Ivo Vajgl
Ivo Vajgl (born March 3, 1943 in Marburg an der Drau ) is a Slovenian journalist , diplomat and politician .
Life
After graduating from the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana , Vajgl worked as a journalist and as press spokesman for the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1976 to 1980 he worked as a correspondent for the Yugoslav press in Bonn .
In 1984 he became Consul General of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Cleveland USA . Other diplomatic functions followed. From 1998 to 2002 he was Slovenia's ambassador to Austria as well as to the OSCE and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In 2004 Vajgl was Slovenia's Foreign Minister . At that time he belonged to the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia , but joined the newly founded party Zares in 2007 . Subsequently, he was foreign policy advisor to President Janez Drnovšek from 2004 to 2007 and a member of the State Assembly from 2008 to 2009 .
He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 .
He is married and has three children.
EU parliamentarians
Vajgl is a member of the board of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
He is represented in the following committees and delegations:
- Member of: Committee on Development in the delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and in the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
- Substitute in: Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defense and in the delegation in the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
Web links
- Entry on Ivo Vajgl in the Members' database of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austria-Slovenian relations have never been as good as they are today ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. bmeia.gv.at → press releases → archive → 2004
- ^ Association of LDS dissidents becomes a party . volksgruppen.orf.at
- ^ Website of the European Parliament
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Katja Boh |
Ambassador of Slovenia to Austria 1998–2002 |
Ernest Petrič |
| Alfonz Naberžnik |
Ambassador of Slovenia to Germany 2002–2004 |
Dragoljuba Benčina |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vajgl, Ivo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian journalist, diplomat and politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg on the Drau |