National Council

Državni svet Republike Slovenije
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded23 December 1992 (1992-12-23)[1]
Leadership
President
Marko Lotrič
since 19 December 2022
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
  •   Local interests (22)
  •   Non-commercial activities, (6)
  •   Employers, (4)
  •   Employees, (4)
  •   Farmers, Crafts, Trades and Independent professionals, (4)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Indirect first-past-the-post
Last election
22 and 23 November 2017[2]
Next election
Autumn 2022
Meeting place
Council Chamber
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Website
www.ds-rs.si

The National Council (Slovene: Državni svet) is according to the Constitution of Slovenia the representative of social, economic, professional and local interest groups in Slovenia and has a legislative function working as a corrective mechanism of the National Assembly, although it does not itself pass acts.[3] It may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.[4] It is not elected directly by the population, but meant to represent different interest groups in the country. The councillors are elected for a five-year term.

The current President of the National Council is Marko Lotrič from 19 December 2022.

Composition

The council has 40 members:[5]

  • 22 representatives of local interests,
  • 6 representatives of non-commercial activities,
  • 4 representatives of employers,
  • 4 of employees,
  • 4 representatives of farmers, crafts, trades and independent professionals.

Presidents of the National Council

  1. Ivan Kristan (LDS): 23 December 1992 – 17 December 1997
  2. Tone Hrovat (SLS): 17 December 1997 – 17 December 2002
  3. Janez Sušnik (DeSUS): 17 December 2002 – 12 December 2007
  4. Blaž Kavčič (LDS / SMS-Zeleni): 12 December 2007 – 12 December 2012
  5. Mitja Bervar (LDS / SMC) 12 December 2012 – 12 December 2017
  6. Alojz Kovšca (GAS / Concretely) 12 December 2017 – 19 December 2022
  7. Marko Lotrič (independent) 19 December 2022

References

  1. ↑ "History". Državni svet Republike Slovenije. December 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Volitve v Državni svet RS - Leto 2017". Državna volilna komisija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovenian). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. ↑ According to the information that can be found at the website of the National Council Archived 2006-04-22 at the Wayback Machine


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