Tanja Pečar (born 1964) is a Slovenian lawyer and First Lady of Slovenia since 2012 as the partner of

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Borut Pahor Borut Pahor (; born 2 November 1963) is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2008 to February 2012. A longtime member and former presi ...

Biography

Tanja Pečar studied civil law at the

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 ...

's Faculty of Law, from which she graduated in 1988. She has practiced law as a lawyer since 1991. Tanja Pečar is the partner of

and is not married to the president. She is the country's first First Lady to be the domestic partner, rather than the wife, of the president. Together, Tanja Pečar and Borut Pahor have one son, Luka. The couple live in separate residences. Pečar became First Lady of Slovenia on 22 December 2012, when

was inaugurated as president. In January 2013, Pečar announced that she would renounce the financial privileges afforded the first lady, including an official government monthly allowance. Instead, she would continue to actively practice law as a lawyer while simultaneously serving as Slovenia's first lady. In an interview with the Slovenian magazine, ''Obrazi'', published on 14 July 2016, Pečar explained that she wanted to keep her law career separate and distinct from her duties as first lady, telling the magazine, "I only have one career as a lawyer. I do everything related to Borut's obligations because it's nice, or because it's necessary. As a rule, the two are connected. But this he office of first ladyis not my career." Tanja Pečar has been active throughout Pahor's early political career, but became more active at official protocol events since he was elected president. She has appeared in national celebrations, meetings with world leaders, politicians, and other dignitaries, and hosted women's programs at the President's office in

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