Mateja Čalušić

Mateja Čalušić
Čalušić in 2024
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 January 2024
Preceded byIrena Šinko
Member of the National Assembly
In office
13 May 2022 – 12 January 2024
Personal details
Born (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 37)
Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyFreedom Movement (Slovenia)
ResidenceSlovenia
Alma materUniversity of Ljubljana

Mateja Čalušić (born 5 September 1987) is a Slovenian politician. She serves as the minister of agriculture, forestry and food of the Republic of Slovenia since January 2024.

Life

Mateja Čalušić holds a bachelor degree in applied science in agriculture from the biotechnical faculty of the University of Ljubljana.[1]

After the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, she became a member of the National Assembly for the political party Freedom Movement and was vice president of the committee on agriculture, forestry and food.[1][2]

On 4 January 2024, Prime Minister Robert Golob proposed to his government that she became the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food after the resignation of Irena Šinko in October 2023.[3] On 12 January 2024 she was sworn in by the National Assembly and took over from Marjan Šarec who was interim minister.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mateja Čalušić - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food". Republic of Slovenia GOV. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Gibanje Svoboda - 2. volilna enota - Postojna". dvk-rs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  3. ^ K, G. "Golob je za kmetijsko ministrico predlagal Matejo Čalušić". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  4. ^ Da, La. "Državni zbor je razrešil kmetijsko ministrico Ireno Šinko". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  5. ^ "Mateja Čalušić takes the reins of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food". Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.


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