Lojze Peterle (born 5 July 1948) is a Slovenian politician and diplomat. He was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Slovenia from its founding in the late 1980s until it merged into other parties in 2000, and he was among those who led Slovenia to independence from Yugoslavia. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

Peterle became prime minister of Slovenia in May 1990 after parliamentary elections. In 1991 he declared his country's independence from Yugoslavia, which he was able to achieve throughout violence. He served as prime minister until May 1992 when a coalition government under Janez Drnovsek was established. Peterle served as deputy prime minister and foreign minister from January 1993 until October 1994. Tensions were deep in the coalition, however, and Peterle resigned from his posts in 1994 when Drnovsek nominated Jozef Skolc, a member of his own Liberal Democratic Party, to be speaker of Parliament, against the wishes of Peterle who believed that a Christian Democrat should be speaker. The Christian Democrats did remain in the coalition, but it was often divided. In 1996, Peterle called for the dismissal of foreign minister Zoran Thaler because of his belief that Thaler did not do enough to help Slovenia's relations with Italy. A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Janez Drnovšek (born May 17, 1950) is a Slovenian politician and statesman, born in Celje, then part of Yugoslavia, today in Slovenia. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

When the government finally did fall in 2000, Peterle became foreign minister again in the short-lived government of Andrej Bajuk from June 2000 to November 2000, when Drnovsek returned to power. Peterle's diplomatic policy has always been that Slovenia should try to gain good relations with other countries and secure Slovenia's reputation in the international community. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrej Bajuk (born on 18 October 1943 in Ljubljana, Slovenia), short after the end of the world war II, his family escaped to Argentina, due to participation in collaborator movements, the Yugoslav branch of White Movement and Domobranci, and cooperating with the Nazi ocupators during the war. ...

In the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, Peterle was elected for the New Slovenia Christian People's Party, part of the European People's Party. Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... New Slovenia Christian Peoples Party (Slovenian Nova Slovenija Krščanska ljudska stranka) is a right-of-centre political party in Slovenia. ... Logo of the European Peoples Party The European Peoples Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. ...