Karl Erjavec

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Karl Erjavec
Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia
In office 13 September 2018 – 13 March 2020 Serving with Alenka Bratušek, Miro Cerar, Andrej Bertoncelj, and Jernej Pikalo
President	Borut Pahor
Prime Minister	Marjan Šarec
Preceded by	Himself Dejan Židan Boris Koprivnikar
Succeeded by	Zdravko Počivalšek Matej Tonin Aleksandra Pivec
Minister of Defence
In office 13 September 2018 – 13 March 2020
Prime Minister	Marjan Šarec
Preceded by	Andreja Katič
Succeeded by	Matej Tonin
In office 9 November 2004 – 21 November 2008
Prime Minister	Janez Janša
Preceded by	Anton Grizold
Succeeded by	Ljubica Jelušič
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 February 2012 – 14 September 2018
Prime Minister	Janez Janša Alenka Bratušek Miro Cerar
Preceded by	Samuel Žbogar
Succeeded by	Miro Cerar
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
In office 21 November 2008 – 12 February 2010
Appointed by	Borut Pahor
Preceded by	Janez Podobnik
Succeeded by	Roko Žarnić
Personal details
Born	(1960-06-21) 21 June 1960 (age 64) Aiseau, Belgium
Political party	DeSUS (until 2021)
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana

Karl Viktor Erjavec (born 21 June 1960) is a Slovenian lawyer and politician who served in the government of Slovenia as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2018. He was the president of the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, having held the position from 2005 to January 2020 and again from December 2020 until March 2021. He was Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2008 and 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning from 2008 to 2010.