She serves as the minister of agriculture, forestry and food of the Republic of Slovenia since January 2024.

Mateja Čalušić holds a bachelor degree in applied science in agriculture from the biotechnical faculty of the University of Ljubljana.

[1] After the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, she became a member of the National Assembly for the political party Freedom Movement and was vice president of the committee on agriculture, forestry and food.

[1][2] On 4 January 2024, Prime Minister Robert Golob proposed to his government that she became the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food after the resignation of Irena Šinko in October 2023.

[3] On 12 January 2024 she was sworn in by the National Assembly and took over from Marjan Šarec who was interim minister.