Jana Ahčin appointed the President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia

Author: Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia

On 1 July 2022, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, by secret ballot voting, decided on the proposal of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, to appoint Jana Ahčin as the new President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia. Jana Ahčin received majority votes and thus assumed the post of the President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia for the period of nine years, thereby succeeding Tomaž Vesel whose term of office terminated on 31 May 2022.

The newly appointed President of the Court of Audit of Republic of Slovenia thanked for the support and assured that she and her colleagues will continue to ensure regular and efficient use of public funds by independence and professionalism of the institution when auditing operations of the users of public funds, as well as through its advisory role. The guiding principle in all future activities will be independence, objectivity and efficiency of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia.

The President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia, Jana Ahčin, graduated from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics.  She has over 20 years of experience in leadership positions within public administration bodies. Ms. Ahčin worked for the former National Financial Administration Service and its successors, actively participated in establishing the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services and the Public Payments Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, and headed the Public Payments Administration by 2013. In the same year, she assumed the post of Director-General at the Tax Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and in 2014 at the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. In 2019, she joined the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia as advisor to the President. In May 2022, she was awarded the title state auditor. In July 2022, Ms. Ahčin was appointed the President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia.