Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije
Incumbent Tanja Fajon since 1 June 2022
Government of Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Minister Slovenian: Gospod minister (formal) His Excellency Slovenian: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence)
Status	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Government of Slovenia Foreign Affairs Council General Affairs Council National Security Council Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs
Reports to	National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister
Residence	None
Seat	Prešernova cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia also: Mladika
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	National Assembly on the proposal of the Prime Minister
Term length	No term limit
Constituting instrument	Law on the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Inaugural holder	Dimitrij Rupel (as a Secretary of International Cooperation in the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia)
Formation	16 May 1990
Deputy	de iure None de facto State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salary	€ 5.311 monthly (basic salary)
Website	www.mzz.gov.si/si/

The minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije) is a senior official of the Government of Slovenia, and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They are, together with the prime minister and president of the Republic, responsible for foreign policy and international relations of the Republic Slovenia.

The foreign minister is nominated by the prime minister-designate and elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, following the hearing and confirmation by its Committee on Foreign Policy. Usually, but not always, the foreign minister is also the deputy prime minister, since the position is held by one of the government coalition party leaders.

The foreign minister is member of the National Security Council and president of the Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs. Minister is also member of the EU bodies - Foreign and General Affairs Councils.

The 11th and current minister of foreign affairs is Tanja Fajon. She was elected and sworn in by the National Assembly on 1 June 2022.

#	Minister			Party	Prime Minister			Government	Term		Ref.
1			Dimitrij Rupel	DEMOS		Lojze Peterle	DEMOS	First	16 May 1990	14 May 1992	[1]
				LDS		Janez Drnovšek	LDS	Second	14 May 1992	25 January 1993
2			Lojze Peterle	NSi				Third	25 January 1993	31 October 1994
3			Zoran Thaler	LDS					26 January 1995	16 May 1996
4			Davorin Kračun	LDS					19 July 1996	27 February 1997
(3)			Zoran Thaler	LDS				Fourth	27 February 1997	25 September 1997
5			Boris Frlec	LDS					25 September 1997	2 February 2000
(1)			Dimitrij Rupel	LDS					2 February 2000	7 June 2000
(2)			Lojze Peterle	NSi		Andrej Bajuk	NSi	Fifth	7 June 2000	30 November 2000
(1)			Dimitrij Rupel	LDS		Janez Drnovšek	LDS	Sixth	30 November 2000	19 December 2002
						Tone Rop	LDS	Seventh	19 December 2002	6 July 2004
6			Ivo Vajgl	LDS					6 July 2004	3 December 2004
(1)			Dimitrij Rupel	SDS		Janez Janša	SDS	Eighth	3 December 2004	7 November 2008
7			Samuel Žbogar	SD		Borut Pahor	SD	Ninth	21 November 2008	20 September 2011
8			Karl Erjavec	DeSUS		Janez Janša	SDS	Tenth	10 February 2012	22 February 2013
						Alenka Bratušek	SAB	Eleventh	20 March 2013	18 September 2014
						Miro Cerar	SMC	Twelfth	18 September 2014	13 September 2018
9			Miro Cerar	SMC		Marjan Šarec	LMŠ	Thirteenth	13 September 2018	13 March 2020
10			Anže Logar	SDS		Janez Janša	SDS	Fourteenth	13 March 2020	1 June 2022
11			Tanja Fajon	SD		Robert Golob	GS	Fifteenth	1 June 2022	Incumbent