National Council Državni svet Republike Slovenije | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 23 December 1992[1] |
| Leadership | |
President | Marko Lotrič since 19 December 2022 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
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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 | |
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UN Member State |
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 an upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.[4] It is not elected directly by the population, but is meant to represent different interest groups in the country. The councillors are elected for a five-year term. Elections to the National Council are not regulated by the Constitution, but by a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly.
The current president of the National Council is Marko Lotrič from 19 December 2022.
- ^ "History". Državni svet Republike Slovenije. December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Volitve v Državni svet RS - Leto 2017". Državna volilna komisija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovenian). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ 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.