11th Government of Slovenia

The 11th Government of Slovenia led by Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek was announced on 20 March 2013. It was the 11th cabinet of Slovenia. It has been formed after the parliament voted a no confidence vote to Janša's cabinet after SLS, DL and DeSUS left his coalition. On 27 February 2013 Alenka Bratušek was voted as the next mandatary and so became the first woman to do so in modern Slovenian history.

Bratušek cabinet

11th Cabinet of Slovenia
Date formed20 March 2013
Date dissolved18 September 2014
People and organisations
Head of stateBorut Pahor
Head of governmentAlenka Bratušek
Member party
  •   Positive Slovenia
      Social Democrats
      Gregor Virant's Civic List
      Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
      Party of Alenka Bratušek (since 2014)
Status in legislature
Opposition party
  •   Slovenian Democratic Party
      Slovenian People's Party
      New Slovenia
Opposition leader
History
Election(s)None
PredecessorJanša II cabinet
SuccessorCerar Cabinet

Composition of the new government was quick as it needed to be, as Slovenia was in difficult economic and financial situation that was marked by mass 2012–13 Slovenian protests. Bratušek had most difficulties with finding the new financial minister as nobody was prepared to take responsibility for potential bankruptcy. More than twenty potential candidates have been named until Uroš Čufer finally accepted the position of the new minister. He was confirmed as a minister, even though his candidature was believed to be suspicious as he used to be employed in the biggest national bank NLB, which was in big financial debts. The cabinet of Prime minister Bratušek stabilized the political and economical climate in Slovenia. Her mandate was full of interpellations and increasing number of unemployment and long saga regarding the Ministry of Health and its ministers.

Cabinet members came from four parties of the new coalition, later joined by the fifth party as Alliance of Alenka Bratušek separated from Positive Slovenia:

  • Positive Slovenia (PS) – 4 ministers + 1 minister without portfolio – 1 minister at the end of the term
  • Social Democrats (SD) – 3 ministers
  • Gregor Virant's Civic List (DL) – 3 ministers
  • Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) – 2 ministers
  • Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB) joined after 31 May 2014 – 4 ministers at the end of the term
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