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13th Cabinet of Republic of Slovenia
Date formed	13 September 2018 (2018-09-13)
Date dissolved	13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	President Borut Pahor (SD)
Head of government	Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (LMŠ)
Deputy head of government	Deputy Prime Ministers: Miro Cerar (SMC) Alenka Bratušek (SAB) Karl Erjavec (DeSUS) Jernej Pikalo (SD) Andrej Bertoncelj (LMŠ)
No. of ministers	16 (2 of them without portfolio)
Total no. of members	21
Member party	List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ) Social Democrats (SD) Modern Centre Party (SMC) Party of Alenka Bratušek (SAB) Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) Supported by: IMNS Left (until 2019)
Status in legislature	Centre-left minority government 43 / 90
Opposition cabinet	None
Opposition leader	not an official position Janez Janša (SDS) Luka Mesec (Levica) Matej Tonin (NSi) Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti (SNS)
History
Election(s)	2018 election
Legislature term(s)	8th National Assembly
Budget(s)	State budget (1 of 4 public budgets; excluding municipalities budgets, ZPIZ and ZZZS) 2018: 9.625 billion € ( 1.03%) 2019: 10.160 billion € ( 5.56%) 2020: 10.350 billion € ( 1.87%) 2021: 10.455 billion € ( 1.01%)
Predecessor	Cerar Cabinet
Successor	Janša III Cabinet

The 13th Government of Slovenia was a group of leaders who ran the country of Slovenia from September 2018 to March 2020. It was led by Prime Minister Marjan Šarec. This government was special because it was the first "minority government" in Slovenia's history. A minority government means that the political parties forming the government did not have enough votes on their own to pass laws easily. They needed help from other parties.

Prime Minister Šarec resigned on January 27, 2020. This meant the 13th Government's term ended. Šarec was the fourth Prime Minister in Slovenia to resign before their term was over.

How the Government Was Formed

After the parliamentary elections on June 3, 2018, Marjan Šarec, who led the LMŠ party, started talking with other parties. These parties were SD, SMC, SAB, and DeSUS. They wanted to form a "coalition," which is a group of parties working together.

Building a Coalition

At first, another party called New Slovenia (NSi) joined the talks. They hoped to create a strong group with enough votes (at least 46) to easily pass laws. However, NSi later left the talks. This meant that for the first time, there was no clear candidate for Prime Minister right away.

Then, Marjan Šarec's group started talking with The Left party. The Left decided not to join the government directly. Instead, they agreed to support the new government from the opposition. This meant they would vote for important laws, but not be part of the government itself.

Electing the Prime Minister

On August 8, 2018, the parties supporting Marjan Šarec officially put him forward as a candidate for Prime Minister. It was not certain if he had enough votes. But on August 10, the parties and The Left signed an agreement. This agreement made sure Šarec had enough support to be elected.

On August 17, Marjan Šarec was elected Prime Minister. He then had 15 days to choose his team of ministers.

Choosing the Ministers

On August 20, the leaders of the parties met to decide which party would lead which government department (ministry). For example, DeSUS took charge of the Ministry of Agriculture. SD was responsible for Culture and Education. SMC handled Economic Development, Environment, and Labour. SAB took Infrastructure and Slovenian diaspora. LMŠ, as the leading party, got Finance, Health, Interior, and Public Administration.

On August 29, 2018, the leaders officially signed an agreement to form the new government. They announced that the list of ministers would be given to the National Assembly on August 31.

The National Assembly started listening to the 16 minister candidates on September 4. One candidate for Public Administration, Tugomir Kodelja, was replaced by Rudi Medved on September 7.

Finally, on September 13, 2018, the 13th Government of Slovenia was officially elected. It received 45 votes in favor.

Government Team

The government was made up of five main parties. Another party also supported them from outside the government.

Who Was in the Cabinet?

The cabinet is the group of top ministers who help the Prime Minister run the country. Here are the main members of the 13th Government:

