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Nataša Pirc Musar (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney and author, serving as
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since December 23, 2022. She is the former Information Commissioner (2004–2014), journalist and former president of the
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(2015–2016). Pirc Musar is best known for her rulings and books on
freedom of information Freedom of information is freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information. Access to information is the ability for an individual to seek, receive and impart information effectively. This sometimes includes "scientific, indigeno ...
, legal opinion, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born
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(wife of former U.S. president
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), the
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political party of Slovenia, and other notable clients. In the second round of the presidential elections in November 2022, she was elected the first female president of Slovenia.


Early life and education

Pirc Musar studied law at the
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Faculty of Law in 1992, where
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was her supervisor. In 1997, she passed the bar exam, and later she got a job at Television Slovenia, where she worked for six years as a journalist and host of the central news program. Then, for five years, she was the presenter of the central news program '' 24UR'' on commercial television
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. In 2001, she became the head of the corporate communication department at Aktiva Group, where her husband Aleš Musar worked. Pirc Musar completed additional training at
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in
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. She then continued her studies for two semesters at the
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in England, during which she did internships at the
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,
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,
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, Reuters TV and
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. In 2015 she obtained a PhD at the
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Faculty of Law with a dissertation on a fair balance between privacy rights and the
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.


Legal and business career

In April 2003, Pirc Musar joined the
Supreme Court of Slovenia The Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (''Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije'') is, according to Article 127 of the Constitution, the highest court in Slovenia. Its seat is in Ljubljana. The court's current president is Damijan Florjanč ...
as director of the Center for Education and Information. Pirc Musar is best remembered for being the Commissioner for Access to Public Information between 2004 and 2014. From March 2011, she was the vice-president of the Joint Supervisory Body for Europol, and from 2012 until the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she was the president of this body of the
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. After the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she founded her own law firm. Rosana Lemut Strle, became a partner in the law firm in 2016, and the Law Firm is now called Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle. Among others she represented
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, during her husband's US presidency. In highly publicized cases she represented politicians of the
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, the ambassador to the United States Stanislav Vidovič, among others. Between 2010 and 2021, Pirc Musar was voted among the top ten most influential lawyers in the country numerous times. She co-founded the OnaVe association to connect female experts and promote knowledge. From 2015 to 2016, she was the president of the Slovenian Red Cross. Pirc Musar authored or co-authored at least six books on freedom of information and privacy in Slovenian, English, and Croatian.


Political career

On June 23, 2022, Pirc Musar announced her candidacy for
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in the
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, scheduled for October 23, 2022, as an independent candidate. She was the first to announce her candidacy for president, and she was endorsed by former presidents of Slovenia
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and
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. Pirc Musar has not been a member of a political party, and she does not plan to become one. While she defended her candidacy as an independent, parties such as the
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and
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also supported her. Her candidacy sparked media speculation about her relationship with Marta Kos, vice president of the ruling party Freedom Movement, who announced her own candidacy for president a little later. Pirc Musar and Kos claimed to be friends, but according to media reports they stopped communicating with each other. In September 2022, Kos withdrew her candidacy, which led to a surge in support for Pirc Musar, who was already leading. In October, she came second in the first round of the presidential elections, therefore becoming one of the two contenders in the run-off of the presidential elections in November 2022. In the second round of 13 November, Pirc Musar defeated
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candidate
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and was elected Slovenia's first female president.


Personal life

Pirc Musar is married to the businessman Aleš Musar. They have a son. They are the owners of a property known as the Russian dacha in Zgornje Gameljne, and they also own a
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limousine, made in 1971 for and once owned by Princess Alexandra, first cousin of
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.


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirc Musar, Nataša 1968 births Living people Politicians from Ljubljana Presidents of Slovenia University of Ljubljana alumni University of Vienna alumni 21st-century Slovenian politicians 21st-century Slovenian women politicians 21st-century Slovenian lawyers