Danilo Turk

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Danilo Türk (2011)

Danilo Türk (born February 19, 1952 in Maribor , SR Slovenia , Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian lawyer, diplomat and politician. From 2007 to 2012 he was the President of Slovenia .

Life

Türk studied law at the University of Ljubljana and Belgrade University and was or is in Ljubljana as a lecturer from 1978, and since 1995 as a full professor of international law . From 2006 to 2007 he was deputy rector of the university. From 1992 to 2000 he was Slovenia's Ambassador to the United Nations . At the beginning of 2000 he was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as his political assistant (until 2005).

In the first round of the Slovenian presidential elections in 2007 on October 21, 2007, without being a member of a political party himself, he won as a candidate for the Socialni Demokratie and other center-left parties with 24.5% (just ahead of Mitja Gaspari , Liberal Democracy of Slovenia , 24.1%) took second place, so that Türk went into the runoff election on November 11th against the conservative Lojze Peterle (28.7%). Danilo Türk won the runoff election with 68.03% and thus became President of Slovenia.

Türk during the WEF 2010

In the first round of the Slovenian presidential elections in 2012 on November 11, 2012, he only achieved second place with 35.9%, behind his challenger Borut Pahor , who this time was a candidate for the Socialni Demokrati and received 39.9% of the vote. In the runoff election on December 2, 2012, he was defeated by Pahor with only 32.6% of the vote.

In 2016, Türk was nominated by the Slovenian government for the election of the Secretary General of the United Nations ; Of the total of 9 candidates, the former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres was able to prevail.

In 2010, he and 14 other people (including Milan Kučan , Peter Mankoč and Marjan Turnšek ) founded the Pustimo jim sanje - Fundacija Danila Türka (Let them dream - Danilo Türk Foundation), which works for children who are victims of domestic violence or armed conflicts.

Türk is a Protector Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts .

family

Danilo Türk has been married to Barbara Miklič-Türk (* 1948), who studied English and Russian language and literature, since 1976. You have a daughter.

Awards (selection)

medal

Honorary doctorate

Works

  • Načelo nietervencije v mednarodnih odnosih in v mednarodnem pravu , (The principle of non- interference in international relations and international law), dissertation Univ. Ljubljana, 1984
  • Temelji mednarodnega prava (The Basics of International Law), 2007, ISBN 978-961-247-033-3
  • The minority issue in a changing Europe , in: Gerhard Hafner u. Martin Pandel (ed.): National minorities: law and reality. International Symposium , 2011, ISBN 978-3-7086-0534-0 , pp. 35-47
  • Three concepts of UN reform , in: Cheng jiarui (Ed.): A new international legal order. In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Xiamen Academy of International Law , 2016, ISBN 978-90-04-32628-6 , pp. 43-72

literature

  • Enciklopedija Slovenije

Web links

Commons : Danilo Türk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Danilo Türk - Biography , July 15, 2011
  2. ↑ “UN diplomat wins Slovenia election” , Al Jazeera, 11 November 2007 (Eng.)
  3. ^ ORF online : "Turk's election officially confirmed" , December 1, 2007
  4. ^ Landslide victory: Pahor becomes President of Slovenia , December 2, 2012
  5. ↑ Portuguese Guterres favorite for UN chief after first trial election , Der Tagesspiegel online, July 26, 2016; Dagmar Dehmer, Probeweise right at the front , Der Tagesspiegel online, September 26, 2016; Adil Najam, António Guterres Is the Right Choice for UN Secretary General. But the Process Is Flawed , Time online, October 10, 2016
  6. ↑ http://www.en.fundacija-danilaturka.org/about_the_foundation/founders
  7. ↑ http://www.en.fundacija-danilaturka.org/about_the_foundation/the_foundations_mission
  8. ^ European Academy of Sciences and Arts - Protector Members , February 15, 2011
  9. ↑ http://www2.gov.si/up-rs/2007-2012/bmt-arhiv.nsf/dokumentiweb/Bio?OpenDocument
personal data
SURNAME Turk, Danilo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian lawyer, diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Maribor , SR Slovenia , Yugoslavia