Danilo Türk is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nations, from 1992 to 2000, and was the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.
Bežigrad Grammar School or Bežigrad Gymnasium is a selective coeducational state secondary school. It is named after the Bežigrad district in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where it is located.
Ivan Toplak was a Serbian football player and manager. Toplak played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Red Star Belgrade, with whom he had much success. As a player he also represented the Yugoslavia national team. As a manager he also managed Red Star, had a managing period in the United States, managed almost all levels of the Yugoslavia national team and also managed the Indonesia national team.
France Bučar was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first speaker of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the independence of Slovenia on 25 June 1991. He is considered one of the founding fathers of Slovenian democracy and independence. He is also considered, together with Peter Jambrek, the main author of the current Slovenian constitution.
Alma Mater Europaea University is an accredited non-profit research university in Slovenia. It is part of an international university network Alma Mater Europaea of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, which unites about 2000 leading scholars, 37 of which are Nobel Prize laureates. Alma Mater Europaea University offers 25 doctoral, masters, and bachelor degree studies in Humanities, Social Gerontology, Ecology, Business, Web and Information technologies, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development, European studies, Project Management as well as Social Studies, Healthcare, Nursing, and Physical therapy. Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, the oldest Slovenian private higher education institution, joined Alma Mater in 2014. Since 2015, a Dance Academy, the only Slovenian accredited institution offering diplomas ballet and dance studies, is part of the Alma Mater.
Alma Mater Europaea is an international university network based in Salzburg, Austria, and Alma Mater Europaea University, its major member, is a university in Slovenia, with campuses in several European cities.
Polde Bibič was a Slovenian stage and film actor, a writer, and an academic professor, best known for his role in the film Flowers in Autumn and his work in theater, Bibič was a recipient of several top awards in the field of arts in Slovenia.
Anton Stres, C.M., was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 2013. As Archbishop of Ljubljana he was also the grand chancellor of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana.
Miroslav Cerar Jr. is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Government. He is a full professor at the Chair of Theory and Sociology of Law at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law.
Mykhaylo Zagirnyak is a Ukrainian scientist working in the fields of electromechanics and education administration. He is a Full Member (academician) of National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Scientist and Engineer of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of education, and a Doctor of Science (Eng) Professor. He is also the Rector of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University. Mykhaylo Zagirnyak entered the TOP-2% list of the career-long world most influential scientists and the TOP-2% list of the Top-Cited scientists in the sub-field according to the data of the researchers of Stanford University and the analysts of Elsevier and SciTech Strategies publishing house as of October 1, 2023.
Andrej Grabrovec, Slovenian artist, engineer, sculptor and photographer, born in 1959.
Jurij Toplak is a constitutional scholar, university administrator, election law, and human rights expert. He is professor at University of Maribor and the head of the Cultural Formations research group at the Alma Mater Europaea University, and recurring visiting professor at the Fordham University School of Law in New York. Since 2016, he has served as the provost and vice-president of the Alma Mater Europaea university. The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe published his legal comments. Toplak is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and serves as the co-chair of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Freedom of Expression research group.
Slovenian Disability Rights Association is a disability rights organization in Slovenia. Its goals are to enhance the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to assist persons with disabilities through awareness raising and impact litigation. Drupis was founded in 2012.
Archbishop Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as an archbishop of Archdiocese of Maribor since 14 March 2015.
Slavko Vesenjak is a Slovenian lawyer. He is the author of scientific articles and a lecturer. He has represented several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. He was a member of the National Electoral Commission.
Odbojkarski klub Maribor or simply OK Maribor, known as i-Vent Maribor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Slovenian professional volleyball team based in Maribor. The team play their home games at Tabor Hall and competes in the Slovenian Volleyball League, the top division of Slovenian volleyball. Founded in 1945, the club has won the Slovenian national championship three times and the national cup four times.
Toplak and Mrak v. Slovenia of 26 October 2021, is the European Court of Human Rights judgment in which the court held that voters' rights were violated when they had no legal right to ask for accessible polling places in advance to achieve accessibility before the election day. The ruling is also significant because the court for the first time extended its jurisdiction to referendums.
Luka Martin Tomažič (1988) is a Slovenian legal scholar, author and intellectual. He has been formally educated in law, international relations, local history, economics and business. He has published scholarly articles and books, especially in energy law and legal philosophy.
Marko Bošnjak is a Slovenian jurist, judge of the European Court of Human Rights, attorney and academic. He has worked as a researcher and lecturer before becoming an attorney and subsequently a judge. Bošnjak’s mandate as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights began on 30 May 2016. In 2024, he became the President of the Court.
