Igor Šoltes (born August 22, 1964) is a
Slovenian lawyer and politician.
Career
Šoltes served as the President of the Court of Auditors of Slovenia from 2004 to 2013.
In 2008, he received his PhD at the
Faculty of Social Studies at the
University of Ljubljana.
In January 2014, Šoltes was seen as a possible candidate for minister of health;
however, he decided to refuse the offer from Prime Minister
Alenka Bratušek
Alenka Bratušek (; born 31 March 1970) is a Slovenian politician. She was Prime Minister of Slovenia from March 2013 until May 2014, the first woman in Slovenia to hold this position. She was president ''pro tempore'' of the Positive Slovenia pa ...
due to lack of political support in the coalition.
Before the
2014 European Parliament election
The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union, from 22 to 25 May 2014.
It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...
, Šoltes formed a ticket named
Verjamem
Verjamem (meaning "I believe" in Slovene) was a centre-left political party in Slovenia. The party is led by Igor Šoltes, former President of the Court of Auditors.
At the 2014 European Parliament election, the party received 10.46% of the v ...
(meaning "I believe" in
Slovene) which won 10.45% of the vote, securing one seat in the European Parliament (for Šoltes). Following the election, Šoltes announced a plan to transform the ticket into a full political party at a congress that would take place on 4 June 2014 in order for the party to enter the
parliamentary election in July 2014. After receiving 6,800 votes in the parliamentary election, he resigned as president of Verjamem.
Personal life
Šoltes is the grandson of the late Yugoslav politician and economist
Edvard Kardelj.
See also
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References
1964 births
Living people
Lawyers from Ljubljana
MEPs for Slovenia 2014–2019
University of Ljubljana alumni
Politicians from Ljubljana
20th-century Slovenian lawyers
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