Janez Drnovšek (born May 17, 1950) is a Slovenian politician and statesman, born in Celje, Yugoslavia (today Slovenia).

He was former 2nd prime minister of independent Slovenia from 1992 to 2002 (with a brief interruption for a few months in 2000) after Lojze Peterle, the 1st Prime Minister. He was elected to be the 3rd president of Slovenia for a mandate 2003 - 2008.