Janez Zemljarič (30 December 1928 – 30 December 2022) was a

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

n Slovenian politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the

Socialist Republic of Slovenia The Socialist Republic of Slovenia (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Socialist Slovenia or simply Slovenia, was one ...

from July 1980 to 23 May 1984. Zemljarič was born in Bukovci, and was a member of the

League of Communists of Slovenia The League of Communists of Slovenia (, ZKS; ) was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. It was established in April 1937 as the Communist Party of Slovenia and was ...

. He was preceded by

Anton Vratuša Anton Vratuša (born Vratussa Antal; 21 February 1915 – 30 July 2017) was a Slovenian politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1978 to 1980, and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia's ambassador to the U ...

and succeeded by

Dušan Šinigoj Dušan Šinigoj (November 7, 1933 – August 18, 2024) was a Slovene communist politician. Šinigoj was born in Dorimbergo, Italy (now Dornberk, Slovenia). He graduated from the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Economics in 1959 and then ...

. Zemljarič died on his 94th birthday on 30 December 2022.

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1928 births 2022 deaths Slovenian communists Deputy prime ministers of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Presidents of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia People from Styria (Slovenia) {{Slovenia-politician-stub