Slovenia s parl appoints Janez Poklukar new health minister Slovenia National Assembly/All Rights Reserved
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 24 (SeeNews) - Slovenia s parliament said it appointed Janez Poklukar as new health minister, to replace Tomaz Gantar who resigned in December.
The nomination of Poklukar for the position of health minister was approved in a 50-31 vote in the 90-seat parliament, the assembly said in a notice on Tuesday.
Poklukar is the director of University Medical Centre Ljubljana, the largest hospital in Slovenia.
Tomaz Gantar resigned after his Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) voted to leave the government coalition over political disagreements. Prime minister Janez Jansa has held the duties of health minister since then.
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LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), December 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian health minister Tomaz Gantar resigned on Friday, a day after his Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) voted to leave the government coalition over political disagreements, local media reported.
Gantar filed his resignation in line with Thursday s decision of the DeSUS party bodies to exit the coalition and taking into account the party s statutes, public broadcaster RTV Slovenija quoted Gantar as saying in his letter of resignation submitted to prime minister Janez Jansa.
Jansa informed the parliament of the resignation and asked the lawmakers to consider it in an urgent manner. In the meantime, Jansa will fulfil the duties of health minister.
Slovenian health minister resigns
December 19, 2020
LJUBLJANA: Slovenian Health Minister Tomaz Gantar resigned on Friday over tensions within the ruling coalition prompted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s handling of the health crisis and attacks on the media.
Gantar’s resignation came a day after his party DESUS, which represents the country’s pensioners, quit the four-party coalition led by Jansa. The party accuses Jansa of using the coronavirus pandemic to attack critical media and strengthen his control over state institutions in the mould of his ally, nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Slovenia s health minister steps down amid virus pandemic
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 8:45 am EDT
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia Slovenia’s health minister resigned Friday after his party left the country’s ruling centre-right coalition, a blow to Prime Minister Janez Jansa during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tomaz Gantar said he was stepping down after his Democratic Party of Pensioners, or DESUS, announced it was pulling out of the coalition government in protest of Jansa’s populist policies.
The prime minister has faced accusations of pressuring the media and curbing criticism in the traditionally liberal European Union nation. He has denied the accusations.