Cerar cabinet | |
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12thCabinet of Slovenia | |
| Date formed | 18 September 2014 |
| Date dissolved | 13 September 2018 |
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| Head of state | Borut Pahor |
| Head of government | Prime MinisterMiro Cerar (SMC) |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
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| Opposition leader | |
| History | |
| Election | 2014 election |
| Predecessor | Bratušek cabinet |
| Successor | Šarec cabinet |
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The12th Government of Slovenia, led by Prime MinisterMiro Cerar, was announced on 18 September 2014. It was formed following the2014 parliamentary election won by the centre-leftParty of Miro Cerar; it was the third government formed over four years. At 51 years, Cerar was the second oldestPrime Minister of Slovenia since Independence, followingAndrej 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 adoctorate.
After the resignation ofAlenka Bratušek'scabinet, PresidentBorut 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 theSlovenian Democratic Party (SDS), as its leaderJanez 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 ofDemocratic 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 wasDejan Židan with hisSocial 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 theSupreme Court of Slovenia to annul thereferendum 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 precedingCabinet of Alenka Bratušek.Anja Kopač Mrak,Gorazd Žmavc,Dejan Židan andKarel Erjavec have retained their position.
| Minister | Party | Portfolio | Period | ||
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| 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 | |||||