The Leader of the anti-migrant Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) has been nominated as the new prime minister of Slovenia.
Janez Jansa, who is a long time leader of the SDS and a good friend of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, previously led two governments before being entangled in a corruption scandal in 2013.
He was given a two-year jail sentence for bribery before a retrial was ordered by the Slovenian Constitutional Court. The retrial couldn't take place as there was not enough time.
Controversial SDS leader Janez Jansa had previosuly led two government before being entangled in a corruption scandal in 2013. (Credit: AP)
The SDS had announced it had agreed to form a coalition government with three other parties.
These parties within the coalition are the Centre-right Nova Slovenija (NSi), outgoing junior coalition parties Modern Centre Party (SMC) and pensioners party DESUS.
On his coalition agreement Jansa said: "I would like to thank our coalition partners for having had in mind the interest of the citizens and the common good of the state."
After winning the election, the SDS managed to form a coalition with 3 other parties. (Credit: AP)
Jansa's appointment has yet to be confirmed by the Slovenian Government although President Borut Pahor had previously said that all government positions would be filled by next month.
Pahor, who nominated Jansa for PM, said: "I hope our collaboration will be constructive and for the benefit of our state and our people."
The SDS won the most amount of votes in the last election in 2018 but failed to form a coalition in time, meaning the PM position was taken up by 42-year-old comedian, Marjan Sarec.
Slovenian President Borut Pahor has said all government positions will be filled by next month. (Credit: AP)
Since it was announced that the SDS had won the election, former premier Marjan Sarec has called for fresh elections and has warned other parties from joining a coalition with SDS, claiming it would make the country "Orban's Slovenia.”
These comments come weeks after a report emerged from Slovenian investigative website Necenzurirano claiming it had documents showing $1.6 million had been invested by companies linked to Orban into a SDS television house over the last two years.
The latest poll published by newspaper Dnevnik, shows a rise for support for the SDS (19.9 percent) followed by Sarec's party LMS at 15 percent.
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