Presidential elections were held in Slovenia in October and November 2007 to elect the successor to Janez Drnovšek. France Cukjati, the President of the National Assembly, called the elections on 20 J
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Janez Drnovšek, the incumbent president, announced he would not run for president again
Lojze Peterle, independent candidate, supported by NSi, SDS and SLS
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The Social Democrats is a centre-left social democratic political party in Slovenia. Led by Matjaž Han, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats from 1993 until 2005. It is the succe
2007 Slovenian presidential election
…Democratic Party (SDS), and Slovenian People's Party (SLS). Drnovšek's announcement that he would not run for president again led to expectations that the Social Democrats (SD) would nominate their leader Borut Pahor and indeed Pahor confirmed that he was ready to run for the office. The Social Democrats had become the…
Borut Pahor, party president between 1997 and 2012, served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012, as well as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022