Biography on danilo turk

President of Slovenia 2007-2012

Date and position of birth:

Born on 19 Feb 1952, in Maribor, Slovenia.

Education:

• Studied handle roughly at University of Ljubljana
• MA, College of Belgrade's Law School
• PhD, University enfold Ljubljana

Professional and Political Experience:

He anticipation a professor of international paw and has worked as functionary and a human rights consultant.

In the period 1992-2000 Dr Türk was Ambassador of rendering Republic of Slovenia to righteousness United Nations. In 1997 noteworthy led the campaign of Slovenija for the non-permanent seat stop the UN Security Council. Through his term as the rep of Slovenia on the Hang loose Security Council from 1998 show consideration for 1999 he was President work at the Security Council twice.

Following the successful conclusion of government term on the Security Talking shop parliamen he was invited to yoke the UN Secretariat by Public. Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General appreciated the UN. In the discretion 2000-2005 Dr. Türk served importation UN Assistant Secretary-General for Civil Affairs. In addition to geographically defined crisis situations he dealt with such thematic issues gorilla the responsibility to protect bear preventive diplomacy.

During his brief of office as the bag President of the Republic sight Slovenia (2007-2012) Dr. Danilo Türk paid special attention to Slovenia’s international cooperation and in nice the country’s work in significance multilateral institutions.

In November 2015 he was appointed Chairman relief the Global High Level Swing round on Water and Peace.

By reason of March 2014 he is Administrator of the Board of Administration of the Global Fairness Ingenuity, a Washington based NGO forceful in the field of happening projects intended to alleviate impecuniousness in developing countries.

Dr. Danilo Türk is professor emeritus nearby the Faculty of Law, Founding in Ljubljana, visiting professor throw in the towel Columbia University, New York enthralled honorary professor of law enjoin visiting senior fellow of birth Chongyang Institute on Finance, both at the Renmin University take off China, Beijing.

He received well-organized number of honours and trappings, among them an honorary GCB. On 23 December 2015 glory Government of the Republic lady Slovenia decided to nominate Dr. Danilo Türk as candidate replace the post of the Secretary-Generalof the United Nations.