K 18%; Janez DRNOVSEK elected
prime minister; percent of National Assembly vote--51%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor
(90 seats, 40 are directly elected and 50 are selected on a
proportional basis; note--the numbers of directly elected and
proportionally elected seats varies with each election; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: National Assembly--last held 10 November 1996 (next to be
held Fall 2000)
election results: percent of vote by party--LDS 27.01%, SLS 19.38%,
SDS 16.13%, SKD 9.62%, ZLDS 9.03%, DeSUS 4.32%, SNS 3.22%; seats by
party--LDS 25, SLS 19, SDS 16, SKD 10, ZLSD 9, DeSUS 5, SNS 4,
Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority 1; note--seating as of January
1997 is as follows: LDS 25, SLS 19, SDS 16, SKD 9, ZLSD 9, DeSUS 5,
SNS 4, Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority 1, independents 1
note: the National Council or Drzavni Svet is an advisory body with
limited legislative powers; it may propose laws and ask to review
any National Assembly decisions; in the election of NA November
1997, 40 members were elected to represent local, professional, and
socioeconomic interests (next election to be held in the fall of
2002)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are elected by the
National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council;
Constitutional Court, judges elected for nine-year terms by the
National Assembly and nominated by the president

Political parties and leaders: Liberal Democratic or LDS [Janez
PETERLE, chairman]; Social Democratic Party of Slovenia or SDS
PODOBNIK, chairman]; United List (former Communists and allies) or
JELINCIC, chairman]; Democratic Party of Retired (Persons) of

Political pressure groups and leaders: none

International organization participation: CCC, CE, CEI, EAPC,
EBRD, ECE, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, NAM (guest), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UN
Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UPU,
WEU (associate partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Dimitrij RUPEL
chancery: 1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
consulate(s) general: New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charg