Simon Maljevac | |
|---|---|
 Maljevac in 2023 | |
| Minister of Solidarity-Based Future | |
| Assumed office 24 January 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Golob |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1981 Postojna,Yugoslavia |
| Party | The Left |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
Simon Maljevac (born 26 February 1981) is a Slovenian LGBT rights activist,politician and current Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022.
Maljevac was born 26 February 1981 in Postojna. [1] [2] He has a degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana (2012). [1] Maljevac is homosexual. [3] [4]
Maljevac worked for communications engineering agency Directa and Legebitra,a LGBT NGO. [1] During his tenure as head of Legebitra from 2007 to 2017 the organisation became the largest LGBT group in Slovenia. [1] [5] He was the Slovenian representative in the EU Network group of ILGA-Europe in 2006 and president of IGLYO from 2007 to 2009. [1] [6] He and Nika Kovačfounded the Inštitut 8. marec in 2016. [3] [4] He was head of the monitoring,awareness-raising and prevention department at the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti) from 2017 to 2018. [1] He has also worked with the Ministry of Health,The Peace Institute,and the Ministry of Labour,Family,Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on several projects. [1] Maljevac was also editor-in-chief of the Narobe magazine. [1] [3] He has also been an academic and co-authored several scientific papers. [1]
Maljevac was one of the leading members of the "Čas je ZA" group which campaigned for a yes vote during the unsuccessful 2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum. [3] [7] After the referendum he joined The Left as he claimed that it was the only party that fully supported amending the Family Code. [3] [4] He was the general-secretary of The Left from 2018 to 2022. [1] [8] At the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election Maljevac was a The Left candidate in Kranj but was not elected. [9] At the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election he was a The Left candidate in Celje but was again not elected. [10]
Following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election The Left became a junior partner in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob. Maljevac was a candidate to be Minister of Labor,Family,Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities but the post was instead given to Luka Mesec. [6] [11] It had been intended that Mesec would head the newly created Ministry for a Solidary Future but this was abandoned after the far-right Slovenian Democratic Party threatened to submit the creation of the new ministry to a national referendum. [12] Maljevac was instead appointed State Secretary with responsibility for equal opportunities,family,disabled persons,older people and deinstitutionalisation at the Ministry of Labour,Family,Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. [1] [13] In January 2023 he was promoted to Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. [14] [15]
Maljevac lives with his partner,academic Roman Kuhar,in Šenčur. [3] [4]
| Election | Constituency | Electoral District | Party | Votes | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 parliamentary [9] | Kranj | Kranj 2 | The Left | 1,141 | Not elected | |
| 2022 parliamentary [10] | Celje | Celje 2 | The Left | 814 | Not elected | |