Cabinet of Miro Cerar
| Cerar cabinet | |
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 12th cabinet of Slovenia |
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| Incumbent | |
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| Date formed | 18 September 2014 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Miro Cerar |
| Head of state | Borut Pahor |
| Member party |
Modern Centre Party (SMC) Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) Social Democrats (SD) |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2014 Election |
| Predecessor | Bratušek cabinet |
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Miro Cerar was announced on 18 September 2014. It is the 12th cabinet of Slovenia, third in the last four years. It has been formed following the Slovenian parliamentary election, 2014 won by the centre-left Party of Miro Cerar. With 51 years Cerar was the second oldest Slovenian prime minister since Slovenian independence, following Andrej Bajuk with 56 years. The cabinet had on the day of inauguration the highest number of women ministers representatives, as there were seven women minsters out of sixteen ministers in total. Cerar's cabinet is the highest educated cabinet to date, with six members with doctorate.
After the resignation of the Cabinet of Alenka Bratušek, the president Borut Pahor determined that the new elections are goint to take place on 13 July 2014. With 34,49% Cerar won by the highest percentage on any parliamentary elections since the independence. The new mandatary decided not to cooperate with Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), as their leader Janez Janša was sentenced to two years imprisonment. On 28 July 2014 Cerar sent an outline of the coalition agreement to all other parties that attended the coalition talks. The first to agree was the president of Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Karel Erjavec, with whoom Cerar gathered the necessary 45+ seats in the parliament. The next and also the last to join the coalition was Dejan Židan with his Social Democrats party. The Coalition agreement was signed on 3 September 2014.
Cabinet members came from three parties of the new coalition:
The number of ministries rose to 16, up from 13 in the preceding Cabinet of Alenka Bratušek. Anja Kopač Mrak, Gorazd Žmavc, Dejan Židan and Karel Erjavec have retained their position.
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