Voters hope new Slovenian president will help unite country

Record ID: 1697291

  • Title: Voters hope new Slovenian president will help unite country
  • Date: 13th November 2022
  • Summary: LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) MAN WALKING INTO POLL STATION SIGN SHOWING POLLING STATION OPENING HOURS INTERIOR OF POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF ELECTION OFFICIALS ISSUING BALLOT PAPER TO VOTER, KLEMENT CERETNIK VOTER POSTING BALLOT INTO BOX SLOVENIAN EMBLEM ON BALLOT BOX SEAL ON BALLOT BOX VARIOUS OF ELECTION OFFICIALS ISSUING BALLOT PAPER TO VOTER BALLOT
  • Embargoed: 27th November 2022 07:55
  • Keywords: Slovenian election Slovenian president ballot boxes casting votes polls open
  • Location: LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
  • City: LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
  • Country: Slovenia
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001897713112022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Slovenians took to the polls on Sunday (November 13) in the second round of the country's presidential election.
    A right-wing former foreign minister, Anze Logar, who won the most votes in the first round on October 23, is running against independent Natasa Pirc Musar, who is vying to become the first female president of the small ex-Yugoslav republic.
    Logar, 46, is a member of the eurosceptic, anti-immigrant Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) of ex-prime minister Janez Jansa, who lost a parliamentary election in April to the environmentalist Freedom Movement of new Prime Minister Robert Golob.
    Pirc Musar, a 54-year-old former TV presenter who is now an influential lawyer, campaigned on human rights, the rule of law, and social welfare issues.
    Although the role is mostly ceremonial, the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and also nominates several top officials, including the central bank governor.
    Most of those nominations also have to be confirmed by parliament.
    The new president of Slovenia, a member of the European Union and NATO, will replace Borut Pahor, a former fashion model who served two terms and is often referred to in public as the 'Instagram president' due to his use of the social network.
    (Production: Antonio Bronic, Malgorzata Wojtunik)
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