President of Slovenia

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

President of the Republic of Slovenia Predsednik Republike Slovenije
Standard of the President of the Republic (not in use)
Incumbent Nataša Pirc Musar since 23 December 2022
Office of the President of the Republic
Style	Mr. President Slovene: Gospod predsednik His Excellency Slovene: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence and abroad only)
Type	Head of state
Member of	National Security Council (upon invitation of the Prime Minister)
Reports to	People of Slovenia also: National Assembly
Residence	None
Seat	Presidential Palace, Ljubljana
Nominator	Political party with signatures of 3 MPs or 3000 voters or 5000 voters
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution
Precursor	President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia and Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (as collective organ)
Inaugural holder	Milan Kučan, as President of the Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia until 23 December 1991, then as President of the Republic
Formation	May 10, 1990 (de facto, following first democratic elections) December 23, 1991 (de jure, under current Constitution)
Succession	by Speaker of the National Assembly
Unofficial names	Predsednik države
Deputy	de jure None de facto Speaker of the National Assembly
Salary	€ 5.419,54 monthly (basic salary)
Website	Official website

List of presidents of Slovenia

Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Parties;   KPS/ZKS   SDP   Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
Chairman of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People 1943–1944
1	Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		3 October 1943	19 February 1944	KPS
	President of Presidium of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council 1944–1945
	Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		19 February 1944	1945	KPS
	President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1945–1953
	Josip Vidmar (1895–1992)		1945	March 1953	KPS renamed in 1952 to ZKS
Presidents of the People's Assembly 1953–1974
2	Miha Marinko (1900–1983)		December 1953	1962	ZKS
3	Vida Tomšič (1913–1998)		1962	1963	ZKS
5	Ivan Maček (1908–1993)		1963	1967	ZKS
6	Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)		1967	1973	ZKS	7	Tone Kropusec (1928-2017)		1973	1974	ZKS	8	Marijan Brecelj (1910–1989)		1974	1974	ZKS
Presidents of the Presidency 1974–1991
9	Sergej Kraigher (1914–2001)		May 1974	May 1979	ZKS
Tone Kropušek (1928–2017)		1973	1974	ZKS	10	Viktor Avbelj (1914–1993)		May 1979	7 May 1984	ZKS
11	France Popit (1921–2013)		7 May 1984	May 1988	ZKS
12	Janez Stanovnik (1922–2020)		May 1988	10 May 1990	ZKS
(12)					SDP
13	Milan Kučan (born 1941)		10 May 1990	23 December 1991	KPS

Republic of Slovenia

  LDS   SD   Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political affiliation
Presidents 1991–present
1	Milan Kučan (born 1941)		1990 1992 1997	23 December 1991	22 December 2002	Independent
2	Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008)		2002	22 December 2002	23 December 2007	LDS
(2)						Independent
3	Danilo Türk (born 1952)		2007	23 December 2007	22 December 2012	Independent
4	Borut Pahor (born 1963)		2012	22 December 2012	23 December 2022	SD
(4)			2017			Independent
5	Nataša Pirc Musar (born 1968)		2022	23 December 2022	Incumbent	Independent

Other websites

• Official site of the President of the Republic of Slovenia