Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovenia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Slovenia

Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Jurisdiction	Government of Slovenia
Headquarters	Mladika Building, Ljubljana
Agency executives	Karl Erjavec, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dragoljuba Benčina, State Secretary
Website	http://www.mzz.gov.si/en

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Slovenia is the chief foreign policy and foreign relations ministry in Slovenia, located in the capital Ljubljana. This ministry operates 57 diplomatic offices across the world including embassies, consulates, and permanent missions. The Ministry handles Slovenia's relations within the United Nations, European Union, NATO, and the OSCE.

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karl Erjavec, has served since February 2012.

Ministers

Minister	Start of term	End of term
Dimitrij Rupel	May 1990	January 1993
Lojze Peterle	January 25, 1993	October 31, 1994
Zoran Thaler	26 January 1995	16 May 1996
Davorin Kračun	July 19, 1996	January 1997
Zoran Thaler	February 27, 1997	September 25, 1997
Boris Frlec	January 1998	January 21, 2000
Dimitrij Rupel	February 2, 2000	May 2000
Lojze Peterle	June 7, 2000	November 30, 2000
Dimitrij Rupel	December 2000	July 2004
Ivo Vajgl	July 6, 2004	November 3, 2004
Dimitrij Rupel	December 3, 2004	October 2008
Samuel Žbogar	November 2008	February 2012
Karl Erjavec	February 2012	Present

See also

• Foreign relations of Slovenia