Lojze Peterle

Lojze Peterle MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2004 – 2 July 2019
Constituency	Slovenia
Prime Minister of Slovenia
In office 16 May 1990 – 14 May 1992
President	Milan Kučan
Deputy	Jože Mencinger Andrej Ocvirk
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Janez Drnovšek
Leader of the Christian Democrats
In office 19 January 1990 – 14 April 2000
Deputy	Jože Mencinger
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 June 2000 – 30 November 2000
Prime Minister	Andrej Bajuk
Preceded by	Dimitrij Rupel
Succeeded by	Dimitrij Rupel
In office 25 January 1993 – 31 October 1994
Prime Minister	Janez Drnovšek
Preceded by	Dimitrij Rupel
Succeeded by	Zoran Thaler
Member of the National Assembly
In office 22 June 1996 – 1 July 2004
Personal details
Born	Alojz Lojze Peterle (1948-07-05) 5 July 1948 Čužnja Vas, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Political party	Slovene New Slovenia EU European People's Party
Other political affiliations	Christian Democrats (Before 2000) People’s Party (2000)
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana
Website	www.peterle.eu

Alojz "Lojze" Peterle (born 5 July 1948) is a Slovenian politician. He is a member of New Slovenia. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1990 to 1992 and Leader of the Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until 2000.

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994 and again in 2000. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2004, and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019.