Boris Popovič (born 5 September 1962) is a Slovene politician and entrepreneur of Montenegrin descent who served as Mayor of

Koper Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...

, Slovenia's fifth largest city from 2002 to 2018. Prior to his political career, he was an accomplished

rally Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sports ...

driver and was the national rally champion in Slovenia in 1999. He ran in the

2017 Slovenian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 22 October 2017. Nine candidates ran in the first round of the elections, in which the incumbent independent President Borut Pahor placed first and Marjan Šarec of the List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ) ...

for the regionalist

Slovenia is Ours Slovenia is Ours ( sl, Slovenija je naša) is a Slovenian regionalist political party, active in the Slovenian Littoral. It is composed by three local parties, active in Slovenian Istria, namely ' Koper is Ours' (led by the mayor of Koper Boris ...

political party but finished sixth.

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1962 births Living people Slovenian people of Montenegrin descent Politicians from Koper Sportspeople from Koper {{Slovenia-politician-stub