Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije
Incumbent Miro Cerar since September 13, 2018
Government of Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Minister Slovenian: Gospod minister (formal) His Excellency Slovenian: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence)
Status	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Government of Slovenia Foreign Affairs Council General Affairs Council National Security Council Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs
Reports to	National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister
Residence	None
Seat	Prešernova cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia also: Mladika
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	National Assembly on the proposal of the Prime Minister
Term length	No term limit
Constituting instrument	Law on the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Inaugural holder	Dimitrij Rupel (as a Secretary of International Coopertaion in the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia)
Formation	16 May, 1990
Deputy	de iure None de facto State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salary	€ 5.311 monthly (basic salary)
Website	www.mzz.gov.si/si/

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije) is a senior official of the Government of Slovenia, and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is, together with Prime Minister and President of the Republic, responsible for foreign policy and international relations of the Republic Slovenia.

The Foreign Minister is nominated by the Prime Minister-Designate and elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, following the hearing and confirmation by its Committe on Foreign Policy. Usually, but not always, Foreign Minister is also Deputy-Prime Minister, since the position is held by one of the government coalition partys' leaders.

Foreign Minister is member of the National Security Council and president of the Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs. Minister is also member of the EU bodies - Foreign and General Affairs Councils.

Current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Dr. Miro Cerar. He was elected and sworn in by the National Assembly on 13 September, 2018. Cerar previously served as the Prime Minister, MP, National Assembly Adviser and Full Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law. He is also one the authors of the 1991 Slovenian Constitution.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

#	Minister		Prime Minister	Government	Term
1		Dimitrij Rupel	Lojze Peterle	First	16 May 1990	14 May 1992
			Janez Drnovšek	Second	14 May 1992	25 January 1993
2		Lojze Peterle		Third	25 January 1993	31 October 1994
3		Zoran Thaler			26 January 1995	16 May 1996
4		Davorin Kračun			19 July 1996	27 February 1997
(3)		Zoran Thaler		Fourth	27 February 1997	25 September 1997
5		Boris Frlec			25 September 1997	2 February 2000
(1)		Dimitrij Rupel			2 February 2000	7 June 2000
(2)		Lojze Peterle	Andrej Bajuk	Fifth	7 June 2000	30 November 2000
(1)		Dimitrij Rupel	Janez Drnovšek	Sixth	30 November 2000	19 December 2002
			Tone Rop	Seventh	19 December 2002	6 July 2004
6		Ivo Vajgl			6 July 2004	3 December 2004
(1)		Dimitrij Rupel	Janez Janša	Eighth	3 December 2004	7 November 2008
7		Samuel Žbogar	Borut Pahor	Ninth	21 November 2008	20 September 2011
8		Karl Erjavec	Janez Janša	Tenth	10 February 2012	22 February 2013
			Alenka Bratušek	Eleventh	20 March 2013	18 September 2014
			Miro Cerar	Twelfth	18 September 2014	13 September 2018
9		Miro Cerar	Marjan Šarec	Thirteenth	13 September 2018	Incumbent