title: 2019 in Slovenia
text: # 2019 in Slovenia
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Slovenia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Borut Pahor
  * Prime Minister: Marjan Šarec
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1 January – a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags comes into effect.
  * 26 May - voters select members of the European Parliament from Slovenia in the European Parliament election.
  * 13–29 September – Slovenia, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands host the 31st Men's European Volleyball Championship; Slovenia team win second place after losing against Serbia in the finals.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 22 March – Zinka Zorko, linguist (b. 1936)
  * 18 April - Iča Putrih, comedian (b. 1942)
  * 18 August - Ivan Oman, politician (b. 1929)
  * 26 August - Zmago Modic, painter (b. 1953)
  * 16 September - Davo Karničar, alpinist, extreme skier (b. 1962)
  * 24 September - Dušan Hadži, chemist (b. 1921)
  