Borut
Pahor (born 2 November 1963) is a Slovenian politician who was Prime Minister
of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012. He was elected as President of Slovenia in
December 2012.
A
longtime president of the Social Democrats party, Pahor served several terms as
a member of the National Assembly and was its chairman from 2000 to 2004. In
2004, Pahor was elected as member of the European Parliament. Following the
victory of the Social Democrats in the 2008 parliamentary election, Pahor was
appointed as Prime Minister.
In
September 2011, Pahor's government lost a confidence vote amidst an economic
crisis and political tensions. He continued to serve as the pro tempore Prime
Minister until he was replaced by Janez Janša in February 2012. In June 2012,
he announced he would run for the largely ceremonial office of President of
Slovenia. He won the election and defeated President Danilo Türk in a second
round of voting, held on 2 December 2012; he received roughly two-thirds of the
vote
Early
Years
Pahor
was born in Postojna, SR Slovenia (in the former Yugoslavia) and spent his
childhood in the town of Nova Gorica on the border with Italy, before moving
to the nearby town of Šempeter pri Gorici. He attended Nova Gorica Grammar
School, and in 1983 he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana, where he
studied public policy and political science at the Faculty of Sociology,
Political Science and Journalism (FSPN, now known as Faculty for Social
Sciences, FDV). He graduated in 1987 with a thesis on peace negotiations
between members of the Non-Aligned Movement. His B.A. thesis was awarded the
Student Prešeren Award, the highest academic award for students in Slovenia.
According to the Slovenian press, Pahor worked as a male model to pay for his
university studies.
From: www.wikipedia.org
