Milan Brglez (; born 1 September 1967) is a Slovenian political scientist and politician who served as Speaker of the

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from 2014 to 2018. He has served as a

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(MEP) since 2019. A member of the

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, part of the

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, Brglez was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.

Education

Brglez graduated in political science at the Faculty of Social, Political Sciences and Journalism, University of Ljubljana, and completed his master's degree in international law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. He obtained his PhD in international relations, specialising in theory of international relations with thesis entitled “The Meaning of Non-Positivist Epistemological and Realist Ontological Assumptions for Theorising International Relations and International Relations Research Methodologies”.

Career in academia

In 1992, Brglez started his work at the Faculty of Social, Political Sciences and Journalism as teaching assistant at the Chair of International Relations covering courses of Politics of International Law, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, and International Relations. In 2007, he became assistant professor and course holder of Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Theory of International Relations, Selected Issues of International Law, Selected Issues of Diplomatic Law, and European Protection of Human Rights. In 2008, he took the position as head of the Department for International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana).

Political career

Career in national politics

In 2014, Brglez entered national politics when he joined the newly established

Party of Miro Cerar The Modern Centre Party ( sl, Stranka modernega centra, SMC) was a social-liberal political party in Slovenia led by Minister of Economical Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek, who succeeded former Prime Minister and former Minister ...

(SMC, in 2015 renamed to ''Modern Centre Party''). He served as vice president of the party. At the

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in July 2014, Brglez was elected to the National Assembly, where SMC won plurality with 36 out of 90 seats. On the 1st of August, he was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly, thus succeeding

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of the

. In the 2018 election Brglez was re-elected to the National Assembly with the SMC party. However following some disagreements with party officials, Brglez announced on the 26th of June 2018, that he had been expelled from the party. The official decision on his exclusion has still not been given to date. In November 2018, he joined the

. From 2018 to 2019 he was Deputy Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs and a member of the Committee of Foreign Policy and Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Following the 2019 European election in May 2019, Brglez became a Member of the European Parliament from Slovenia on the list of Social Democrats. He is a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, and substitute member of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the

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Honors and achievements

* Prešeren Award from the Faculty of Social, Political Sciences and Journalism for undergraduate thesis titled ''Immunities and Privileges in Modern Diplomatic and Consular Law: A Comparative Analysis.'' * Zore Award for master thesis titled ''The Codification of Contemporary Diplomatic Law''. * Best 2006 PhD thesis award of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. * (Co)author of 11 scientific papers, five chapters in monographs and four scientific monographs. * (Co)supervisor of doctoral students, master's degree students and over hundred undergraduate students. * Member of the Strategic Council for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. * Vice-President of the Slovenian Red Cross. * President of the Slovenian Chess Association.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brglez, Milan 1967 births Living people Presidents of the National Assembly (Slovenia) Modern Centre Party politicians Social Democrats (Slovenia) politicians Politicians from Ljubljana MEPs for Slovenia 2019–2024 Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana