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Nataša Pirc Musar
Pirc Musar in 2022
5th President-elect of Slovenia
Assuming office
December 22, 2022
Prime MinisterRobert Golob
SucceedingBorut Pahor
President of the Red Cross of Slovenia
In office
2015–2016
Information Commissioner of Slovenia
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born (1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 56)
Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Political partyIndependent
Domestic partnerAleš Musar

Nataša Pirc Musar (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney and book author, and former Information Commissioner (2004–2014), journalist and former president of Slovenia's Red Cross (2015-2016). She is best known for her rulings and books on freedom of information, legal opinion, and high-profile legal cases, in which she represented Slovenia-born Melania Trump (wife of Donald Trump), the Social Democrats political party, and other notable clients. In the second round of the presidential elections in November 2022, she was elected the first female president of Slovenia.[1]

Early life and education

Pirc Musar studied law at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law in 1992 and Marko Ilešič was her supervisor.[2] In 1997, she passed the bar exam, and later got a job at Television Slovenia, where she worked for six years as a journalist and host of the central news program.[2] Then, for five years, she was the presenter of the central news program 24UR on commercial television POP TV.[2]

Nataša Pirc completed additional training at CNN in Atlanta.[3] She then continued her studies for two semesters at the Salford University in Manchester, during which she did internships at the BBC, Granada TV, Sky News, Reuters TV and Border TV.[3] She obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna Faculty of Law with a dissertation on a fair balance between privacy rights and the freedom of information.[4] In 2001, she became the head of the corporate communication department at Aktiva Group, where her husband Aleš Musar worked.[5] In 2015 she obtained a PhD in law from the University of Vienna.[6]

In April 2003, she joined the Supreme Court of Slovenia as director of the Center for Education and Information.[6] Pirc Musar is best remembered for being the Commissioner for Access to Public Information between 2004 and 2014.[7][3] From March 2011, she was the vice-president of the Joint Supervisory Body for Europol, and from 2012 until the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she was the president of this body of the European Union.[8] After the end of her mandate as information commissioner, she founded her own law firm.[9] Rosana Lemut Strle, became a partner in the law firm in 2016, and the Law Firm is now called Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle.[9] Among others she represented Melania Trump, during her husband's US presidency.[10][11] In highly publicized cases she represented politicians of the Social Democrats,[12][13] the ambassador to the United States Stanislav Vidovič,[14] among others.

Between 2010 and 2021, Nataša Pirc Musar was voted among the top ten most influential lawyers in the country numerous times.[15][16][17][18] She co-founded the OnaVe association to connect female experts and promote knowledge.[19][20] From 2015 to 2016, she was the president of the Slovenian Red Cross.[21]

Pirc Musar authored or co-authored at least six books on freedom of information and privacy in Slovenian, English, and Croatian.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

Political career

On June 23, 2022, she announced her candidacy for the President of Slovenia in the upcoming 2022 Slovenian presidential election, scheduled for October 23, 2022, as an independent candidate.[28][29] She was the first to announce her candidacy for president, and she was endorsed by former presidents of Slovenia Milan Kučan and Danilo Türk.[30] Pirc Musar has not been a member of a political party, and she does not plan to become one.[31] While she defended her candidacy as an independent, parties such as the Pirate Party[32] and Youth Party – European Greens also supported her.[33]

Her candidacy sparked a lot of media speculation about her relationship with Marta Kos, vice president of the ruling party Freedom Movement, who also announced her candidacy for the position of the country's president a little later.[34][35] Pirc Musar and Kos claimed to be friends, but according to media reports they stopped communicating with each other.[20] In September 2022, Kos withdrew her candidacy, which led to a surge in support for Pirc Musar, who was already leading.[36] In October she came second in the first round of the presidential elections, therefore becoming one of the two contenders in the run-off of the presidential elections in November 2022.[37]

Private life

She is married to the businessman Aleš Musar. They have a son. They are the owners of a property known as the Russian dacha in Zgornje Gameljne, and they also own a Rolls Royce Phantom VI limousine, made in 1971 for and once owned by Princess Alexandra, a member of the British royal family.[38][39]

