Slovenia
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Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Alojz
Kovšca
(Male)
Year of birth
1965
Secretary general
Secretary General
Dusan
Strus
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
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Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Miloš Pohole (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
66
Oldest member
Radovan Stanislav Pejovnik (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1991
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1946
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
See 2004 reply: Women obtained the right to vote with the Constitution of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia adopted on 31 January 1946
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1946
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
See 2004 reply: Women obtained the right to vote with the Constitution of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia adopted on 31 January 1946
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1992
Parliamentary bodies > Caucuses
Women
Caucus name
Women Parliamentarians Club of the National Assembly
Date of creation
06.2017
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
All members are female MPs and all female MPs are members of the Women Parliamentarians Club. Depending on the agenda of the meeting, the President of the National Assembly, MPs and other persons may be invited to attend the Club’s meetings. The Club represents a form of inter-party integration of all female MPs.
At the beginning of each 6-month chairmanship, the Club discusses/adopts its work programme. The work programme is not very formal and can be modified later on, if necessary.
The Rules of Procedure of the Women Parliamentarians Club specify the rules regarding chairmanship, the calling of the Club’s meetings, the majority necessary to adopt decisions, and overall governance for the functioning of the Club.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Issues dealt with by the caucus
Current issues, common to all female MPs. The Club organises working visits, meetings, round tables and consultations focused on women’s rights, women in politics, in the economy and other spheres of the society, and meets with female representatives of various civil societies and initiatives operating in these fields.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Caucus contact details
Address
Ana Komac, Coordinator of the Women Parliamentarians Club
Šubičeva 4
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone number
+386-14789637
Email