arty 6, ZS 5, SDSS 4, Hungarian minority 1,
Italian minority 1
State Council:
will become operational after next election in 1996; in the election
of 6 December 1992 40 members were elected to represent local and
socioeconomic interests
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court, Constitutional Court
Political parties and leaders:
Slovene Christian Democrats (SKD), Lozje PETERLE, chairman; Liberal
Democratic (LDS), Janez DRNOVSEK, chairman; Social-Democratic Party of
Slovenia (SDSS), Joze PUCNIK, chairman; Socialist Party of Slovenia
(SSS), Viktor ZAKELJ, chairman; Greens of Slovenia (ZS), Dusan PLUT,
chairman; National Democratic, Rajko PIRNAT, chairman; Democratic
Peoples Party, Marjan PODOBNIK, chairman; Reformed Socialists (former
Communist Party), Ciril RIBICIC, chairman; United List (former
Communists and allies); Slovene National Party, leader NA; Democratic
Party, Igor BAVCAR; Slovene People's Party (SLS), Ivan OMAN
note:
parties have changed as of the December 1992 elections
Other political or pressure groups:
none
Member of:
CCC, CE, CEI, CSCE, EBRD, ECE, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF,
IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU,
NAM (guest), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Ernest PETRIC
chancery:
1525 New Hampshir Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20036
telephone:
(202) 667-5363
consulate(s) general:
New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission:
Ambassador E. Allan WENDT
embassy:
P.O. Box 254, Prazakova 4, 61000 Ljubljana
mailing address:
use embassy street address
telephone:
[386] (61) 301-427/472/485
FAX:
[386] (61) 301-401
Flag:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red with the
Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav in white against a
blue background at the center, beneath it are two wavy blue lines
depicting seas and rivers, and around it, there are three six-sided
stars arranged in an inverted triangle); the seal is located in the
upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands

@Slovenia, Economy

Overview:
Slovenia was by far the most prosperous of the former Yugoslav
republics, with a per capita income more than twice the Yugoslav
average, indeed not far below the levels in neighboring Austria and
Italy. Because of its strong ties to Western Europe and the