Matej Tonin

Matej Tonin (born 30 June 1983[1]) is a Slovenian politician.

Matej Tonin
Minister of Defense
Assumed office
13 March 2020
Preceded byKarl Erjavec
Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia
In office
22 June 2018 – 23 August 2018
Preceded byMilan Brglez
Succeeded byDejan Židan
Member of the National Assembly for Kamnik Electoral District
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983
Political partyNew Slovenia
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana
ProfessionPolitical science

Tonin graduated from political sciences at the University of Ljubljana in 2007.[1] A member of the New Slovenia (NSi) party, he was seen as one of the key people that helped the party win seats in the 2011 parliamentary election,[2] having been absent in the 2008–2011 assembly. Tonin was also elected an MP in the 2014 and 2018 election.

In January 2018, Ljudmila Novak announced her resignation as the president of NSi and Tonin took over the party.[2]

On 22 June 2018 Tonin was elected 13th Speaker of the National Assembly. Following the formation of the coalition around Marjan Šarec, Tonin stepped down on 23 August 2018 to be replaced by Dejan Židan of Social Democrats.[3]

On 13 March 2020, Tonin became the Minister of Defence in the 14th Government of Slovenia.[4]

References
  1. "Portal DZ - Poslanec".
  2. "Matej Tonin prevzema Novo Slovenijo: je lahko slovenski Kurz?".
  3. "Židan po izvolitvi za predsednika DZ-ja: Manjkajočih glasov ne bom iskal". RTVSLO.si.
  4. "Meet the Ministers in Janša's New Government (Feature)". www.total-slovenia-news.com.
Political offices
Preceded by
Milan Brglez		 Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia
2018		 Succeeded by
Dejan Židan
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