10th Government of Slovenia explained

Cabinet Name:Janša II cabinet
Cabinet Number:10th
Jurisdiction:Slovenia
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Date Formed:10 February 2012
Date Dissolved:20 March 2013
Government Head:Janez Janša
State Head:Danilo Türk
Borut Pahor
Election:2011 Slovenian parliamentary election
Previous:Pahor cabinet
Successor:Bratušek Cabinet

The 10th Government of Slovenia and the second one of Janez Janša was announced on 10 February 2012. It was formed after the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election. It was the second government of Janez Janša, and so he became the second premier to return to the position, after Janez Drnovšek, who was Prime minister four times.

On 5 January 2012, President Danilo Türk proposed Zoran Janković as the candidate to form a government to the National Assembly. Two days before the scheduled voting, the Slovenian Association of Journalists and Commentators, the second largest journalists' association in the country, issued a statement raising the concern that Janković might abuse his power as Prime Minister by curtailing the freedom of media through intimidation.[1] A coalition agreement between PS, SD, DL and DeSUS was initialled on 7 January.[2] However, in the evening of 9 January, DL announced it would not support Janković as the new Prime Minister and also not join his coalition, due to large differences in the programs of the parties.[3] On 11 January, Janković was not elected as the new Prime Minister by the National Assembly. In a secret ballot, his candidacy only gained the support of 42 deputies, two less than expected prior to the voting, and four short of the absolute majority needed for his election. Following the election of Janez Janša as the Prime Minister in the second round of the voting, Positive Slovenia became an opposition party.[4]

Janša's second government did not finish its mandate. The trouble began when Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia (KPK) published a report of control of the assets of each president of Slovenian parliamentary parties. Janez Janša and Zoran Janković did not know how to explain the source of all of their assets

Cabinet members came from five parties of the new coalition, until SLS, DL and DeSUS left the coalition on 23 January 2013:

Changes from the preceding cabinet

The number of ministries was reduced from 19 in the Pahor cabinet to 12, due to the crisis. It was the fourth government led by the centre-right party.

List of ministers and portfolios

Composition at the end of the mandate

MinisterPartyPortfolioPeriod
Janez JanšaSDSPrime Minister10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Minister of Finance1 February 2013 – 20 March 2013
Karl ErjavecDeSUSMinister of Foreign Affairs10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Radovan ŽerjavSLSMinister of Economy and Technology10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Aleš HojsNSiMinister of Defence10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Tomaž GantarDeSUSMinister of Health10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Zvonko ČernačSDSMinister of Infrastructure and Urban Planning10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Minister of Justice and Public Administration1 February 2013 – 20 March 2013
Žiga TurkSDSMinister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
SLSMinister of Agriculture and Environment10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Andrej VizjakSDSMinister of Social Affairs10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Vinko GorenakSDSMinister of Interior10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Ljudmila NovakNSiMinister without portfolio for Slovenian diaspora10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
Vlada Republike Slovenije

Former members

MinisterPartyPortfolioPeriod
Janez ŠušteršičDLMinister of Finance10 February 2012 – 1 February 2013
Senko PličaničDLMinister of Justice and Public Administration10 February 2012 – 1 February 2013
Source: Vlada Republike Slovenije

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: ZNP: Bo Zoran Janković kazensko preganjal novinarje tudi kot premier?. MMC RTV Slovenija . 9 January 2012.
  2. News: Coalition Agreement Initialled, Final Decision Due Next Week. STA - Slovenska tiskovna agencija. 7 January 2012. 15 January 2015. 15 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150115163502/http://www.sta.si/vest.php?id=1713133. dead.
  3. News: Virant List Says No to Janković and His Coalition (flash). STA - Slovenska tiskovna agencija. 9 January 2012. 15 January 2015. 15 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150115172557/http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=a&id=1713606. dead.
  4. News: Jankoviću ni uspelo. Finance. 11 January 2012.