| President of the Republic of Slovenia |
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Standard of the President of Slovenia |
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| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Milan Kučan |
| Formation | 23 December 1991 |
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The function of President of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Predsednik Republike Slovenije) was established on 23 December 1991, when the National Assembly of Slovenia passed a new constitution as a result of independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Although entrusted with limited power by the Constitution, in practice the position is mostly ceremonial. Among other things the President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Slovenian Armed Forces. The official residence and office of the President is the Presidential Palace in Ljubljana. The President of Slovenia is directly elected by universal adult suffrage once every five years. Any Slovenian citizen can run for President, but can hold only two consecutive terms in office.
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| Name | Born-Died | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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| Chairman of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People 1943 - 1944 |
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| Josip Vidmar | 1895–1992 | 3 October 1943 | 19 February 1944 | Communist Party of Slovenia |
| President of Presidium of the Slovenian People's Liberation Council (SNOS) 1944 - 1945 |
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| Josip Vidmar | 1895–1992 | 19 February 1944 | 1945 | Communist Party of Slovenia |
| President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 1945 - 1953 |
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| Josip Vidmar | 1895–1992 | 1945 | March 1953 | Communist Party of Slovenia (until 1952), League of Communists of Slovenia (from 1952) |
| Presidents of the People's Assembly 1953 - 1974 |
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| Miha Marinko | 1900–1983 | December 1953 | 1962 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Vida Tomšič | 1913–1998 | 1962 | 1963 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Viktor Avbelj | 1914–1993 | 1963 | 1965 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Ivan Maček | 1908–1993 | 1965 | 1967 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Sergej Kraigher | 1914–2001 | 1967 | 1973 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Tone Kropušek | 1928– | 1973 | 1974 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Marjan Brecelj | 1910–1989 | 1974 | 1974 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Presidents of the Presidency 1974 - 1991 |
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| Sergej Kraigher | 1914–2001 | May 1974 | May 1979 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Viktor Avbelj | 1914–1993 | May 1979 | 7 May 1982 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| France Popit | 1921– | 7 May 1982 | May 1988 | League of Communists of Slovenia |
| Janez Stanovnik | 1922– | May 1988 | 10 May 1990 | League of Communists of Slovenia (until 1989), Party of Democratic Renewal (from 1989) |
| Milan Kučan | 1941– | 10 May 1990 | 23 December 1991 | Non-party |
| # | Name | Born-Died | Took Office | Left Office | Political Affiliation |
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| Presidents 1991 onwards |
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| 1 | Milan Kučan | 1941– | 23 December 1991 | 22 December 2002 | Non-party |
| 2 | Janez Drnovšek | 1950–2008 | 22 December 2002 | 23 December 2007 | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (until 2006) Movement for Justice and Development (since 2006) |
| 3 | Danilo Türk | 1952– | 23 December 2007 | Incumbent | Non-party/Social Democrats/Zares |
| Candidate and nominating party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Danilo Türk (independent, supported by the Social Democrats, the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, Zares and Active Slovenia) | 241,349 | 24.47 | 677,333 | 68.03 |
| Lojze Peterle (independent, supported by New Slovenia, the Slovenian Democratic Party and the Slovenian People's Party) | 283,412 | 28.73 | 318,288 | 31.97 |
| Mitja Gaspari (independent, supported by the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) | 237,632 | 24.09 | ||
| Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti (Slovenian National Party) | 188,951 | 19.16 | ||
| Darko Krajnc (Youth Party of Slovenia) | 21,526 | 2.18 | ||
| Elena Pečarič (independent, supported by the Akacije party) | 8,830 | 0.89 | ||
| Monika Piberl (Women's Voice of Slovenia) | 4,729 | 0.48 | ||
| Valid | 986,429 | 100.0 | 995,621 | 100.0 |
| Invalid | 5,279 | 0.53% | 9,738 | 0.97% |
| Total | 991,708 | 1,005,359 | ||
| Source: Ministry of Public Administration | ||||
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