CURRICULUM VITAE  

MINISTER Dr GREGOR VIRANT

Gregor Virant was born on 4 December 1969 in Ljubljana. He studied law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, where he was also awarded his doctorate in law. He furthered his education at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Dr Gregor Virant is a habilitated professor at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana. From 1995 to 1999 he was legal adviser at the Constitutional Court. In the period from June 2000 to August 2004 he held the position of State Secretary for Public Administration. He has been a member of the National Electoral Commission, a member of the Council of Officials representing professional experts, and he represented Slovenia on the OECD Public Governance Committee (until August 2004) and was a member of the European Co-ordination of General Directors responsible for the field of public governance (from June 2000 to August 2004).

Dr Virant is the author of numerous expert and scientific articles in the area of constitutional and administrative law, as well as in the sphere of public administration, and has also written a university text book entitled Regulation of Public Administration. He speaks English and French.

Minister signed the Code of Ethics of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.