Ljubljana - The government dismissed at Friday's correspondence session the supervisors at three state-owned electricity companies, ELES, Borzen and SODO, as well as at DRI, a consulting and engineering company specialised in infrastructure projects. It also appointed their successors, who are taking over on Saturday.

At national grid operator ELES, the government dismissed chief supervisor Žarko Furman, his deputy Valentin Hajdinjak, who is chairman at national motorway company DARS, Emil Kumer and Andrej Valentinčič.

They will be replaced until the end of the term by Andrej Ribič, David Skornšek, Damjan Matičič and Jožef Klavdij Novak, the Government Communication Office (UKOM) said.

At distribution system operator SODO, Mateja Čuk Orel and Marko Topič were appointed to take over from chief supervisor Martin Bratanič and his deputy Silvo Sok until the end of the term.

At electricity market operator Borzen, the entire three-member supervisory board was replaced with Mojca Veljkovič, Žiga Fišer and Ivana Nedižavec Korado for five years.

Changes were also made to the supervisory board of DRI, where Klemen Babnik, Ljilijana Herga, Peter Gašperšič and Aleš Buležan were dismissed.

They will be succeeded by Simon Detelbach, Branko Ribič, Bojan Tičar and Tanja Šarabon for four years.

According to the websites of ELES, SODO and DRI, the worker representatives on these companies' supervisory boards continue their terms.