The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia was adopted by the Slovenian National Assembly (Državni zbor) on December 23, 1991. The document is divided into ten chapters: The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ... Državni zbor or National Assembly is the assembly of the parliament of the Republic of Slovenia. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. General Provisions
2. Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
3. Economic and Social Relations
4. Organisation of the State
5. Self-Government
6. Public Finance
7. Constitutionality and Legality
8. The Constitutional Court
9. Procedure for Amending the Constitution
10. Transitional and Final Provisions

The constitution has been changed on three occasions since 1991: 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• On July 14, 1997 foreign citizens were granted permission to buy real estate in Slovenia as part of the convergence towards the European Union; this decision was part of the so called Spanish compromise.
• On July 25, 2000 proportional voting system was entered directly in constitution to avoid legal gap that threatened to happen after the National Assembly didn't approve the law about this issue according to somewhat unclear referendum results: three voting systems were proposed to people but none of them won the absolute majority of voters. In a disputed decision, the Slovene Constitutional Court ruled that if any law is to be passed, it is to be the law according to the option that got relative majority. In the political events that followed the time was running out and changing the constitution seemed like a good escape from status quo;
• On March 7, 2003 the constitution was changed for the final time to allow Slovenia to enter the European Union and NATO, if that would be the will of the people, which was shown to be the case in the referendum on March 23, 2003.

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External links

• Ustava Republike Slovenije - in Slovene
• Slovenian Constitution - English translation