2022 in Slovenia

The following is a list of events of the year 2022 in Slovenia.
2022 has been dubbed "super election year" in Slovenia because general elections are scheduled for the three representative political bodies, as well as elections to the National Council.

Incumbents

President: Borut Pahor ; Nataša Pirc Musar onwards
Prime Minister: Janez Janša, Robert Golob

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
file:Skupinska fotografija.jpg|thumb|15th Government of Slovenia was constituted on 1st June

April 24 - Freedom Movement led by Robert Golob wins a landslide victory in the Slovenian parliamentary election, unseating Janez Janša.
May 12 - an explosion in the chemical factory Melamin in Kočevje claims six lives, the deadliest industrial accident in the history of independent Slovenia.
May 13 - the National Assembly of Slovenia is formed according to the results of the April parliamentary election; Urška Klakočar Zupančič from the Freedom Movement becomes the first female president of the Assembly.
May 23 - the first case of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak is confirmed in Slovenia.
May 30 - COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia: Slovenian government abolishes the last remaining anti-COVID measures and disbands the expert counselling group in response to decreasing prevalence of infections.
July 15 – Thirty large fires destroy more than 2,000 hectares on the Karst Plateau, in conjunction with many more fires during the 2022 European heatwave
June 1 - the National Assembly endorses the 15th Government of Slovenia led by prime minister Robert Golob.
November 13 - 2022 Slovenian presidential election: Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president.
November 20 - 2022 Slovenian local elections

Deaths

April 18 - Janez Matičič, composer
May 27 - Marko Račič, athlete
May 30 - Boris Pahor, writer
June 4 - Goran Sankovič, footballer
June 17 - Marlenka Stupica, painter and illustrator
August 5 - Kostja Gatnik, painter, graphic designer and illustrator
August 5 - Rudolf Knez, Olympic ice hockey player
August 11 - Hana Mazi Jamnik, cross country skier
August 26 - Jože Mencinger, lawyer and politician
September 15 - Radko Polič, actor
October 7 - Jure Robežnik, pianist and composer
December 6 - Miha Baloh, actor
December 12 - Lado Kralj, theatre critic
December 28 - Draga Ahačič, actress, film director, translator and journalist.
December 30 - Janez Zemljarič, prime minister