Dorijan Marušič (born 13 June 1957) is a
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
n doctor and politician, State Secretary at the Ministry of Health of Slovenia since 2000 and Minister of Health of Slovenia since 2010.
Education
Dorijan Marušič was born in Koper. After graduating from Koper Gumnasium, he attended the
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering (1976-1981) graduating in mathematics. Afterwards he attended the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana, graduating in 1989. He specialised
internal medicine and then worked at
Izola General Hospital
Izola (; it, Isola ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast of the Slovenian Istria, Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola. Its name originates from Italian language, Italian ''Isola'', wh ...
, the University Clinic in
Groningen
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and the
Ljubljana University Medical Centre
The Ljubljana University Medical Centre ( sl, Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana, abb. ''UKC Ljubljana'') or Ljubljana UMC is the largest hospital centre in Slovenia based in Ljubljana. It was officially opened on 29 November 1975 and has ...
, until 1995. In 2003, he enrolled in post-graduate studies in management of non-profit organisations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
[Ministry of Health, Dorijan Marušič]
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Career
During 1998 to 2000, he was head of the intensive therapy unit at Izola General Hospital. Since May 2002 he became medical director.
After serving as an adviser to the Director-General of the
Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia ( sl, Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije) was founded on March 1, 1992, according to the Health Care and Health Insurance Act ( sl, Zakon o zdravstvenem varstvu in zdravstvenem zavarovanju), after d ...
, in December 2000, he was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Health of Slovenia, re-appointed in 2004.
[
Marušič is the author or co-author of over 200 scientific works and over 350 popular articles.][
On 7 April 2010 Marušič was sworn Health Minister of Slovenia.][
]
Personal life
His brother, Dragan Marušič is a mathematician.
References
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1957 births
Living people
Slovenian intensivists
Health ministers of Slovenia
Politicians from Koper