Borut Pahor

His Excellency Borut Pahor
Pahor in 2022
4th President of Slovenia
In office 22 December 2012 – 22 December 2022
Prime Minister	Janez Janša Alenka Bratušek Miro Cerar Marjan Šarec Janez Janša Robert Golob
Preceded by	Danilo Türk
Succeeded by	Nataša Pirc Musar
Prime Minister of Slovenia
In office 21 November 2008 – 10 February 2012
President	Danilo Türk
Preceded by	Janez Janša
Succeeded by	Janez Janša
Member of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 – 14 October 2008
Constituency	Slovenia
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 10 November 2000 – 12 July 2004
Preceded by	Janez Podobnik
Succeeded by	Feri Horvat
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-02) 2 November 1963 (age 60) Postojna, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	SKJ (before 1990) SD (1990–2012) Independent (since 2012)
Domestic partner	Tanja Pečar
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana
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This article is part of a series about Borut Pahor
Early life Career Awards and decorations Personal life Offices Speaker of the National Assembly (2000–2004) Premiership 2010 border dispute agreement referendum June 2011 referendum 2011 YouTube incident Elections 2008 2011 President of Slovenia 2012–2013 protests 2012–2013 Maribor protests Brdo-Brijuni Process Slovenian border barrier 2015 same-sex marriage referendum 2017 railway referendum 2018 railway referendum COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2021 protests Balkan non-papers Elections 2012 2017 Family Tanja Pečar
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Borut Pahor (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈbóːɾut ˈpàːxɔɾ];^[1][2] born 2 November 1963) is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012.

A longtime member and former president of the Social Democrats, Pahor served several terms as a member of the National Assembly and was its speaker from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Following the victory of the Social Democrats in the 2008 Slovenian parliamentary election, Pahor was appointed as Prime Minister.

In September 2011, Pahor's government lost a confidence vote amidst an economic crisis and political tensions. He continued to serve as the pro tempore Prime Minister until he was replaced by Janez Janša in February 2012. In June 2012, he announced he would run for the office of President of Slovenia. He defeated the incumbent Danilo Türk in a runoff election held on 2 December 2012, receiving roughly two-thirds of the vote.^[3] In November 2017, Pahor was re-elected for a second term against Marjan Šarec.^[4]