7th National Assembly of Slovenia

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7th National Assembly 7. Državni zbor
Type
Type	Lower house of the Slovenian Parliament
History
Founded	23 December 1992
Leadership
Speaker	Milan Brglez, SMC since 1 August 2014
Structure
Seats
Political groups	SMC (33)   SDS (19)   DeSUS (11)   SD (6)   Levica (5)   NSi (5)   Independent (9)   National minorities (2)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	13 July 2014
Meeting place
, Ljubljana
Website
www.dz-rs.si

7th National Assembly was elected on the 13 July 2014 Slovenian parliamentary elections.

Major events[]

• June 22, 2018: First session (convened by President Borut Pahor)
  • Matej Tonin (NSi) was elected Speaker with 80 out of 90 votes.

Major legislation[]

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Political parties[]

Group			Leader	Seats
	SMC	Modern Centre Party Stranka modernega centra	Miro Cerar MP, Prime Minister	33 / 90
	SDS	Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenska demokratska stranka	Janez Janša MP, Former PM	19 / 90
	DeSUS	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije	Karl Erjavec Minister of Foreign Affairs	11 / 90
	SD	Social Democrats Socialni demokrati	Dejan Židan MP, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	6 / 90
	Levica	The Left Levica	Luka Mesec MP	5 / 90
	NSi	New Slovenia - Christian Democrats Nova Slovenija - Krščanski demokrati	Matej Tonin MP, Speaker of the National Assembly	5 / 90
	SAB	Party of Alenka Bratušek Stranka Alenke Bratušek	Alenka Bratušek Former PM	2 / 90

Leadership[]

National Assembly leadership[]

Position	MP
Speaker	Milan Brlgez (SMC)
Deputy Speaker	(SD)
Deputy Speaker	(DeSUS)

Leaders of the political groups[]

Group			Leader
	PS SMC	Group of Modern Centre Party Poslanska skupina Stranke modernega centra
	PS SDS	Group of Slovenian Democratic Party Poslanska skupina Slovenske demokratske stranke
	PS DeSUS	Group of Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Poslanska skupina Demokratične stranke upokojencev Slovenije
	PS SD	Group of Social Democrats Poslanska skupina Socialnih demokratov
	PS Levica	Group of The Left Poslanska skupina Levice	Luka Mesec
	PS NSi	Group of New Slovenia - Christian Democrats Poslanska skupina Nove Slovenije - Krščanskih demokratov
	PS SAB	Group of Independent MPs Poslanska skupina Nepovezanih poslancev
	PS IMNS	Group of Italian in Hungarian National Minority Poslanska skupina italijanske in madžarske narodne skupnosti

Members[]

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Changes in membership[]

Changes of MPs[]

Changes are expected when a new government was formed. MP's who have served as Prime Minister, Minister, State Secretary or Secretary-General of the government, cannot be MP any longer and are replaced with an MP not having previously served in cabinate positions.

Vacated by				Reason for change	Successor
Constituency	District	Name	Party		Constituency	District	Name	Party	Date of installation

Changes in the political groups membership[]

Working bodies[]

Committees[]

Committee	President	Vice-presidents
Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Food	(SDS)
Committee on Culture	(SMC)
Committee on Defence	(SDS)
Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth	(SAB)
Committee on EU Affairs	(SMC)
Committee on Finance and Monetary Policy	(SMC)
Committee on Foreign Policy	(NSi)
Committee on Health	Tomaž Gantar (DeSUS)
Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Spatial Planning	Igor Zorčič (SMC)
Committee on Justice	(SD)
Committee on Labour, Family, Social Policy and Disability	(DeSUS)
Committee on the Economy
Committee on the Interior, Public Administration and Local Self-Government	(SMC)

Standing Commissions[]

Commission	President	Vice-presidents
	Eva Irgl (SDS)
	Andrej Šircelj (SDS)
Commission for Public Office and Elections	(SMC)
	(IMNS)
	(DeSUS)
Commission for the Rules of Procedure	(Levica)
	(SDS)
	Milan Brglez (SMC)

Other bodies[]

Body	President	Vice-presidents	Members
Council of the Speaker of the National Assembly	Milan Brglez (SMC)		Speaker and Deputy Speakers (no voting right) Leaders of political groups (voting right) Representatives of National Minorities (voting right)
Club of the Female MPs	(SDS)	(DeSUS) (SMC)	Female MPs

Sessions[]

Sessions of the Assembly[]

Sessions of the working bodies[]

Appointments and nominations[]

National Assembly appoints:

• Speaker and Deputy-Speakers (on the proposal of MPs),
• Prime Minister (on the proposal of the President of the Republic or MPs),
• ministers (on the proposal of the Prime Minister),
• judges of the Constitutional Court (on the proposal of the President of the Republic),
• President and vice-president of the Supreme Court (on the proposal of the Minister of Justice),
• (on the proposal of the President of the Republic),
• judges of all regular courts (on the proposal of the Judicial Cuncil),
• Secretary-General of the National Assembly (on the proposal of the Council of the Speaker),
• 5 members of the (on the proposal of the President of the Republic),
• Governor and Vice-Governors of the Bank of Slovenia (on the proposal of the President of the Republic),
• members of the Court of Audit (on the proposal of the President of the Republic) and
• others, if set by law.

