Slovenia's parliament approves political newcomer Miro Cerar as new prime minister
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Slovenia's parliament has approved political newcomer Miro Cerar as the crisis-stricken eurozone country's next prime minister.
The parliament on Monday voted 57-11 in Cerar's favor to replace former Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek.
Cerar's new center-left SMC party convincingly won parliamentary elections in July. He now has 14 days to form a government before the assembly votes again on the entire cabinet.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Slovenia plunged into financial turmoil during the eurozone debt crisis. Once the most prosperous of the eastern European states, the small Alpine nation narrowly avoided international bailout.
Cerar, a legal expert who is the son of Olympic gymnastics medalist Miroslav Cerar, has in the pre-election campaign opposed some EU backed austerity measures, including the privatization of some state-run companies.