Gregor Virant | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 20 March 2013 – 18 September 2014 | |
Preceded by | Vinko Gorenak |
Succeeded by | Vesna Györkös Žnidar |
Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia | |
In office 21 December 2011 – 28 January 2013 | |
Preceded by | Ljubo Germič |
Succeeded by | Jakob Presečnik (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 4 December 1969
Political party | SDS (2004-2011) Civic List (2011-) |
Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
Profession | Lawyer, public servant, politician |
Gregor Virant (born 4 December 1969) is a Slovenian politician and public servant. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as Minister of Public Administration in Janez Janša's first government, between 2011–2013 he was Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He also served as Minister of the Interior and Public Administration in the government of Alenka Bratušek between 2013 and 2014.
He was the leader (October 2011–May 2014) of the Civic List, until April 2012 named Gregor Virant's Civic List, a liberal political party established in October 2011 to compete in the 2011 parliamentary election.