Igor Lukšič (born 3 December 1961) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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and was president of the Slovenian

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(June 2012 – May 2014). Between November 2008 and February 2012, he served as minister of education in the center-left government of

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 presid ...

. Lukšič was born in

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; sl, Novo mesto; also known by other alternative names) is a city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered t ...

in the

People's Republic of Slovenia The Socialist Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Socialistična republika Slovenija, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Sociali ...

, then part of

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. He started his academic career as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences of 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 ...

in 1986 and obtained his PhD at the University of Ljubljana in 1993. Subsequently, he became an assistant professor and later, in 1998, an associate professor. In 1999, he was named vice-dean and in 2001, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. Between 2008 and 2011, he worked as the minister of education and sport. He was the vice president of

until March 2009. Later, on 2 June 2012, he was elected president of the Social Democrats, but stepped down in 2014, after his party won only one MEP seat in

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Books written

* ''Demokracija v pluralni družbi - Preverjanje veljavnosti konsociativne teorije'' (Democracy in a Plural Society), 1991 * ''Liberalizem versus korporativizem'' (Liberalism versus Corporativism), 1994, * ''Politični sistem Republike Slovenije'' (The Political System of the Republic of Slovenia), 2001,

References

External links

Ministry of Education and Sport

Faculty of Social Sciences personal page
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