Government of Slovenia

[1] The government carries out the country's domestic and foreign policy, shaped by the National Assembly; it directs and coordinates the work of government institutions and bears full responsibility for everything occurring within the authority of executive power.

The government, headed by the Prime Minister, thus represents the country's political leadership and makes decisions in the name of the whole executive power.

The government, which had full organisational capabilities, took care of peace and order, economy, transport, education, food, science, culture and other public affairs.

The Cabinet consisted of 12 departments called poverjeništva, that were led by representatives of all major Slovenian parties at the time.

The president of the Assembly Miran Potrč determined the date of the first democratic elections in Socialist Republic of Slovenia to be on the 8 of April 1990.

Since 16 May 1990 (the first multi-party parliamentary election held following the 45-year Communist rule), the Republic of Slovenia has had a total of twelve governments headed by eight different prime ministers.