Regulatory Policy in Slovenia

Country profile: Slovenia

 

Geography, population and living standards
Area (sq. km)	20 273
Population	2 064 840
Population density (sq. km)	101.8
Urban population	49.6%
Population growth rate	0.1% (2016 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.55 (2014 est.)
Life expectancy	78.2 years
Ethnic groups	83.06% Slovene, 1.98% Serb, 1.81% Croat, 1.10% Bosniak, 4.85% other minorities, 8.9% other (2002)
Government
State structure	Parliamentary republic
Executive	President elected by popular vote every 5 years The prime minister of Slovenia is appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
Legislative	Asymmetric Bicameral National Assembly: 90 Members of parliament (including 1 representing the Italian minority and 1 representing the Hungarian minority) National Council: 40 Councillors National Assembly members serve 4-year terms and National Council members serve 5-year terms.
Elections	Last parliamentary elections were held on 13 July 2014 (next to be held in July 2018) Last presidential elections were held on 22 December 2012 (next to be held in December 2017)
Political situation	The Modern Centre Party led by Miror Cerar won 36 seats with the Slovenian Democratic Party in second with 21 seats. The current government is a centre/centre-left coalition of the Modern Centre Party, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia and Social Democrats.
Legal system	Civil law system; legal appeals are made to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia
Administrative-territorial structure	Slovenia has 212 municipalities and 11 urban areas. Each municipality has a mayor and a municipal council normally elected by proportional representation once every four years.

Source: Eurostat database; the World Bank database; Economist Intelligence Unit; The CIA World Factbook.