18 Notable alumni of
University of Maribor
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The University of Maribor is 2916th in the world, 912th in Europe, and 2nd in Slovenia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the University of Maribor sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Janez Drnovšek
- Enrolled in the University of Maribor
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- writerpolitical commissarbusinesspersonbankereconomist
- Biography
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Janez Drnovšek was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1989–1990), Prime Minister of Slovenia (1992–2002, with a short break in 2000) and President of Slovenia (2002–2007).
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Drago Jančar
- Occupations
- dramaturgewriterscreenwriterpoetplaywright
- Biography
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Drago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most well-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's novels, essays and short stories have been translated into 21 languages and published in Europe, Asia and the United States. The most numerous translations are into German, followed by Czech and Croatian translations. His dramas have also been staged by a number of foreign theatres, while back home they are frequently considered the highlights of the Slovenian theatrical season. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
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Ljudmila Novak
- Occupations
- slavistEsperantistpolitician
- Biography
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Ljudmila Novak is a Slovenian politician and a Member of the European Parliament. She is the president of the New Slovenia – Christian People's Party. Since 21 December 2011, she has been the vice-president of the Slovenian National Assembly.
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Darko Horvat
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Darko Horvat is a Croatian politician who served as Minister of Construction, Physical Planning and State Property in the Government of Croatia between 2020 and 2022, when he was arrested by USKOK for abuse of position. He is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union since 1999. His successor is Ivan Paladina.
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Franc Kangler
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Franc Kangler is a Slovenian politician. He has served as the mayor of Maribor, the second largest town in the country. On 6 December 2012, due to protests, he stepped down from the position, and he left the office on 31 December 2012.
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Andreja Katič
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Andreja Katič is the former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia who served from September 2018 to March 2020 under Prime Minister Marjan Šarec.
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Vesna Györkös Žnidar
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vesna Györkös Žnidar is a Slovenian politician who was Minister of Interior in the Cabinet of Miro Cerar between 18 September 2014 and 13 September 2018. She is a member of the Modern Centre Party.
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Franc Bogovič
- Occupations
- agronomistentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Franc Bogovič is a Slovenian politician who was first elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2014 and re-elected in 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development.
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Feri Horvat
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Feri Horvat was a Slovenian manager and politician, and one of the founders of the United List of Social Democrats, now known as the Social Democrats. Between July and October 2004, he served as speaker of the Slovenian National Assembly.
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Sašo Bertoncelj
- Occupations
- artistic gymnastgymnast
- Biography
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Sašo Bertoncelj is a Slovenian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.
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Radovan Žerjav
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Radovan Žerjav is a Slovenian conservative politician. Between 2007 and 2008 he served as Minister of Transport. During the second term under Janez Janša, he in 2012 served as Minister of Economic Development and Technology, which he left since Janša was ignoring the 2012–2013 Investigation Report on the parliamentary parties' leaders by Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia. Since 2009, he has been the Chairman of the Slovenian People's Party and a deputy in the National Assembly.
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Matjaž Perc
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Matjaž Perc is Professor of Physics at the University of Maribor in Slovenia, and director of the Complex Systems Center Maribor. He is member of Academia Europaea and among top 1% most cited physicists according to Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers. He is Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals, and Distinguished Referee of EPL. He received the Young Scientist Award for Socio-and Econophysics in 2015. His research has been widely reported in the media and professional literature.
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Jurij Toplak
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- jurist
- Biography
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Jurij Toplak is a constitutional scholar, university administrator, election law, and human rights expert. He is a recurring visiting professor at the Fordham University School of Law in New York. Since 2016, he has served as the provost and vice-president of the Alma Mater Europaea university. The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe published his legal comments. Toplak is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and serves as the co-chair of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Freedom of Expression research group.
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Emilija Stojmenova Duh
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Emilija Stojmenova Duh is a Macedonian-Slovenian electrical engineer and politician.
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Mária Pozsonec
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mária Pozsonec was a Slovenian politician of Hungarian ethnicity. Between 1990 and 2008, she served as representative of the Hungarian national community in the National Assembly of Slovenia.
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Marjan Dikaučič
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Marjan Dikaučič is a Slovenian politician. From 15 June 2021 to 1 June 2022 he served as minister of justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Janez Janša.
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Ljubo Germič
- Occupations
- politicianhead teacher
- Biography
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Ljubo Germič is a Slovenian politician and a former member of the Slovenian National Assembly. After the resignation of Pavel Gantar, Germič was elected the Speaker of the National Assembly on 2 September 2011, and succeeded on 21 December 2011 by Gregor Virant.
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József Györkös
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- politiciancomputer scientist
- Biography
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József Györkös is a Slovenian university professor and former politician. He graduated from the University of Maribor and has a PhD in computer science. He is part time professor at that university, with a research interest in the information society and media convergence. For several years Györkös was a state secretary (deputy minister) in the government of Republic of Slovenia. He grew up as a member of the Hungarian community in the multicultural environment of the city of Lendava/Lendva, Slovenia. From November 1, 2014, to October 29, 2019, he was Director of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), and acting Director from 30 October 2019 to 29 April 2020.
