Miro Cerar
Miro Cerar | |
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| Prime Minister of Slovenia | |
| Assumed office 18 September 2014 | |
| President | Borut Pahor |
| Preceded by | Alenka Bratušek |
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| Born | 25 August 1963 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Now Slovenia) |
| Political party | Party of Miro Cerar |
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Miroslav Cerar Jr. (known as Miro Cerar; born on 25 August 1963 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister since 18 September 2014.
Cerar is the son of Miroslav Cerar Sr., Olympic gymnastics champion and lawyer, and Zdenka Cerar, former Minister of Justice and chief prosecutor.[1]
Cerar was a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana[2] and a legal adviser to the Slovenian Parliament.[3]
Following the resignation of Alenka Bratušek’s government in May 2014, Cerar announced that he would enter national politics.[4] On 2 June 2014, he formed a new political party called Stranka Mira Cerarja (Party of Miro Cerar).[5] In the July election, Cerar's party won a leading total 36 of 90 seats in the parliament,[3] with Cerar being later appointed prime minister-designate.[6]
References
- ^ "INTERVJU - prof. dr. Miro Cerar". Student.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "Pravna fakulteta » prof. dr. Miro Cerar, univ. dipl. prav". Pf.uni-lj.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ a b "Politics this week", The Economist, July 19 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "Cerar s svojo stranko na predčasne volitve". Rtvslo.si. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "Cerar: Razdeljeno ljudstvo je šibko, kar vladajoči vedno izrabijo". Rtvslo.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "Parliament Confirms Miro Cerar as PM-Designate". Slovenian Press Agency. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
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