Aleš Zalar was born on 22 October 1961. He graduated in law. From 1989 to 2008 he was a judge. At the end of his career as a judge he was a Senior District Court Judge. From 1991 to 2007 he was the President of the Basic Court in Ljubljana and later the District Court in Ljubljana. He was then the EU's legal consultant for EU law with the Romanian Supreme Court and for mediation with the Croatian Ministry of Justice. As a representative of the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the UN, the development agency USAID and the World Bank he has advised the governments of 14 European countries on judicial systems and efficiency policies, independence and responsibility in the judicial system, the fight against corruption and alternative dispute settlement.
In November 2007 he received the medal of the Slovenian Supreme Court for his outstanding work achievements, while in 2006 he was presented with a recognition by the Netherlands for the development of mediation in Slovenia and Europe. In 2004 he was named an honorary member of the Kentucky Bar Association. During his presidency, the District Court of Ljubljana received a special recognition from the Council of Europe and the European Commission for the programme aimed at clearing the court backlog with mediation and accelerated legal proceedings.
He is a founding member of the International Association for Court Administration, a member of administrative boards of the European Grouping of the Magistrates for the Mediation and, until 2008, a member of the Consultative Council of European Judges, a consultative body of the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe.
Minister
Aleš Zalar
Phone: +386 1 428 47 21
Fax: +386 1 428 59 01
e-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si
Head of the Office:
Nevenka Vratanar
Phone: +386 1 428 47 68
fax: +386 1 428 59 01
e-mail: nevenka.vratanar[@]gov.si
Public Relations Office
Phone: +386 1 428 42 17
fax: +386 1 428 59 00
e-mail: ssj.mnz[@]gov.si
Petra Škofic
Phone: + 386 1 428 50 36
e-mail: petra.skofic[@]gov.si
Vesna Mitrić
Phone: +386 1 428 41 68
e-mail: vesna.mitric[@]gov.si
Alenka Klepac
Phone: +386 1 428 40 66
e-mail: alenka.klepac[@]gov.si
Mirjana Gotal
Phone: +386 1 428 46 19
e-mail: mirjana.gotal[@]gov.si
Secretary General
Miroslav Rauter
Phone: +386 1 428 44 79
fax: +386 1 428 40
e-mail: miroslav.rauter[@]gov.si, sekretariat.mnz[@]gov.si
Internal Administrative Affairs Directorate
Beethovnova ulica 3, 1501 Ljubljana
Director General: Nevenka Vratanar
Phone: +386 1 428 49 34
fax: +386 1 472 42 53
e-mail: nevenka.vratanar[@]gov.si
Police and Security Directorate
Štefanova ulica 2, Ljubljana
Director-General: Dr Miroslav Žaberl
Phone: +386 1 428 56 68
fax: +386 1472 55 15
e-mail: srecko.jarc[@]gov.si
Migration and Integration Directorate
Beethovnova ulica 3, 1501 Ljubljana
Director-General: Nina Gregori
Phone: + 386 1 428 44 94
fax: + 386 1 428 46 95
e-mail: nina.gregori[@]gov.si
Štefanova 2, 1501 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 40 00
fax: +386 (0)1 428 47 33
Internet: http://www.policija.si/portal_en/
Director-General:
Janko Goršek
e-mail: janko.gorsek[@]policija.si
Deputy Director-General:
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 42 69
fax: +386 (0)1 428 49 12
e-mail: policija[@]policija.si
Public Relations
Head: Vesna Drole, MCs
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 42 55
fax: +386 (0)1 428 57 36
e-mail: vesna.drole[@]policija.si
Nuška Tavčar
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 43 29
fax: +386 (0)1 428 57 36
e-mail: nuska.tavcar[@]policija.si
Drago Menegalija
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 57 45
fax: +386 (0)1 472 57 36
e-mail: drago.menegalija[@]policija.si
As a body within the Ministry, the police force is one of the pillars of national security, ensuring a high degree of internal security for all inhabitants of Slovenia, by protecting the constitutional order and democratic political system as well as other constitutional values. The functioning of the Police is founded on the exercising and respect of the legal order, European conventions and recommendations, plus an ethical and professional approach alongside consistent respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Police duties include protecting the life, personal safety and property of individuals, prevention and investigation of criminal offences and violations, detection and arrest of perpetrators of criminal offences and violations, and of other wanted persons and their remand to the competent authorities; maintenance of public order; supervision and regulation of traffic on public and unregistered roads available for public use; protection of national borders and control of border crossings; carrying out duties laid down in the regulations on aliens; protection of certain individuals, bodies, structures and locations, and protecting the secrecy of data of state bodies.
Police organisation
In accordance with the law, the Police is organised to perform duties on the national, regional and local levels. Duties are performed by the general police administration, police administration units and police stations. Police tasks at the regional level fall within the jurisdiction of individual police administration units, and those at local level within the jurisdiction of the police stations.
Kersnikova 2, 1501 Ljubljana
Chief Inspector: Roman Klopčič
Phone: +386 (0)1 428 58 70
fax: +386 (0)1 428 58 71
e-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si
Internet: http://www.inz.gov.si/en/
http://www.inz.gov.si/
The Internal Affairs Inspectorate performs the tasks of inspection supervision of the implementation of regulations in the fields of private protection, detection activities, weapons, ammunition, explosives and administrative affairs relating to transportation.
Established by Government decree on 1 January 2004, it began formal operations on 15 February 2004. The Inspectorate is a body within the Ministry of the Interior, and performs tasks in the following areas:
The mission of the Ministry is to provide the highest possible level of security in the state, which is attained through preventive rather than repressive action of the law enforcement agencies. Aiming to implement both tasks, the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for public security and police, internal administrative affairs and migrations, pursuant to the State Administration Act.
The Ministry of the Interior, together with the Police and Internal Affairs Inspectorate as autonomous bodies within its framework, performs tasks defined by law in the following fields of activity:
The Ministry is also responsible for the coordination of European affairs and international cooperation in the field of security.
The Internal Administrative Affairs Directorate performs duties in the following areas:
The Migration and Integration Directorate performs duties in the following areas:
The Police and Security Directorate has the following responsibilities:
address: Štefanova 2, 1000 Ljubljana
phone: +386 1 428 40 00
fax: +386 1 251 43 30
e-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si
e-mail: ssj.mnz[@]gov.si
website: www.mnz.gov.si/en/