The National Council ( sl, Državni svet) is according to the
Constitution of Slovenia
The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Ustava Republike Slovenije) is the fundamental law of the Republic of Slovenia.
Writing and amendments
Preparation of the document began in August 1987 in the Slovene Writers' Association, and ...
the representative of social, economic, professional and local interest groups in
Slovenia
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and has a
legislative function working as a corrective mechanism of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
, although it does not itself pass acts.
It may be regarded as the
upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...
, but the
bicameralism
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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
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Ivan Kristan (
LDS
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Organizations
* LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, US Religion
* Latter Day Saint movement (LDS movement), a collection of independent church groups
**The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest group within t ...
): 23 December 1992 – 17 December 1997
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Tone Hrovat (
SLS): 17 December 1997 – 17 December 2002
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Janez Sušnik (
DeSUS): 17 December 2002 – 12 December 2007
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Blaž Kavčič (LDS /
SMS-Zeleni): 12 December 2007 – 12 December 2012
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Mitja Bervar (LDS /
SMC) 12 December 2012 – 12 December 2017
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Alojz Kovšca (
GAS
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/
Concretely) 12 December 2017 – present
References
External links
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Slovenian Parliament
National upper houses
Organizations based in Ljubljana
1992 establishments in Slovenia
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