Igor Lukšič (born 3 December 1961) is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and was president of the Slovenian

Social Democrats Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, s ...

(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 2008 to 2012. A longtime member and former president of the Social D ...

. Lukšič was born in

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; ; also known by #Name, alternative names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, seventh-largest city of Slovenia. It is the economic and cultural centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola (southeastern Slovenia) and ...

in the People's Republic of Slovenia, then part of

FPR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

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

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

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

European Parliament election Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Until 2019, 751 ...

.RTVSLO.si - http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/igor-luksic-odstopil-kot-predsednik-sd-ja/337799
/ref>

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
, - 1961 births Living people Ministers of education and sports of Slovenia People from Novo Mesto Social Democrats (Slovenia) politicians University of Ljubljana alumni Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana {{Slovenia-politician-stub