Elections[]

Date	Proposer		Position	Candidate	Voted	In favour	Against	Invalid	Comments
1 August 2014	31 MPs, first signatory Miro Cerar (SMC)	[1]	Speaker	Milan Brglez (SMC)	86	66	1	19	secret ballot
25 August 2014	President of the Republic Borut Pahor	[2]	Prime Minister	Miro Cerar (SMC)	69	57	11	1	secret ballot
	49 MPs, first signatory (SD)	[3]	Deputy-Speaker	Janko Veber (SD)	87	59	9	19	secret ballot
	49 MPs, first signatory (DeSUS)	[4]	Deputy-Speaker	(DeSUS)	87	56	25	6	secret ballot
	Council of the Speaker	[5]	Secretary-General of the NA		85	65	0	/	public voting
18 September 2014	Prime Minister Miro Cerar (SMC)	[6]	Minister of the Interior	Vesna Györkös Žnidar (SMC)	85	54	25	/	public voting
			Minister of Foreign Affairs	Karl Erjavec (DeSUS)
			Minister of Finance	Dušan Mramor (SMC)
			Minister of Infrastructure	(SMC)
			Minister of Education, Science and Sport	(SMC)
			Minister of Defence	Janko Veber (SD)
			Minister of Economic Development and Technology	(SMC)
			Minister of Justice	Goran Klemenčič (SMC)
			Minister of Public Administration	(SMC)
			Minister of Health	(SMC)
			Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities	(SD)
			Minister of Culture	Julijana Bizjak Mlakar (DeSUS)
			Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food	Dejan Židan (SD)
			Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning	(DeSUS)
			Minister without portfolio for Slovenian diaspora	(DeSUS)
			Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion	Violeta Bulc (SMC)
30 September 2014	Human Rights Ombudsman	[7]	Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman		75	54	15	/	public voting
		[8]	Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman		69	50	16	/	public voting
	45 MPs, first signatory (SD)	[9]	Deputy-Speaker	Andreja Katič (SD)	74	60	1	13	secret ballot

Composition of the executive[]

• President of the Republic: Borut Pahor (SD), since 22 December 2012
• Prime Minister: Miro Cerar (SMC), since 18 September 2014
  • 12th Government

Interpellations, votes of confidence, and charges before the Constitutional Court[]

Interpellations[]

According to the Article 118 of the Constitution at least 10 MPs can submit and interpellation against a minister or government as a whole.

Date	Proposer	Interpellated	Quorum	In favour	Against	Abstain	Comments
No interpellation has yet been submitted.

Votes of confidence[]

Prime Minister can, according to the Article 117 of the Constitution request a vote of confidence. If government does not win the vote of confidence, National Assembly has to elect new Prime Minister within 30 days. If it fails, President of the Republic dissolves the National Assembly and snap election takes place within 60 days.

Also, according to the Article 116 of the Constitution, 10 MPs can propose a vote of no confidence and at the same time propose a candidate for the new Prime Minister.

Charges before the Constitutional Court[]

Based on Articles 109 and 119 of the Constitution National Assembly can press charges against President of the Republic, Prime Minister or ministers before the Constitutional Court if they brake the Constitution or laws.

Legislative services heads[]

• Secretary-General:
  • Head of the Secretariat and Deputy Secretary-General:
    • Head of29 the Sector for the activities of the National Assembly:
      • Head of the department for preparation of sessions of the National Assembly and working bodies:
      • Head of the department for international activity, protocol and translation:
    • Head of the Research and documentation sector:
      • Head of the Research department:
      • Head of the Documentation and Library Department:
  • Director and Deputy Secretary-General:
    • Head of the General sector:
      • Head of the Department of Organization and Staff:
      • Head of the Financial department:
    • Head of the Information sector:
      • Head of the Information Systems Development Department:
      • Head of the department for work with materials and mail:
      • Head of the Department of Operations Service:
      • Head of the department for printing:
    • Head of the Operational-technical sector:
      • Head of the Investment and Maintenance Department:
      • Head of the Catering Department:
      • Head of the Department of Transportation:
      • Head of the Department for Reception and Telephones:
• Services of the political groups
  • Expert assistance for the political groups
• Head of the Office of the President:
• Head of the Legal Service:
• Head of the Public Relations Office:
• Permanent Representative of the National Assembly to the European Parliament:

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