Lojze Peterle

Lojze Peterle
Lojze Peterle
	Peterle in 2021
Prime Minister of Slovenia
	In office; 16 May 1990 – 14 May 1992
President	Milan Kučan
Deputy	Jože Mencinger; Andrej Ocvirk;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Janez Drnovšek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 7 June 2000 – 30 November 2000
Prime Minister	Andrej Bajuk
Preceded by	Dimitrij Rupel
Succeeded by	Dimitrij Rupel
	In office; 25 January 1993 – 31 October 1994
Prime Minister	Janez Drnovšek
Preceded by	Dimitrij Rupel
Succeeded by	Zoran Thaler
Constituency	In office; 1 July 2004 – 2 July 2019
Additional positions
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 1 July 2004 – 2 July 2019
Constituency	Slovenia
Member of the National Assembly
	In office; 22 June 1996 – 1 July 2004
Leader of the Christian Democrats
	In office; 19 January 1990 – 14 April 2000
Deputy	Jože Mencinger
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Alojz Peterle; 5 July 1948 (age 75); Čužnja Vas, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party	New Slovenia
Other political; affiliations	Christian Democrats (Before 2000); People’s Party (2000)
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana
Website	www.peterle.eu

Alojz "Lojze" Peterle (born 5 July 1948) is a Slovenian politician. He is a member of New Slovenia, part of the European People's Party. He served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1990 to 1992, Leader of the Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until it merged with the Slovenian People's Party in 2000, and was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994 and again in 2000. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2004,^[1] and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019.