Official name: Republic of Slovenia

Government type: Parliamentary democracy

Capital: Ljubljana

Official language: Slovenian

Currency: Euro (as of 1 January 2007)

President: Nataša Pirc Musar

Prime Minister: Robert Golob

President of National Assembly: Zoran Stevanović

President of National Council: Marko Lotrič

In Slovenia, President is elected by the popular vote for five years and s/he can be re-elected. The last Presidential elections were held on 13 November 2022 and Nataša Pirc Musar was elected as the President. The next Presidential elections will be held in autumn 2027.

There is a bicameral system where National Assembly consists of 90 deputies and National Council has 40 members. National Assembly has the power to appoint Prime Minister and to form the executive power.

Parliamentary elections are held in every four years. The last elections were held on 22 March 2026. The percentages of the political parties in the elections and the seats they won in the assembly are as follows:

-Freedom Movement (Svoboda): % 28.66 – 29 deputies

-Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS): % 27.88 - 28 deputies

-New Slovenia (NSi) – SLS – Focus: % 9.26 - 9 deputies

-Social Democrats (SD): % 6.71 - 6 deputies

-Democrats: %6,69 – 6 deputies

-The Left (Levica) and Greens (Vesna): % 5,69 -5 deputies

-Truth: %5,49 – 5 deputies

-Hungarian and Italian minorities elect their deputies within their constituencies: 2 deputies

Since the elections on 22 March, the coalition talks have been continuing to form a new government.

The second house of the Parliament, namely National Council represents various interest groups such as workers, employers, farmers, etc. and consists of 40 members. National Council has the power to return the resolutions back to the National Assembly for re-evaluation. National Council elections are organised in every five years and the last election was held on 23-24 November 2022. Marko Lotrič was selected as the President of the National Council.

In Slovenian local administration system, there are no governors appointed by the central Government. All local services are provided by the mayors. There are 212 municipalities in Slovenia. 12 of them are city municipalities. The last local elections were held in 20 November and 4 December 2022. The next local elections are expected to be held in November 2026.

There are 9 Slovenian members in the European Parliament.