Year 1992

15. January 1992

Photo: G. Pohleven/FA Vitrum, source: Slovenia Weekly

Slovenia is recognised by the EC

Slovenia is recognised by the European Community and its Member States.

08. February 1992 - 23. February 1992

Sportsmen under the national flag of Slovenia for the first time

25 Slovenian sportsmen compete at the Albertville Winter Olympics under the national flag of Slovenia for the first time.

11. April 1992

The first oath of allegiance

Solemn oath of allegiance of the first generation of Slovenian soldiers.

14. May 1992

Photo: Salomon 2000, source: Government Communication Office

The first Drnovšek's cabinet

The Assembly removes the government of Alojz Peterle through a constructive vote of no confidence. As a result Janez Drnovšek becomes the prime minister of a coalition government composed of Social Democratic Party of Slovenia, Democratic Party, Greens of Slovenia, Liberal Democrats of Slovenia, United list of Social Democrats and Socialist Party of Slovenia (the government term ends on 25 January 1993).

22. May 1992

Photo: UN, source: Ministry of foreign affairs

Slovenia a UN member

Slovenia is accepted to the UN as its 176th member.

25. July 1992 - 09. August 1992

Slovenia's first Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics

The rowers Iztok Čop and Denis Žvegelj attend the Summer Olympics in Barcelona and win two bronze medals (DELO); the four-member sculler team from Bled (Sadik Mujkič, Milan Janša, Sašo Mirjanič and Jani Klemenčič) also wins bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

30. September 1992

The first banknotes of the Slovenian Tolar

the Bank of Slovenia issued the first banknotes of the Slovenian Tolar

06. December 1992

Photo: Tone Stojko, vir: National Museum of Contemporary History

The first parliamentary and presidential elections since Slovenian independence

The first parliamentary and presidential elections since Slovenian independence are held; Milan Kučan (64 % of the vote) is elected President of the Republic and Liberal Democrats of Slovenia won the parliamentary elections (23,5 % of the vote)

Overview of the year

The year 1992 was marked by diplomatic recognition of Slovenia and the country’s entry in international organisations. Vatican recognised Slovenia on 13 January, the European Community and all its members on 15 January and United States on 7 April. Other countries also recognised Slovenia in that period and Slovenia began to establish diplomatic relations with those countries and open its first embassies in them. Slovenia became a member of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe at the end of January and entered the UN as its 176th member on 2 May.

Increasing disagreements in the ruling coalition of Demos, consisting of parties established during the democratic changes, resulted in a constructive vote of no confidence to the government of Alojz Peterle with Janez Drnovšek becoming the prime minister of a government of a mostly centre-left party coalition. His party, LDS, won the elections in December 1992 and Milan Kučan, until then president of the presidency of Slovenia, was elected president of the republic.

At the end of September 1992, the Bank of Slovenia issued the first banknotes of the Slovenian Tolar (1,000, 500 and 100 tolars), which was the Slovenian currency until adoption of the euro in the beginning of 2007.
Yugoslav registration plates were being replaced with Slovenian ones in the beginning of the year and comic-book fans will remember the first issue of the comic-book magazine Stripburger.

An important event for Slovenia was when its athletes in the winter of that year competed at the Winter Olympics in Albertville in France under the national flag of Slovenia. They also attended the Summer Olympics in Barcelona where rowers won two bronze medals.

Text: Government Communication Office