Žiga Turk
Žiga Turk (born February 4, 1962 in Ljubljana ) is a professor of civil engineering and the former Slovenian minister for education , science , culture and sport . He taught as a professor at the University of Ljubljana and coordinated several research projects in the European research framework program . Žiga Turk was chairman of the supervisory board of Telekom Slovenije from 2006 to 2007. He resigned from his supervisory board function as he was on March 6, 2007 by Prime Minister Janez Janša was appointed Minister with no portfolio focusing on growth.
On April 5, 2007, Žiga Turk was entrusted with the national implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in Slovenia . Žiga Turk was one of the first European ministers to use the microblogging service Twitter to report on his everyday political life. From 2008 to 2010 he was Secretary General of the Reflection Group , which after the Berlin Declaration was given the task of developing a long-term economic and social policy strategy for the European Union under the leadership of Felipe Gonzalez .
From February 2012 to March 2013, Turk was Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport in Janez Janša's government .
He is running for the New Slovenia party in the 2019 European elections .
Web links
- Website of Žiga Turk (English)
- CV on the website of the Slovenian government (English)
- Page at the Government Office for Growth (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video Žiga Turk - candidate NSi na listi za evropske volitve 2019 , accessed on April 15, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turk, Žiga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |