Slovenian Parliament

Slovenian Parliament

Slovenski parlament
Type
Type
HousesNational Assembly
National Council
History
FoundedJune 25, 1991 (1991-06-25)
Preceded byParliament of Yugoslavia
Leadership
President of the National Council
Marko Lotrič
Speaker of the National Assembly
SeatsNational Assembly: 90
National Council: 40
Meeting place
National Assembly Building, Ljubljana
Website
www.dz-rs.si
www.ds-rs.si

The Slovenian Parliament (Slovene: Slovenski parlament) is the informal designation of the general representative body of the Slovenian nation and the legislative body of the Republic of Slovenia.

According to the Constitution of Slovenia, the general representative body of the Slovenian nation is the National Assembly. The general public in Slovenia often refer to the National Assembly alone as the Slovenian Parliament. However, the National Council, the representative body of basic social groups, also performs a further, if minor, part of the legislative function.

The opinions of experts and of the general Slovenian public on whether the Slovenian Parliament is bicameral or unicameral differ, although most consider it to be incompletely bicameral. In 2008, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia recognized the Slovenian Parliament as incompletely bicameral.