Robert Golob: Slovenian businessman and politician (born 1967)
Robert Golob (born 23 January 1967) is a Slovenian businessman and politician who is the Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2022.
Before becoming a politician, he was an environmental businessman and co-founded GEN-I.
Robert Golob | |
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.jpg) Golob in January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of Slovenia | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
| President | Borut Pahor Nataša Pirc Musar |
| Preceded by | Janez Janša |
| Leader of the Freedom Movement Party | |
| Assumed office 26 January 2022 | |
| Deputy | Urška Klakočar Zupančič |
| Preceded by | Jure Leben |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1967 Šempeter pri Gorici, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Freedom Movement (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Positive Slovenia (2011–2013) Alenka Bratušek (2013–2022) |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Businessman, environmentalist |
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Early life
Golob went to University of Ljubljana in 1994. After his studies, he was a post-doctoral Fulbright scholar in the United States at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Business career
In 2004, Golob co-founded an energy trading company GEN-I, where he was chairman until 2021.
Political career
Between May 1999 and June 2000, Golob was the State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In 2002, he was elected to the City Council of Nova Gorica.
In January 2022, he ran for the president of a non-parliamentary green party Z.Dej. The party won the most votes and seats of any party in the 2022 parliamentary election in April. Two months later on 1 June 2022, he became the Prime Minister.
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