Žan Mahnič

{{short description|Slovenian politician (born 1990)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Žan Mahnič

| image = {{CSS image crop|Image=Uradni obisk ministra za obrambo Republike Hrvaške Damirja Krstičevića v Sloveniji 2017 10.jpg|bSize=2000|cWidth=200|cHeight=250|oTop=220|oLeft=520|Location=center}}

| caption = Mahnič in 2017

| office = State Secretary for National Security

| primeminister = Janez Janša

| term_start = 3 March 2020

| term_end = 1 June 2022

| predecessor = Damir Črnčec

| successor = Andrej Benedejčič

| office1 = Leader of the Slovenian Democratic Youth

| term_start1 = 31 January 2015

| term_end1 = 23 January 2021

| predecessor1 = Andrej Čuš

| successor1 = Dominik Štrakl

| office2 = Member of the National Assembly

| term_start2 = 9 June 2022

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Jure Ferjan

| constituency2 = Škofja Loka II

| term_start3 = 1 August 2014

| term_end3 = 3 March 2020

| successor3 = Jure Ferjan

| constituency3 = Škofja Loka II

| party = Slovenian Democratic Party (since 2008)

| otherparty =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|12 January 1990|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

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}}

Žan Mahnič (born 12 January 1990) is a Slovenian politician of the Slovenian Democratic Party. Since 2014, he has been a member of the National Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://siol.net/trendi/zvezde-in-slavni/poslanec-zan-mahnic-je-prvic-postal-ocka-foto-628371|title=Poslanec Žan Mahnič prvič postal očka in sinu nadel vladarsko ime #foto|work=Siol|date=4 March 2024|language=sl}} From 2020 to 2022, he served as state secretary for national security.{{cite web|url=https://demokracija.si/fokus/zan-mahnic-skupaj-bomo-gradili-slovenijo-tudi-naslednja-stiri-leta/|title=(Intervju) Žan Mahnič: "Skupaj bomo gradili Slovenijo tudi naslednja štiri leta"|work=Demokracija|date=10 April 2022|language=sl}} From 2015 to 2021, he was the leader of the Slovenian Democratic Youth.{{cite web|url=https://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/slovenija/v-sds-izvolili-novega-predsednika-mahnic-se-je-poslovil/|title=Pri SDS izvolili novega predsednika, Mahnič se je poslovil|work=Slovenske novice|date=23 January 2021|language=sl}}