Mateja Čalušić

Mateja Čalušić (born 5 September 1987) is a Slovenian politician. She serves as the minister of agriculture, forestry and food of the Republic of Slovenia since January 2024.

Life
Mateja Čalušić holds a bachelor degree in applied science in agriculture from the biotechnical faculty of the University of Ljubljana.

After the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election, she became a member of the National Assembly for the political party Freedom Movement and was vice president of the committee on agriculture, forestry and food.

On 4 January 2024, Prime Minister Robert Golob proposed to his government that she became the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food after the resignation of Irena Šinko in October 2023. On 12 January 2024 she was sworn in by the National Assembly and took over from Marjan Šarec who was interim minister.