- National Assembly (Slovenia)
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National Assembly of Slovenia Type Type Lower house Leadership President Ljubo Germič, Liberal Democracy
since 2 September 2011Structure Members 90 
Political groups Social Democrats (28)
Slovenian Democratic Party (27)
Zares (7)
Slovenian People's Party (6)
Democratic Party of Pensioners (5)
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (5)
Slovenian National Party (5)
Others (5)
Minorities (2)Elections Voting system Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold Last election 21 September 2008 Meeting place National Assembly Building, Ljubliana Website www.dz-rs.si Slovenia 
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The National Assembly (Državni zbor) is the general representative body of the Slovenian nation. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia.[1][2] It is unicameral. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term, 88 members elected by the mixed member proportional representation system and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians and Hungarians) using the Borda count, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.
Since September 2011, the President of the National Assembly has been Ljubo Germič. The vice-presidents are Miran Potrč, Vasja Klavora and France Cukjati.
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Presidents of the National Assembly
- France Bučar (Slovenian Democratic Union) 17 May 1990 - 23 December 1992
- Herman Rigelnik (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) 23 December 1992 - 16 September 1994
- Jožef Školč (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) 16 September 1994 - 3 December 1996
- Janez Podobnik (Slovenian People's Party) 3 December 1996 - 10 November 2000
- Borut Pahor (United List of Social Democrats) 10 November 2000 - 12 July 2004
- Feri Horvat (United List of Social Democrats) 12 July 2004 - 22 October 2004
- France Cukjati (Slovenian Democratic Party) 22 October 2004 - 15 October 2008
- Pavel Gantar (Zares) 15 October 2008 - 2 September 2011
- Ljubo Germič (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) 2 September 2011 - present
Latest election
Main article: Slovenian parliamentary elections, 2008Summary of the 21 September 2008 Slovenian National Assembly election results Parties Votes % Seats Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) 320,248 30.45 29 Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) 307,735 29.26 28 Zares – new politics (Zares – nova politika) 98,526 9.37 9 Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) 78,353 7.45 7 Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) 56,832 5.40 5 Slovenian People's Party and Youth Party of Slovenia (Slovenska ljudska stranka in Stranka mladih Slovenije, SLS+SMS) 54,809 5.21 5 Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) 54,771 5.21 5 New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) 35,774 3.40 — The Linden (Lipa) 19,068 1.81 — List for Justice and Development (Lista za pravičnost in razvoj, LPR) 5,897 0.56 — Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) 5,366 0.51 — Christian Democratic Party (Krščanska demokratska stranka, KDS) 4,724 0.45 — List for Clear Drinking Water (Lista za čisto pitno vodo, LZČPV) 4,140 0.39 — Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) 2,629 0.25 — Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress (Zelena koalicija: Zelena stranke in zeleni progres, ZP) 2,230 0.21 — Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) 475 0.05 — Acacias (Akacije) 249 0.02 — Hungarian and Italian national communities — — 2 Valid votes 1,051,827 100.00 90 Total votes (turnout 63.10%) 1,056,593 Eligible voters Source: volitve.gov.si References
- ^ "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovene). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. http://odlocitve.us-rs.si/usrs/us-odl.nsf/o/91B69BBC50349012C12574F2004123EB. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ Lakota, Igor (2006) (in Slovene). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis}]. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dela/Lakota-Igor.PDF. Retrieved 16 December 2010. "Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete."
Further reading
- Toplak, Jurij. The parliamentary election in Slovenia, October 2004. Electoral Studies 25 (2006) 825-831.
See also
- List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Slovenia
External links
- National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (official page).
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