Milan Pogačnik

In the 2004 Slovenian parliamentary election, Pogačnik ran unsuccessfully for Parliament on the list of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia.

The elections was won by the conservative opposition, and Pogačnik was replaced by the Democratic politician Marija Lukačič.

[9] In the parliament, a motion of no confidence (called interpellation in Slovenia) was initiated against Pogačnik for numerous irregularities in the events related to these dogs[1] and he resigned.

The opposition parties started an interpellation motion against him regarding the return of two dogs to the physician Saša Baričevič.

[11][12] It was reported that Pogačnik was trying to secure the support of Jelinčič's party for a key farmland law and in the no-confidence vote against him in return for securing land for a national aviation museum near Murska Sobota (northeastern Slovenia) that Jelinčič was lobbying for.

[13] On 29 March 2010, he was temporarily replaced by Henrik Gjerkeš, who was also the Minister of Local Self-Government and Regional Development at the time.