References

  1. ^ "Wahlkommission: Slowenen küren Pirc-Musar zur Präsidentin". www.zeit.de. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Življenjepis". Nataša Pirc Musar - Kandidatka za predsednico (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVE, NATASA PIRC MUSAR: How I became Melania Trump's attorney, and we never met!". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "dr. Nataša Pirc Musar". Privacy Days (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  5. ^ "Kdo je srčni izbranec Nataše Pirc Musar?". Metropolitan.si. June 23, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Nataša Pirc Musar". European Institution of Public Administration. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Zgodovina Informacijskega pooblaščenca - IPRS". www.ip-rs.si. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar". Advisory Excellence. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Law firm in Slovenia". Law Firm Pirc Musar & Lemut Strle. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Zerdin, Ali. "No more 'Melania Trump' underwear, honey for Slovenians". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Nemtsova, Anna (August 9, 2017). "Melania Trump's Lawyer Back Home Says You Better Not Say She Was an 'Escort'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "Janez Janša javno objavil pismo, ki ga je dobil od Nataše Pirc Musar (FOTO)". www.slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "Bo ustavno sodišče o pobudi za izbris SD in Levice odločalo še pred volitvami?". N1 (in Slovenian). February 10, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  14. ^ Požar, Bojan. "Stanislav Vidovič, diplomat, politik SMC in-bivši tajni agent prek Nataše Pirc Musar tožil Bojana Požarja in izgubil". Požareport.
  15. ^ "Najvplivnejši pravniki o pravni korektnosti, politični všečnosti pravnikov, arbitraži in Wikileaksu". Dnevnik. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
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  17. ^ "Kdo je najvplivnejši pravnik?". Mladina.si. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "ZNANIH JE 10 NAJVPLIVNEJŠIH PRAVNIKOV 2021". IUS-INFO (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  19. ^ itmelona. "Kdo smo". ONA VE (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Med Marto Kos in Natašo Pirc Musar se že iskri; ali je to v resnici samo predstava za javnosti, preberite v jutrišnji reviji Demokracija". Demokracija (in Slovenian). July 20, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  21. ^ Delo.si, Ti K. (June 29, 2015). "Nataša Pirc Musar na čelu Rdečega križa". old.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  22. ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "Vstop v zasebnost prepovedan! : varstvo osebnih podatkov :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  23. ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "Kako in kdaj uporabljati test javnega interesa? : novela Zakona o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  24. ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "Zaštita podataka i nadležnosti institucija Evropske unije : priručnik; Data protection and competencies of European Union institutions :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  25. ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "Tudi danes imate pravico vedeti :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  26. ^ Maribor, IZUM-Institut informacijskih znanosti. "Samo ti odločaš : komu lahko zaupam osebne podatke in kdaj? :: COBISS+". plus.cobiss.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
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  28. ^ "Nataša Pirc Musar bo v Ruski dači sporočila, ali bo kandidirala za predsednico države". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  29. ^ Maček, Sebastijan R. (August 23, 2022). "Former information commissioner top contender in Slovenia's presidential race". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  30. ^ "Pirc Musar the first candidate to formally announce her presidential bid". rtvslo.si. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  31. ^ "A week before the deadline, five candidates". Slovenia Posts English. September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  32. ^ "Pirate Party endorses Pirc Musar for president". Slovenia Times. July 26, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  33. ^ "Pirc Musarjeva: I don't want punches below the belt and attacks to order". slovenia.postsen.com. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  34. ^ "Poleg prostozidarskega in gejevskega skozi Goloba prodira tudi ženski lobi: a Urška, Marta, Nataša, Tanja že sprte". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  35. ^ "Zakaj Kučan podpira Natašo proti Marti? Ker že nekaj tednov po Ljubljani govori, da Golob ne sme dobiti vsega". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  36. ^ "STA: Pirc Musar's bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows". english.sta.si. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  37. ^ "Slovenians Won't Vote for Jansa's Puppet as President". Balkan Insight. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  38. ^ "Ruska dača je dolgo propadala, po dveh letih prenove pa spet živi #video #foto" (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  39. ^ "Rolls Royce | Najem limuzine Ruska dača | Kraljevski Rolls Royce". Ruska dača (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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