUS–DL–SD–ZaAB (2014)			Borut Pahor (2012–2022)
8		Miro Cerar (born 1963)	18 September 2014	13 September 2018	3 years, 360 days	SMC	XII	SMC–SD–DeSUS	7 (2014)
9		Marjan Šarec (born 1977)	13 September 2018	3 March 2020	1 year, 172 days	LMŠ	XIII	LMŠ–SD–SMC–SAB–DeSUS, with Levica support	8 (2018)
(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	3 March 2020	25 May 2022	2 years, 83 days	SDS	XIV	SDS–SMC–DeSUS (2020–2021)–NSi, with SNS support
10		Robert Golob (born 1967)	25 May 2022	22 May 2026	3 years, 362 days	GS	XV	GS (LMŠ–SAB, 2022)–SD–Levica	9 (2022)
											Nataša Pirc Musar (since 2022)
(5)		Janez Janša (born 1958)	22 May 2026	Incumbent	59 days	SDS	XVI	SDS–NSi–Demokrati.–SLS–Focus	10 (2026)