Anže Logar (born 15 May 1976) is a Slovenian politician who was

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in the third

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cabinet from March 2020 to June 2022. Logar served as the Director of the Government Communication Office in both Governments of

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, and served as the official spokesperson of the Slovenian Presidency of the

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in 2008. In the

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of October and November 2022, he was a candidate, but lost to

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Education and early life

In 2000, Logar graduated at the

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in Ljubljana. In January 2006, he obtained his MSc degree at The Graduate School of Government and European Studies. In July 2016 Logar received a doctorate from the Faculty of Applied Social Studies in Nova Gorica. Logar started working in 2000 in the marketing division of SKB Bank,

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group. In view of Slovenia's EU accession, in 2003 he moved to Brussels to work as adviser as the new Slovenian Members of the European Parliament from the

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group (SDS).

Political career

He then joined

's cabinet as head of public relations of the government office for European affairs (2006-07) and director of the government's communication office UKOM (2007-08); during this period he was also the official spokesperson of the Slovenian Presidency of the

in 2008. As Janša was replaced in government by

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, Logar remained as officer in UKOM. He was re-appointed director with the second Janša cabinet in 2012. The following year, Logar was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at the Directorate for Economic Diplomacy of the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Slovenian National Assembly
/ref> In the 2014 parliamentary elections, Logar was elected to the Slovenian National Assembly on the list of the

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(SDS). He chaired the Committee of Inquiry into identifying abuses in the Slovenian banking system and determining the causes and responsibilities for the second overhaul of the banking system in independent Slovenia. He was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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, and the

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. He was re-elected in

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. In early 2020, Logar was appointed

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cabinet. At the parliamentary hearing he mentioned as priority the expansion of the diplomatic network, better cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, and strengthening relations with neighboring Croatia including the implementation of the arbitral award on the

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dispute. He was endorsed by the committee with 13 votes in favour and 7 against. He was criticised in April 2020 for forwarding to the

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a letter claiming that most media outlets in Slovenia stemmed from the communist regime. In November 2022, Logar conceded defeat to

in the presidential elections and congratulated her for her victory.

Honours

On 16 February 2007, on the occasion of Independence Day, the Lithuanian President

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conferred upon him a state award – the 'Life Saving Cross' for his merits in saving the life of a citizen of

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from

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in a Hungarian lake.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Logar, Anže 1976 births Living people Politicians from Ljubljana Slovenian Democratic Party politicians Foreign ministers of Slovenia 21st-century Slovenian politicians