Lojze Peterle

Alojz "Lojze" Peterle (born 5 July 1948) is a Slovenian politician. He is a member of New Slovenia. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1990 to 1992 and Leader of the Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until 2000. 
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994 and again in 2000. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2004, and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019.