Borut Pahor
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| 4th President of Slovenia | |
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Assumed office 22 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Janez Janša Alenka Bratušek Miro Cerar |
| Preceded by | Danilo Türk |
| 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia | |
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In office 21 November 2008 – 10 February 2012 |
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| President | Danilo Türk |
| Preceded by | Janez Janša |
| Succeeded by | Janez Janša |
| Speaker of the National Assembly | |
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In office 10 November 2000 – 12 July 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Janez Podobnik |
| Succeeded by | Feri Horvat |
| Personal details | |
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2 November 1963 Postojna, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) |
| Political party |
League of Communists (Before 1990) Social Democrats (1990–2012) Independent (2012–present) |
| Domestic partner | Tanja Pečar |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
Borut Pahor (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈbóːɾut ˈpàːxɔɾ]; born 2 November 1963) is a Slovenian politician who has been President of Slovenia since December 2012. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2008 to February 2012.
A longtime president of the Social Democrats party, Pahor served several terms as a member of the National Assembly and was its chairman from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, Pahor was elected as member of the European Parliament. Following the victory of the Social Democrats in the 2008 parliamentary election, Pahor was appointed as Prime Minister.
In September 2011, Pahor's government lost a confidence vote amidst an economic crisis and political tensions. He continued to serve as the pro tempore Prime Minister until he was replaced by Janez Janša in February 2012. In June 2012, he announced he would run for the largely ceremonial office of President of Slovenia. He defeated the incumbent President Danilo Türk in a runoff election, held on 2 December 2012, receiving roughly two-thirds of the vote.
Pahor was born in Postojna, SR Slovenia (in the former Yugoslavia) and spent his childhood in the town of Nova Gorica, before moving to the nearby town of Šempeter pri Gorici. His father died at a young age and his mother, Iva Pahor Martelanc (a Nazi Concentration Camp survivor) raised him as a single mother.
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