President of the European Council the member state holding the semiannually rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union at any given time. However, since the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon, article 15 of Treaty on European Union states that the European Council appoints a full-time president for a two-and-a-half-year term, with the possibility of renewal once. Appointments, as well as the removal of incumbents, require a double majority support in the European Council. On 19 November 2009, the European Council agreed that its first president under the Lisbon Treaty would be Herman Van Rompuy (European People's Party, Belgium). Van Rompuy took office when the
Prime Minister of Slovenia is of no effect unless a prospective successor has the support of a majority. The Prime Minister is also President of the National Security Council. Conservatives: Christian democrats: Liberals: Conservatives: Social democrats: Prime Minister of Slovenia There have been eight Prime Ministers of Slovenia, officially President of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (), since the country gained parliamentary democracy in 1989 and independence in 1991. The Prime Minister is nominated by the President after consultation with the parties represented in the National Assembly. He is then formally elected by a simple majority of the National Assembly. If no