Milan Kučan

Milan Kučan
Kučan in 2022
1st President of Slovenia
In office
23 December 1991  22 December 2002
Prime MinisterLojze Peterle
Janez Drnovšek
Andrej Bajuk
Janez Drnovšek
Anton Rop
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJanez Drnovšek
13th President of the Presidency of Slovenia
In office
10 May 1990  23 December 1991
Prime MinisterDušan Šinigoj
Lojze Peterle
Preceded byJanez Stanovnik
Succeeded byOffice abolished
7th President of the League of Communists of Slovenia
In office
19 April 1986  23 December 1989
Preceded byAndrej Marinc
Succeeded byCiril Ribičič
Personal details
Born (1941-01-14) 14 January 1941
Križevci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(now Slovenia)
Political partySocial Democratic
Other political
affiliations
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (until 1991)
Spouse
(m. 1964)
Children2

Milan Kučan (pronounced [ˈmíːlaŋ ˈkúːtʃan]; born 14 January 1941) is a Slovenian former politician who served as the first President of Slovenia from 1991 to 2002. Before being president of Slovenia, he was the 13th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia from 1990 to 1991.

Kučan also served as the 7th President of the League of Communists of Slovenia from 1986 to 1989.