Marjan Šarec

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Marjan Šarec (2017)

Marjan Šarec (born December 2, 1977 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian actor and politician (LMŠ). He was Prime Minister of Slovenia from August 17, 2018 to January 27, 2020 .

education

Šarec attended the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television , from which he graduated in 2001. In the following years he appeared as a comedian and cabaret artist, among others at Radiotelevizija Slovenija .

Political career

In 2010, Šarec showed his political ambitions for the first time when he tried to become mayor of the municipality of Kamnik in northern Slovenia and narrowly won the runoff election. He later joined the Pozitivna Slovenija party founded in 2011, but ran for the renewed mayoral election in 2014 with his Lista Marjana Šarca - Naprej Kamnik (LMŠ). After the successful vote, his previous acting work was suspended. In 2017 he ran for the Slovenian presidential election . In the vote on October 22, 2017, he received almost a quarter of the vote and, as the runner-up, forced Pahor, who missed an absolute majority with just over 47% of the votes, to a runoff on November 12.

In the parliamentary elections in 2018 , the LMŠ, who was running for the first time in a parliamentary election, managed to move into the Državni zbor under his leadership and with around 13% became the second strongest force in a heavily fragmented parliament. Marjan Šarec has also been a member of parliament since then. He was elected Prime Minister on August 17, 2018.

On January 27, 2020, Šarec announced his resignation as prime minister after the opposition party Levica ended its tolerance of the minority government and it became increasingly difficult to find majorities for legislative resolutions .

Political opinions

Šarec is seen as a social liberal , pro-European politician in contrast to the former Prime Minister Janez Janša . Šarec and his party called for a reform of the electoral, judicial and administrative system, in particular by reducing bureaucracy, improving the performance of the inefficient health and pension system, advocated the expansion of the Krško nuclear power plant as one of several proposed measures to combat climate change and spoke out against it Privatizations of critical infrastructures and companies as well as for a balanced budget and a reduction in national debt. His party called for the general legalization of cannabis . Šarec rejected a restriction on the right to abortion, spoke out in favor of tolerance towards homosexuals and invoked Christian social teaching .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aleš Kocjan: Marjan Šarec za predsednika: Strici iz ozadja so izgovor šibkih. In: Večer. May 31, 2017, accessed August 18, 2018 (Slovenian).
  2. ↑ Predsedniške volitve 2017: Izidi glasovanja. National Electoral Commission of Slovenia, November 21, 2017, accessed August 18, 2018 (Slovenian).
  3. ^ Jansa wins parliamentary elections in Slovenia. In: mdr.de . June 14, 2018, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Marjan Šarec: Osebni podatki. State Assembly of Slovenia , accessed on August 18, 2018 (Slovenian).
  5. ↑ Marjan Šarec forms Cabinet: minority government in Slovenia. In: zdf.de . August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Marja Novak: Slovenian PM Sarec resigns, early election likely. In: reuters.com . January 27, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ Start with a pro-European credo. In: taz . August 19, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
  8. ^ Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts . In: Reuters , March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018. 
  9. ↑ Šarec aiming to enter parliament with his party in 2018 ( sl ) Retrieved on March 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ Nove stranke: bi odstranile žico na meji, bi prodale Krko ...? (sl) . Retrieved March 16, 2018. 
  11. ↑ Naš načrt ( sl-SI ) Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved on August 20, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Šarec, Marjan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian actor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana , Yugoslavia