Tatjana Bobnar (born 13 June 1969, in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...

) is a Slovenian police officer and politician. She has served the

minister of interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

of the

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until 14 December 2022.

Early life and education

She was born in

on 13 June 1969. She attended high school in language and social sciences at Gimnazija Poljane. After her high school, she studied law in

and graduated in 1993 with a degree in criminology and criminal law. In 2004, she received a master's degree in law from the same faculty with a thesis on ''Sexual Abuse of Children in the Family: Criminological and Criminal Law Aspects.'' Between 1993 and 2019, she attended numerous professional trainings and seminars both on the topic of criminal investigations, child abuse and police leadership.

Career

Between 1993 and 1996, she was employed by the Ljubljana Police department as a criminal investigator in the department of juvenile delinquency. In 1996, she headed the taskforce till 2002. From 2002 to 2007 she worked at the Ljubljana Police department as the head of the operational support service, later she was promoted to assistant director. She was also the assistant director of the Criminal Police Directorate. From 2009 to 2018, she worked as an Assistant Director General of the

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, and in 2012 she also got a job at the Police College. In 2018,

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's government appointed her Director General of the Slovenia National Police Force. She was relieved of her post in March 2020 after

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took office as Prime Minister.

Minister of Interior

On 1 June 2022, she took office as Minister of the Interior in the

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. The handover took place on Thursday, 2 June 2022. From 1 June 2022 to 14 December 2022, she served as Minister of the Interior in the 15th Slovenian government.

References

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