List_of_University_of_Ljubljana_people Knowpia

This is a partially sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to the University of Ljubljana.

Distinguished faculty edit

Ljuba Prenner (1906-1977) noted criminal attorney and author of the first crime novel published in Slovenia.^[1]

Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia 2002-2007
Mitja Gaspari, economist and politician
Peter Jambrek, sociologist, jurist and politician
Janez Janša, politician
Iztok Jarc, diplomat and politician
Romana Jordan Cizelj, Member of European Parliament
Jelko Kacin, politician
Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia
Dragutin Mate, diplomat and politician
Mojca Drčar Murko, journalist and Member of the European Parliament
Ljudmila Novak, Member of European Parliament
Borut Pahor, politician
Lojze Peterle, politician, head of the first democratic Government of Slovenia
Milan Pogačnik, politician
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner
Jože Pučnik, dissident, sociologist, president of the DEMOS coalition
Anton Rop, former Prime Minister of Slovenia
Dimitrij Rupel, Foreign Minister of Slovenia, writer
Matjaž Šinkovec, diplomat and politician
Jožef Školč, politician
Danilo Türk, diplomat; former Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs for the United Nations; President of Slovenia
Milan Zver, politician, sociologist and political scientist
Melania Trump, Former First Lady of the United States^[2]^[3]^[4]

Robert Blinc, physicist
Katja Boh, sociologist, diplomat and politician
Davorin Dolar, chemist
Mladen Dolar, philosopher
Draga Garašanin, prehistorian and archaeologist
Boris M. Gombač, historian
Andreja Gomboc, astrophysicist
Bogo Grafenauer, historian
Taras Kermauner, literary theoretician and historian
Milan Komar, philosopher
Rado Lenček, Professor of Slavic Studies at Columbia University
Jure Leskovec, computer scientist
Oto Luthar, historian
Vasilij Melik, historian
Janez Orešnik, linguist
Jože Pirjevec, historian
Janko Pleterski, historian, diplomat and politician
Dušan Repovš, mathematician
Rado Riha, philosopher
Renata Salecl, legal theorist
Ljubo Sirc, economist, professor at Glasgow University
Simona Škrabec, literary theorist; professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Anton Strle, theologian
Janez Strnad, physicist
Gregor Tomc, sociologist and musician
Ivan Vidav, mathematician
Milica Kacin Wohinz, historian
Egon Zakrajšek, computer scientist
Slavoj Žižek, philosopher
Alenka Zupančič, philosopher
Fran Zwitter, historian

^ Pirnar, Marta (25 September 2003). "Dr. Ljuba Prenner: pozabljena odvetnica" [Dr. Ljuba Prenner: A Forgotten Lawyer]. Cosmopolitan Slovenija (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Adria Media. ISSN 2350-5982. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ Kessler, Glenn, and Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Fact-checking the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention, Washington Post (June 19, 2016) ("the University of Ljubljana confirmed that Melania dropped out of college before obtaining a degree.").
^ Lauren Collins (May 9, 2016). "The Model American: Melania Trump is the exception to her husband's nativist politics". The New Yorker. Her Web site states that she obtained a degree in architecture and design from the University of Ljubljana when in fact she dropped out in her first year.
^ Morona, Joey, Melania Trump didn't graduate from college as bio claims, reports say, Cleveland Plain Dealer (July 19, 2016) ("Her bio on her official website states she graduated with a degree in design and architecture from 'University in Slovenia.' It's a claim that's been repeated by the Melania campaign and the RNC itself, in the convention's official program.