Janez Lenarčič (born 6 November 1967) is a Slovenian diplomat who has been serving as European Commissioner for Crisis Management in the First von der Leyen Commission 2019–2024.

[2] Lenarčič then moved to Warsaw as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) until 2014.

[1] In 2014 Lenarčič was named secretary of state in the cabinet of the Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar.

[1] In 2019 Lenarčič was nominated by Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (Renew Europe) for the post of Slovenia's European Commissioner in the Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen.

[3] In early March 2020, Lenarčič was appointed by von der Leyen to serve on the Commission's special task force to coordinate the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.