| Cabinet Name: | Cerar cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 12th |
| Jurisdiction: | Slovenia |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Incumbent: | Dissolved |
| Date Formed: | 18 September 2014 |
| Date Dissolved: | 13 September 2018 |
| Government Head: | Prime Minister Miro Cerar (SMC) |
| State Head: | Borut Pahor |
| Election: | 2014 election |
| Previous: | Bratušek cabinet |
The 12th Government of Slovenia, led by Prime Minister Miro Cerar, was announced on 18 September 2014. It was formed following the 2014 parliamentary election won by the centre-left Party of Miro Cerar; it was the third government formed over four years. At 51 years, Cerar was the second oldest Prime Minister of Slovenia since Independence, following Andrej Bajuk at 56 years. The cabinet had on the day of inauguration the highest number of women ministers representatives, as there were seven women ministers out of sixteen ministers in total. Cerar's cabinet was the highest educated cabinet to date, with six members with a doctorate.
After the resignation of Alenka Bratušek's cabinet, President Borut Pahor determined that the new elections would take place on 13 July 2014. With 34.49% Cerar won by the highest percentage on any parliamentary elections since Independence. It was decided not to cooperate with the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), as its leader Janez Janša was sentenced to two years imprisonment.[1] On 28 July 2014 Cerar sent an outline of the coalition agreement to all other parties that attended the coalition talks. The first to agree was the president of Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) Karel Erjavec, with whom Cerar gathered the necessary 45+ seats in Parliament. The next and last to join the coalition was Dejan Židan with his Social Democrats (SD) party.[2] The coalition agreement was signed on 3 September 2014.
Cabinet members came from three parties of the new coalition:
On the 14 March 2018, following the verdict of the Supreme Court of Slovenia to annul the referendum on the so-called "Second Railway track", Miro Cerar announced his resignation as Prime Minister.
The number of ministries rose to 16, up from 13 in the preceding Cabinet of Alenka Bratušek. Anja Kopač Mrak, Gorazd Žmavc, Dejan Židan and Karel Erjavec have retained their position.
| Minister | Party | Portfolio | Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miro Cerar | SMC | Prime Minister | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Karl Erjavec | DeSUS | Vice president Minister of Foreign Affairs | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| SD | Vice president Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food | 18 September 2014 – | ||||
| Boris Koprivnikar | SMC | Vice president Minister of Public Administration | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Mateja Vraničar Erman | Independent | Minister of Finance | 21 September 2016 – | |||
| Vesna Györkös Žnidar | SMC | Minister of Interior | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Andreja Katič | SD | Minister of Defence | 13 May 2015 – | |||
| Zdravko Počivalšek | SMC | Minister of Economic Development and Technology | 4 December 2014 – | |||
| Goran Klemenčič | SMC | Minister of Justice | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| SD | Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities | 18 September 2014 – | ||||
| Milojka Kolar Celarc | SMC | Minister of Health | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Tone Peršak | DeSUS | Minister of Culture | 20 May 2016 – | |||
| Maja Makovec Brenčič | SMC | Minister of Education, Science and Sport | 13 May 2015 – | |||
| Peter Gašperšič | SMC | Minister of Infrastructure | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Irena Majcen | DeSUS | Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Alenka Smerkolj | SMC | Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion | 19 November 2014 – | |||
| Gorazd Žmavc | DeSUS | Minister without portfolio for Slovenian diaspora | 18 September 2014 – | |||
| Source: Vlada Republike Slovenije | ||||||
| Minister | Party | Portfolio | Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jožef Petrovič | SMC | Minister of Economic Development and Technology | 18 September 2014 – 4 December 2014 | |||
| Violeta Bulc | SMC | Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion | 18 September 2014 – 19 November 2014 | |||
| Stanka Setnikar Cankar | SMC | Minister of Education, Science and Sport | 18 September 2014 –6 March 2015 | |||
| Janko Veber | SD | Minister of Defence | 18 September 2014 –13 May 2015 | |||
| Klavdija Markež | SMC | Minister of Education, Science and Sport | 27 March 2015 –1 April 2015 | |||
| Julijana Bizjak Mlakar | DeSUS | Minister of Culture | 18 September 2014 –25 April 2016 | |||
| Source: Vlada Republike Slovenije | ||||||