Jelko Kacin (born 26 November 1955) is a Slovenian politician. During the

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, he was the Secretary of Information of Slovenia. He founded the

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on 3 June 1991 and the war (also called the Ten-Day War) started on 27 June 1991. He is the former president of the

Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia ( sl, Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. Between 1992 and 2004 it was the largest (and ruling) party in the country. In the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election, i ...

and member of the bureau of the

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, who sat on the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. A former

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, Kacin was also a substitute for the

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, vice-chair of the delegation to the EU–

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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, a substitute for the delegation to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia–EU Joint Parliamentary Committee, and for the delegations for relations with

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, the

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, and the countries of south-east Europe.

Career

* 1980: Defence studies graduate,

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana ( sl, Univerza v Ljubljani, , la, Universitas Labacensis), often referred to as UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 39,000 enrolled students. History Beginnings Although certain ...

* 1980: Trainee in the Municipality of

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

* 1981: Adviser on defence preparations in the Municipality of Kranj * 1984: Adviser on defence training in the Municipality of Kranj * 1988: Head of the municipal civil protection unit * 1990: Deputy Republican Defence Secretary * 1991: Republican Secretary/Minister for Information * 1993: Defence Minister * 1993: Marketing division, Adria Karavan, Novo mesto * 1996: Member of the LDS council * 1996: Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee * 1996: Member of the Defence Committee and the Constitutional Commission * 2000: Member of the Slovenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the

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* 2000: Member of the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee * 2000: Head of the national delegation to the IPU * 2000: Member of the

National Assembly of Slovenia The National Assembly ( sl, Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, or ), is the general representative body of Slovenia. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively ...

* 2000: Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee * 2000: Member of the Defence Committee and the European Affairs Commission * 2002: Member of Kranj

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(1998) * 2003: Observer in the European Parliament * 2003: Member of the Convention on the Future of Europe * 2003: Chairman of the LDS regional committee for Gorenjska * 2003: Chairman of the Kranj committee of the LDS * 2004: Member of the ALDE Bureau * 2005: President of LDS

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