National Assembly (Slovenia)

National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia

*Državni zbor Republike Slovenije*
National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia ; Državni zbor Republike Slovenije
9th National Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker	Urška Klakočar Zupančič, GS ; since 13 May 2022
Structure
Seats	90
Political groups	Government (53) Freedom Movement (41); Social Democrats (7); The Left (5); Supported by (2) Italian and Hungarian national minorities (2); Opposition (35) Democratic Party (27); New Slovenia (8);
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold
First election	8 and 12 April 1990
Last election	24 April 2022
Next election	no later than 24 April 2026
Meeting place
	National Assembly Building, Ljubliana
Website
	https://www.dz-rs.si

The National Assembly (Slovene: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, pronounced [dəɾˈʒàːwni ˈzbɔ́ɾ ɾɛˈpúːblikɛ slɔˈʋèːnijɛ]^[2] or [-ˈzbɔ̀ːɾ-]^[2]) is the general representative body of Slovenia. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral Slovenian Parliament, the legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia.^[3]^[4] It has 90 members, elected for a four-year term. 88 members are elected using the party-list proportional representation system and the remaining two, using the Borda count, by the Hungarian and Italian-speaking ethnic minorities, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.

As of May 2022, the 9th National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia is in session.

^ "Slovenia's lawmakers approve ex-business executive as prime minister". reuters.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Slovenski pravopis 2001 - Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU in Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti - izid poizvedbe". bos.zrc-sazu.si.
^ "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. Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.

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[1] "Slovenia's lawmakers approve ex-business executive as prime minister". reuters.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[sp2001-3] "Slovenski pravopis 2001 - Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU in Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti - izid poizvedbe". bos.zrc-sazu.si.

[US2008-4] "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovenian). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

[5] 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. Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete.

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