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Country : Slovenia Official name: Republika Slovenija (Republic of Slovenia) |
Historical profile
In the thirteenth century, Slovenia became a hereditary possession of the House of Habsburg.
1867 The Slovenes fell under the jurisdiction of the Austrian Crown.
1918 After the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia became a part of the new ‘Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes' (re-named Yugoslavia in 1929).
1941 Yugoslavia was divided between Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria.
1945 Following the end of the Second World War, Slovenia became a constituent republic of the Yugoslav Federation. Josip Broz Tito assumed power, and a Soviet-style constitution was adopted. The other republics were: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and the two autonomous regions of Vojvodina and Kosovo.
1950-80s Constitutions adopted in 1953, 1963 and 1974 increased autonomy extended to the constituent republics.
The ruling Slovene Communists supported the Croats' demand for a confederal Yugoslavia during the 1960s and 1970s, although never to the point of provoking repression.
1986 Milan Kucan became the leader of the Slovene Communists.
1990 Kucan guided Slovenia towards independence following multi-party general elections, resulting in a six-party centre-right coalition, the Demokratska Opozicija Slovenije (DeMOS) (Democratic Opposition of Slovenia), under the leadership of Lozle Peterle.
1991 After a 10-day war against the Yugoslav army, Slovenia won independence.
1992 Slovenia was admitted to the UN. Following the collapse of the DeMOS government, Janez Drnovšek took over as interim prime minister.
In the elections, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party and Janez Drnovšek became prime minister at the head of a five-party coalition. Milan Kucan was elected president.
1994 The Liberal Democrats merged with the Democratic Party and the Ecologists to create the Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (LDS) (Liberal Democrats of Slovenia).
1996 After the general elections, the LDS and its former opponent, Slovenska Ljudska Stranka (SLS) (Slovenian People's Party) formed a coalition with the Demokratièna Stranka Upokojencev Slovenije (DeSUS) (Democratic Party of Slovenian Pensioners). Drnovšek was re-elected prime minister.
1997 Kucan was re-elected president for a second and last consecutive five-year term.
2000 Withdrawal of the SLS from the government coalition prompted its collapse. A centre-right government, composed of the SLS and Slovenski Krsèanski Demokrati (SKD) (Slovenian Christian Democratic Party), together with the Socialdemokratska Stranka Slovenije (SDSS) (Social Democratic Party of Slovenia) was formed. The general election was won by the LDS, led by the former prime minister, Janez Drnovšek, who formed a coalition government.
2001 Slovenia was named as one of eight countries likely to gain EU membership in 2004 at the European Council's Laeken summit.
2002 In November, NATO invited Slovenia to join the alliance by 2004 and in December, the EU confirmed Slovenia's accession also in 2004.
Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek won the presidential run-off. Anton Rop of the LDS, the senior coalition party, was elected prime minister with 63 votes for and 24 votes against (to be elected, Rop needed 46 votes from the members of parliament).
2003 In a March referendum, 89.6 per cent of Slovenes voted to join the EU and 66 per cent voted to join NATO.
2004 Slovenia joined NATO in March and entered the EU on 1 May. Slovenska Demokratska Stranka (SDS) (Slovenian Democratic Party) won the 3 October parliamentary elections and Janez Jansa was elected prime minister by parliament.
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