= Slovenian Democratization = A history of '''Slovenian democratization'''. <> ---- == Kingdom of Yugoslavia == During the [[WorldHistory/WorldWar1|World War 1]] peace negotiations, nationalists declared a '''State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs'''. The [[WorldHistory/TreatyOfTrianon|Treaty of Trianon]] wrapped them into the [[Serbia/Monarchs#Principality_and_Kingdom_of_Serbia|Kingdom of Serbia]] to form a new '''Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes'''. The official name became '''Kingdom of Yugoslavia''' in 1929. On March 27th, 1941, King '''Peter II''' overthrew the [[WorldHistory/Axis|Axis-aligned]] regency of [[WorldHistory/Yugoslavia/Paul|Paul]]. [[Germany/AdolfHitler|Germany]] [[WorldHistory/WorldWar2#Yugoslavia|invaded]] in retaliation. ---- == Occupation == Slovenia was partitioned following the invasion: * Southern Slovenia, including [[Slovenia/Ljubljana|Ljubljana]], was annexed by [[Italy/BenitoMussolini|Italy]] alongside [[Croatia/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Dalmatia|Dalmatia]]. * '''Prekmurje''' (Hungarian: ''Muravidék''), a historic component of the Hungarian Slovene March (Slovene: ''Slovenska krajina'', Hungarian: ''Vendvidék''), was annexed by [[Hungary/MiklosHorthy|Hungary]]. * Some small villages were annexed by the [[Croatia/Democratization#Independent_State_of_Croatia|Independent State of Croatia]]. * The remainder was annexed by [[Germany/AdolfHitler|Germany]]. ---- == Yugoslavia == [[WorldHistory/Yugoslavia/JosipBrozTito|Tito]] led the [[WorldHistory/Yugoslavia|Yugoslav Partisans]] to liberate the former kingdom, and following [[WorldHistory/WorldWar2|World War 2]] established the '''Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia'''. Slovenia was administered as a federal republic within Yugoslavia. After Tito died, the chair of the presidency council began to rotate among members. ---- == Republic of Slovenia == When [[Croatia/StjepanMesic|Mesić]] became chair of the presidency council, he ceased to attend meetings. The members from Slovenia and [[NorthMacedonia|Macedonia]] similarly abandoned government, leaving just [[Serbia/SlobodanMilosevic|Milošević]] and his supporters. This effectively ended the executive power of Yugoslavia. Slovenia and [[Croatia/Democratization#Republic_of_Croatia|Croatia]] formally declared independence on June 25th, 1991. This led into the '''Ten Day War''' from June 27th through July 7th. The '''Brijuni Agreement''' established an armistice during which declarations of independence were frozen but the Yugoslav army had to vacate the relevant territories. Slovenia was admitted to the [[WorldHistory/UnitedNations|UN]] and a Yugoslav state was never re-established over Slovenia. Slovenia proceeded to join the [[WorldHistory/EuropeanUnion|EU]] and [[WorldHistory/NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization|NATO]] in 2004; the Eurozone in 2007; and the [[WorldHistory/OrganizationForEconomicCooperationAndDevelopment|OECD]] in 2010. ---- CategoryRicottone