Matjaž Han (born 17 January 1971) is a Slovenian politician. He currently serves as the Minister of Economic Development and Technology since 1 June 2022. Prior to his appointment as minister, he was a Member of the

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since 2004 and a long-time leader of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.

Early life and career

He attended the Secondary Trade and Commercial School in

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. He co-founded the family company ''M and M international'' with his father and worked as its director between 1992 and 2004. He co-founded the family company ''M and M international'' with his father and worked as its director between 1992 and 2004. In 2006, he became the mayor of the municipality of Radeče. In 2010, he was re-elected

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. In the 2011, parliamentary elections, he ran on the Social Democrats platform; with the confirmation of his parliamentary mandate, his mayoral function automatically ended. In 2013, he became the leader of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group and served in the

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until 2022. He was member of the Committee on Economy and Committee on Internal Policy, Public Administration and Justice 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 ...

. He was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Technology in the

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on 1 June 2022 by

Robert Golob Robert Golob (born 23 January 1967) is a Slovenian businessman and politician, serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022. Early life and education Golob obtained his PhD in electrical engineering at t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Matjaž 1971 births Living people 21st-century Slovenian politicians Government ministers of Slovenia Social Democrats (Slovenia) politicians People from Celje