Janez Janša

Ivan Janša (born 17 September 1958), better known as Janez Janša, is a Slovenian politician. He served as prime minister from 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013 and from 2020 to 2022.^[1] He has been the leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) since 1993. He was also Minister of Defence (1990–1994, 2000). He was born in Grosuplje.

Janez Janša
Janša in 2025
Prime Minister of Slovenia
In office 3 March 2020 – 1 June 2022
President	Borut Pahor
Preceded by	Marjan Šarec
Succeeded by	Robert Golob
In office 10 February 2012 – 20 March 2013
President	Danilo Türk Borut Pahor
Preceded by	Borut Pahor
Succeeded by	Alenka Bratušek
In office 3 December 2004 – 21 November 2008
President	Janez Drnovšek Danilo Türk
Preceded by	Anton Rop
Succeeded by	Borut Pahor
President-in-Office of the European Council
In office 1 January 2008 – 30 June 2008
Preceded by	José Sócrates
Succeeded by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Minister of Defence
In office 7 June 2000 – 30 November 2000
Prime Minister	Andrej Bajuk
Preceded by	Franci Demšar
Succeeded by	Anton Grizold
In office 16 May 1990 – 29 March 1994
Prime Minister	Lojze Peterle Janez Drnovšek
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jelko Kacin
Leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office May 1993
Preceded by	Jože Pučnik
Member of the National Assembly for Grosuplje
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 April 1990
Personal details
Born	Ivan Janša (1958-09-17) 17 September 1958 (age 67) Grosuplje, Slovenia, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Political party	League of Communists (before 1985) Slovenian Democratic Union (1989–1991) Slovenian Democratic Party (1991–present)
Spouse(s)	Silva Predalič Urška Bačovnik ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	4
Education	University of Ljubljana

His political views are seen as right-wing populism.^[2] His style of politics has been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump.^[3][4] After the 2020 United States presidential election, Janša declared Trump the winner, and supported conspiracy theories about the election.^[5] Janša is a close ally of Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022 to the Freedom Movement party led by Robert Golob.^[6]