The National Council ( sl, Državni svet) is according to the

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the representative of social, economic, professional and local interest groups in

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and has a legislative function working as a corrective mechanism of the

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, although it does not itself pass acts. It may be regarded as the

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, but the

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is distinctively incomplete. It is not elected directly by the population, but meant to represent different interest groups in the country. The councillors are elected for a five-year term. The current President of the National Council is Alojz Kovšca from 12 December 2017.

Composition

The council has 40 members:According to the information that can be found at th
website of the National Council
* 22 representatives of local interests, * 6 representatives of non-commercial activities, * 4 representatives of employers, * 4 of employees, * 4 representatives of farmers, crafts, trades and independent professionals.

Presidents of the National Council

# Ivan Kristan (

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): 23 December 1992 – 17 December 1997 # Tone Hrovat ( SLS): 17 December 1997 – 17 December 2002 #

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(

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): 17 December 2002 – 12 December 2007 #

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(LDS / SMS-Zeleni): 12 December 2007 – 12 December 2012 # Mitja Bervar (LDS / SMC) 12 December 2012 – 12 December 2017 # Alojz Kovšca (

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) 12 December 2017 – present

References

External links

* Slovenian Parliament National upper houses Organizations based in Ljubljana 1992 establishments in Slovenia {{slovenia-poli-stub