Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije) is a senior official of the Government of Slovenia, and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is, together with Prime Minister and President of the Republic, responsible for foreign policy and international relations of the Republic Slovenia.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Minister za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije
Incumbent Anže Logar since March 13, 2020
Government of Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Mr. Minister Slovenian: Gospod minister (formal) His Excellency Slovenian: Njegova ekscelenca (in international correspondence)
Status	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Government of Slovenia Foreign Affairs Council General Affairs Council National Security Council Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs
Reports to	National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister
Residence	None
Seat	Prešernova cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia also: Mladika
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	National Assembly on the proposal of the Prime Minister
Term length	No term limit
Constituting instrument	Law on the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Inaugural holder	Dimitrij Rupel (as a Secretary of International Coopertaion in the Executive Council of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia)
Formation	16 May 1990
Deputy	de iure None de facto State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salary	€ 5.311 monthly (basic salary)
Website	www.mzz.gov.si/si/

The Foreign Minister is nominated by the Prime Minister-Designate and elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, following the hearing and confirmation by its Committee on Foreign Policy. Usually, but not always, Foreign Minister is also Deputy-Prime Minister, since the position is held by one of the government coalition partys' leaders.

Foreign Minister is member of the National Security Council and president of the Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs. Minister is also member of the EU bodies - Foreign and General Affairs Councils.

9th and current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Dr. Miro Cerar. He was elected and sworn in by the National Assembly on 13 September 2018. Cerar previously served as the Prime Minister, MP, National Assembly Adviser and Full Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law. He is also one the authors of the 1991 Slovenian Constitution.