Events in the year 2022 in Slovenia. 2022 has been dubbed "super election year" in Slovenia because general elections are scheduled for the three representative political bodies ( president, National Assembly and municipal government), as well as elections to the National Council.

Incumbents

* President: Borut Pahor (until December 22); Nataša Pirc Musar onwards * Prime Minister: Janez Janša (until 1 June), Robert Golob (from 1 June)

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia 15th Government of Slovenia was constituted on 1st June * April 24 - Freedom Movement led by Robert Golob wins a landslide victory in the Slovenian parliamentary election, unseating Janez Janša ( SDS). * May 12 - an explosion in the chemical factory Melamin in Kočevje claims six lives, the deadliest industrial accident in the history of independent Slovenia. * May 13 - the 9th National Assembly of Slovenia is formed according to the results of the April parliamentary election; Urška Klakočar Zupančič from the Freedom Movement becomes the first female president of the Assembly. *May 23 - the first case of the

2022 monkeypox outbreak An ongoing outbreak of monkeypox, a viral disease, was confirmed in May 2022. The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom, where the first case was detected in London on 6 May 2022 in a patient with a recent travel his ...

is confirmed in Slovenia. * May 30 - COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia: Slovenian government abolishes the last remaining anti-COVID measures and disbands the expert counselling group in response to decreasing prevalence of infections. * June 1 - the National Assembly endorses the

15th Government of Slovenia 15th Government of Slovenia (also known as the Golob Cabinet) was formed by Robert Golob following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election. Robert Golob, leader of the Freedom Movement, was nominated as Prime Minister, and was approved as su ...

led by prime minister Robert Golob. * November 13 -

2022 Slovenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 23 October 2022. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off between the top two placing candidates, Slovenian Democratic Party candidate Anže Logar and independent candidate Na ...

: Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president. * November 20 - 2022 Slovenian local elections

Deaths

* April 18 -

Janez Matičič Janez Matičič (3 June 1926 – 18 April 2022) was a Slovenian composer and pianist. He was a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts starting in 2007. Matičič was born in Ljubljana, and was the brother of writer Nada ...

, composer (b.

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) * May 27 -

Marko Račič Marko Račič (25 April 1920 – 27 May 2022) was a Slovenian athlete who participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Representing Yugoslavia, he advanced to the semi-finals of the men's 400 metre competition, but did not make it beyond ...

, athlete (b.

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

) * May 30 -

Boris Pahor Boris Pahor, OMRI (; 26 August 1913 – 30 May 2022) was a Slovene novelist from Trieste, Italy, who was best known for his heartfelt descriptions of life as a member of the Slovenian minority in pre–Second World War increasingly fascist It ...

, writer (b.

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

) * June 4 -

Goran Sankovič Goran Sankovič (18 June 1979 – 4 June 2022) was a Slovenian professional footballer who played as a defender for Slovenian team Celje, Czech team Slavia Prague, and Greek teams Akratitos and Panionios. Career Sankovič made 21 appearances ...

, footballer (b. 1979) * June 17 - Marlenka Stupica, painter and illustrator (b.

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

) * August 5 -

Kostja Gatnik Kostja Gatnik (11 September 1945 – 1 August 2022) was a Slovene artist, graphic designer and illustrator, best known for his illustrations in children's books.1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

) * August 5 - Rudolf Knez, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1944) * August 11 - Hana Mazi Jamnik, cross country skier (b. 2002) * August 26 -

Jože Mencinger Jože Mencinger (5 March 1941 – 26 August 2022) was a Slovenian lawyer, economist, and politician. Mencinger was born in Jesenice, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After finishing the study of law at the University of Ljublja ...

, lawyer and politician (b. 1941) * September 15 -

Radko Polič Radko Polič (18 August 1942 – 15 September 2022) was a Slovenian theatre, television and film actor. Biography Born in Črnomelj, Polič's family moved to Belgrade in 1945 and then to West Berlin in 1949 before returning to Slovenia and set ...

, actor (b.

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

) * October 7 - Jure Robežnik, pianist and composer (b. 1933) * December 6 -

Miha Baloh Miha Baloh (21 May 1928 – 6 December 2022) was a Slovene actor. He started participating in local theatre productions after the Second World War and eventually enrolled in the AGRFT in Ljubljana, from where he graduated in 1952. In 1953, he b ...

, actor (b. 1928) * December 12 - Lado Kralj, theatre critic (b. 1938) * December 28 -

Draga Ahačič Draga Ahačič (6 July 1924 – 28 December 2022) was a Slovene actress, film director, translator and journalist. Ahačič was born in the small town of Črnomelj in the White Carniola region of Slovenia (then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croa ...

, actress, film director, translator and journalist (born 1924). * December 30 -

Janez Zemljarič Janez Zemljarič (30 December 1928 – 30 December 2022) was a Slovenian politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from July 1980 to 23 May 1984. Zemljarič was born in Bukovci, Markovc ...

, prime minister (b. 1928)

References

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