Matej Tonin (born 30 June 1983) is a Slovenian politician. Tonin graduated from political sciences at the

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in 2007. A member of the

New Slovenia New Slovenia – Christian Democrats ( sl, Nova Slovenija – Krščanski demokrati, NSi) is a Christian-democratic, conservative political party in Slovenia. Since 2018, it is led by Matej Tonin. The party was formed on 4 August 2000 following ...

(NSi) party, he was seen as one of the key people that helped the party win seats in the 2011 parliamentary election, having been absent in the 2008–2011 assembly. Tonin was also elected an MP in the

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and 2018 election. In January 2018, Ljudmila Novak announced her resignation as the president of NSi and Tonin took over the party. On 22 June 2018 Tonin was elected 13th

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of the

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. Following the formation of the coalition around

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, Tonin stepped down on 23 August 2018 to be replaced by Dejan Židan of

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. On 13 March 2020, Tonin became the

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in the

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