Dimitrij Rupel

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Dimitrij Rupel
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Political partySlovene Democratic

Dimitrij Rupel (born 7 April 1946) is a Slovenian politician.

Early life and education

Rupel was born in

anti-fascist political emigrants from the Julian March (his grandfather was the last Slovene mayor of Duino in Austria-Hungary
).

After receiving a bachelor's degree in

New School for Social Research of New York and at Cleveland State University
in 1989.

Career

Career in national politics

Together with other Slovene intellectuals in the 1980s, initiated and edited the alternative and dissident journal Nova Revija, which later became the platform for democratic reform in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.

In 1987, he was among the authors of the

Communist
rule.

After the victory of the anti-Communist

Republic of Slovenia, which was then seeking independence from Yugoslavia. During his term in office, Slovenia declared its independence and gained international recognition. Rupel also remained in office during the first centre-left coalition government led by Janez Drnovšek
.

In 1991, the Slovenian Democratic Union suffered an internal split: Rupel led its left-wing fraction, formed among others by

National Assembly of Slovenia. In 1994, most of Rupel's party merged into the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia party, led by Janez Drnovšek. In 1994, he ran for mayor of Ljubljana and took office in 1995. He remained in this position until 1997, when he was appointed ambassador to the United States
.

Rupel returned to the post of the foreign minister of Slovenia in 2000 in the third cabinet of

the election and Rupel became foreign minister in Janez Janša's centre-right government when it was approved by parliament on 3 December 2004. After years of negotiations, disagreements and delays he signed the Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on behalf of Slovenia.[1]

During 2005 he was the chairman-in-office of the OSCE.

In 2008, after the victory of the centre-left coalition led by Borut Pahor, Rupel was replaced as foreign minister by Samuel Žbogar. However, he was nominated by newly elected Prime Minister Borut Pahor as his personal Special Envoy for Foreign Affairs.

Later career

Rupel is a member of

AAASS, the Slovenian Writer's Association, and the Association of Sociologists. In addition to Slovene, he speaks English, Croatian, German, Italian and French
to varying degrees.

In 2017 Rupel was an international observer in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.

In 2020, Rupel was one of the candidates for the post as Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).[2]

Personal life

Rupel is the uncle of the Slovene pop-singer Anja Rupel.

He was married to Marjetica Ana Rudolf Rupel until her death in 2022. She was previously married to Slovenian singer Lado Leskovar. Her father was Janko Rudolf, Slovenian partisan, People's Hero and politician.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju Zakona o potvrđivanju Ugovora o pitanjima sukcesije". Narodne novine . 8 March 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Stephanie Liechtenstein (September 21, 2020), Exclusive: Eleven candidates considered for top OSCE posts Security and Human Rights.
  3. ^ SiOL.net - Umrla je žena slovenskega politika Dimitrija Rupla

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Political offices
Preceded by
Position established
Minister of Foreign Affairs

1990–1993 		Succeeded by
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Mayor of Ljubljana

1994–1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Foreign Affairs

2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Foreign Affairs

2000–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Foreign Affairs

2004–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Council of the European Union
2008 		Succeeded by
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