13th Government of Slovenia 13. Vlada Republike Slovenije
Cabinet
Office	Designee		Office	Designee
Prime Minister Predsednik vlade – Announced August 8, 2018 Elected August 17, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Mayor of Kamnik, Former MP Marjan Šarec (LMŠ)	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister za zunanje zadeve (MZZ) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Prime Minister, Professor Miro Cerar PhD (SMC)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Minister za infrastrukturo (MI) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek MA (SAB)	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Minister za obrambo (MORS) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Minister (MZZ, MORS, MOP) Karl Erjavec (DeSUS)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Minister za finance (MF) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Professor, Businessman Andrej Bertoncelj PhD (LMŠ/Ind.)	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science and Sport Minister za izobraževanje, znanost in šport (MIZŠ) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Minister (MIZŠ) Jernej Pikalo PhD (SD)
Office	Designee		Office	Designee
Minister of Culture Minister za kulturo (MK) – Announced February 27, 2019 Took office March 8, 2019		Zoran Poznič (SD)	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Minister za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano (MKGP) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former State Secretary (USZS) Aleksandra Pivec PhD (DeSUS)
Minister of Economic Development and Technology Minister za gospodarski razvoj in tehnologijo (MGRT) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Minister (MGRT) Zdravko Počivalšek (SMC)	Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Minister za okolje in prostor (MOP) – Announced March 20, 2019 Took office March 29, 2019		Former MP Simon Zajc (SMC)
Minister of Health Minister za zdravje (MZ) – Announced March 20, 2019 Took office March 29, 2019		Aleš Šabeder (LMŠ/Ind.)	Minister of Interior Minister za notranje zadeve (MNZ) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Boštjan Poklukar (LMŠ)
Minister of Justice Minister za pravosodje (MP) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former Minister (MORS) Andreja Katič (SD)	Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Minister za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti (MDDSDEM) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former State Secretary (MJU) Ksenija Klampfer MA (SMC)
Minister of Public Administration Minister za javno upravo (MJU) – Announced September 7, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former MP Rudi Medved (LMŠ)	Minister without portfolio for Slovenian diaspora Minister brez resorja za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu (USZS) – Announced August 30, 2018 Took office September 13, 2018		Former MP Peter Jožef Česnik (SAB)
Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion Minister brez resorja za področje razvoja, strateške projekte in kohezijo (SVRK) – Announced December 16, 2019 Took office December 19, 2019		Former MEP Angelika Mlinar PhD (SAB)
Other officials
Office	Designee		Office	Designee
Secretary-General of the Government Generalni sekretar vlade – Took office September 13, 2018		Stojan Tramte (LMŠ)	Chief of the Office of the Prime Minister Šef kabineta predsednika vlade – Took office September 13, 2018		Janja Zorman Macura (LMŠ)
Director of the Government Office of Legislation Vodja Službe vlade za zakonodajo – Took office February 21, 2019		Rado Fele (Ind.)	National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister Svetovalec predsednika vlade za nacionalno varnost – Took office September 13, 2018		Former Director of SOVA Damir Črnčec PhD
– Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces Načelnik generalštaba Slovenske vojske – Took office 28 November 2018		Major General Alenka Ermenc MA	– Director General of the Police Generalni direktor policije – Took office 5 October 2018		Former Deputy-Director General Tatjana Bobnar MA
Director of the Slovene Intelligence and Security Agency Direktor Slovenske obveščevalno-varnostne agencije (SOVA) – Took office 27 September 2018		Rajko Kozmelj	Chief of Protocol Šef protokola – Took office 1 October 2018		Aleksander Strel MA
Individual announced for position Individual confirmed by the National Assembly Individual confirmed by the Government Individual serving in an acting capacity (following resignation)
Source: http://www.vlada.si/

Changes in the Cabinet

Sometimes, ministers leave their jobs and new ones take their place. Here are some of the changes that happened in the 13th Government:

Timeline of the Government

This timeline shows key dates for the 13th Government of Slovenia, including when elections happened and when ministers took office.

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  Irena Majcen

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  Zdravko Počivalšek (SMC)

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  Dejan Prešiček (SD)

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  Miran Zupanič (SD)

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  Karl Erjavec (DeSUS)

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  Jernej Pikalo (SD)

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  Maja Makovec Brenčič (Ind.)

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  Jure Leben (SMC)

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  Peter Gašperšič (SMC)

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  Mateja Vraničar Erman (Ind.)

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  Alenka Bratušek (SAB)

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  Andrej Bertoncelj (LMŠ)

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  Miro Cerar (SMC)

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  Aleš Šabeder (Ind.)

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  Samo Fakin (Ind)

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  Marjan Sušelj (Ind.)

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  Janez Poklukar (Ind.)

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  Boštjan Šefic (Ind.)

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  Boštjan Poklukar (LMŠ)

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  Andreja Katič (SD)

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  Dominika Švarc Pipan (SD)

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  Anja Kopač Mrak (SD)

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  Peter Pogačar (SD)

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  Boris Koprivnikar (SMC)

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  Jasna Murgel (SMC)

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  Liljana Kozlovič (SMC)

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  Ksenija Klampfer (SMC)

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  Tugomir Kodelja (LMŠ)