Uporabnik:Murija23/Alja Brglez
| Alja Brglez | |
|---|---|
| Državljanstvo | Slovenija |
| Alma mater | Filozofska fakulteta v Ljubljani Alma Mater Europaea |
| Otroci | 1 |
| Starši | Neda Pagon Pavel Brglez |
Alja Brglez, a Slovenian politician, public relations expert, historian, and publicist, was born on August 19, 1965, in Ljubljana. She holds a PhD in historical anthropology, a master's degree in history, and an MBA. She is a research associate at the AMEU Alma Mater Europaea Faculty and the ECM European Center Maribor, and a former long-term director and scientific associate of the ICK - Institute for Civilization and Culture and the ISH - Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis Faculty. During her leadership at the ICK Institute, the World Economic Forum (WEF) awarded her the title of "Global Leader for Tomorrow" in 2003 and "Young Global Leader" in 2005.
She is a member of the ECFR - European Council of Foreign Relations and chairs the Commission for Sustainability in Sports at the OKS. She was an ambassador of the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship in Slovenia.
She served as the head of the cabinet of President Borut Pahor during both of his terms (2012-2022). Currently, she is an advisor to the director and a member of the board of the Friends of Western Balkans, an organization founded by Borut Pahor in 2023.
Her collaboration with President Pahor began in 2012 when he invited her to his presidential election campaign. Following his election on December 2, 2012, and inauguration on December 23, 2012, she became the head of his cabinet. She continued in this role after Pahor's re-election on November 12, 2017. During this time, she also served as the President's advisor for international relations from June 2017 to August 2019. As head of the cabinet, she directed all areas of the President's activities, particularly focusing on national reconciliation and dialogue, consultations at the President's office (notably the Slovenia 2030 consultations during his first term), and climate future initiatives. She initiated the establishment of and served as secretary for the Permanent Consultative Committee on Climate Policy at the President's office and the State Decorations Commission, as well as vice-chair of the Coordination Committee for State Celebrations and Events.
In high school, she was active in sports and interned at Radio Študent (1981/1982). During her studies, she was a member of the UK ZSMS presidency from 1988 to 1990, a time of significant social changes leading to Slovenia's independence. She worked with the Human Rights Protection Committee established in June 1988, participated as a UK ZSMS delegate in the 1988 election for the RK ZSMS president, helped organize two large gatherings in Congress Square in 1988 and 1989, and supported the founding of the magazine Demokracija in early 1989.
From March 1999 to January 2003, she was the director of the Government Communication Office and for one year the head of the Prime Minister's office under Dr. Janez Drnovšek. In 2002, she initiated the establishment of the Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Promotion and became its president. She was also president of the National Council for EXPO from 1999 to 2003.
When Dr. Janez Drnovšek was elected President in December 2002, she was immediately dismissed from her role as director of the Government Communication Office by the new Prime Minister, Anton Rop. She then worked at the ICK Institute for Civilization and Culture, first as a researcher and then as director, continuing to collaborate with President Drnovšek.
In 2004, she led the Slovenia Is Ours party list in the first European Parliament elections, achieving the eighth highest individual result with preference votes but not enough for election. She has not participated in elections since.
In 1993 and 1994, she was the director of the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis - Faculty for Postgraduate Humanities Studies, the first private faculty in Slovenia, established in 1992 following the CEU-Central European University founded by George Soros in Budapest in 1991.
From 1995 to 1999, during the wars in former Yugoslavia and the refugee exodus, she was the director of the George Soros Foundation's OSI Open Society Institute - Slovenia.
Throughout her career, she has been active in non-governmental organizations, involved in the establishment and early steps of many NGOs, particularly in human rights and democracy development. She has been a member of the Council for Slovenian Language at the City Municipality of Ljubljana, president of the alumni supervisory board at the Bled School of Management, a founding member of YES (Young Executives Society), a board member of the Young Managers Association, the Lisbon Council, and Friends for Europe.
Studies and Research Work
[uredi | uredi kodo]In 1990, Alja Brglez graduated in history from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In 1994, she obtained a master's degree in history, and in 2001, she earned a PhD from Alma Mater Europaea. In 1992, she completed her postgraduate studies in management (MBA).
After her studies (in 1991), she was employed as a junior researcher at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. She studied and conducted research in Ljubljana, Vienna, Venice, and Münster.
Politics
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She led the information and communication preparation and execution for the visit of U.S. President Bill Clinton in June 1999, the visit of Pope John Paul II in September 1999, the first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George Bush, which took place in Slovenia in June 2002, and other major state and official events of that period.
Functions
[uredi | uredi kodo]- March 12, 1999 – October 1999: Director of the Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia January 25, 2001 – December 27, 2002: Director of the Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia 1999–2002: Head of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek 2002: President of the Council for the Promotion of the Republic of Slovenia (an interdepartmental working group of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia) 1999–2003: President of the National Council for EXPO Organizational Director of the Institute for Humanities Studies in Ljubljana Executive Director of the Open Society Institute Slovenia Director of the Institute for Civilization and Culture
Critics
[uredi | uredi kodo]As the director of the Government Communication Office, in a phone conversation with Lousewies van der Laan (vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), she stated that there is no discrimination based on sexual orientation in Slovenia. This statement prompted poet Brane Mozetič to protest with a public letter.
When Borut Pahor met with the relatives of the Bazovica victims, who presented their request for rehabilitation, Brglez stated in a public announcement that such a procedure should be conducted by the appropriate authorities in Italy. Grega Repovž from the magazine Mladina found this statement inappropriate.
Private life
[uredi | uredi kodo]She was married to Roman Uranjek. With her former partner, Jurij Schollmayer, she has a son, Ivan Schollmayer.
Her father, Pavel Brglez, was the Secretary-General of the DeSUS party, the Secretary of Slovene Philanthropy, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Slovene State Forests, and a member of the Expert Council for Insurance Supervision. Her mother, Neda Pagon, was one of the most prominent and respected social scientists in Slovenia.
Awards and recognitions
[uredi | uredi kodo]- - **"100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow 2003"**, World Economic Forum (WEF) - **"Young Global Leaders 2005"**, World Economic Forum (WEF)
Sources
[uredi | uredi kodo]Komisije - Olimpijski komite Slovenije (olympic.si)
http://worldcat.org.ezproxy.uindy.edu/identities/lccn-no2003082201/
https://english.sta.si/706457/alja-brglez-one-of-100-global-leaders-for-tomorrow-2003
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/WEF/Young_Global_Leaders/2005
https://ecfr.eu/council/members/ Arhivirano 2021-11-11 na Wayback Machine.
https://rokomet.net/to-so-ambasadorke-evropskega-prvenstva/
https://arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si/article/20210412/C/210419954/
https://www.arrs.si/sl/analize/publ/inc/ARRS_MR30_zbornik.pdf
https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/17602349?lang=sl
https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/601229?lang=sl
http://www.ljubljana-summit.gov.si/en/agencijske-novice/others/weekly-4.html
http://www.summit2002.gov.si/slo/za-novinarje/intranet/program/
http://www.fowb.si
References
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