Florjan Lipuš

Carinthian Slovenian elected to state assembly

Published by The Slovenia Times on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 17:53

Franc Jožef Smrtnik, a member of the Slovenian ethnic minority in the Austrian province of Carinthia, made it to the 36-member state assembly in the 5 March local election. He ran for Team Kärnten. So far, Carinthian Slovenian Ana Blatnik from the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) has served as an assembly member.